PlayOn! Sports Network is an American high school sports

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, an aggregator of

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video. It launched in 2006 and is headquartered in

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, with offices in the

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and

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History

The PlayOn! Sports Network began as a division of

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and Time Warner, Inc. The company launched in August 2006 and was then primarily focused on producing and digitally streaming collegiate sporting events. In 2008, it spun out from Turner Broadcasting. Their first

broadcast came in early 2009 when the group produced a webcast of a Georgia state wrestling championship.

Operating Divisions

The NFHS Network

The NFHS Network is a joint venture of the

National Federation of State High School Associations The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) is the body that writes the rules of competition for most high school sports and activities in the United States. NFHS's headquarters are located in White River State Park in Indi ...

(NFHS), its member State Associations and PlayOn!. The NFHS is located in

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, and is the national leadership organization for high school sports and performing arts activities. PlayOn! manages the day-to-day operations of the NFHS Network, which delivers live and on demand high school events at www.NFHSnetwork.com as well as through mobile apps.

School Broadcast Program

The NFHS Network created the School Broadcast Program (SBP) to provide member high schools with educational tools to help grow their own broadcast programs and assist the network with producing regular season games. Each school has a branded site on the NFHS Network that allows students to produce and distribute event videos throughout the year, including regular season sports, graduations, memorials, announcements and plays. The program provides students with hands-on production and broadcast experience while also promoting their high school, and also enables schools to earn money for programs. In 2018, Pixellot and PlayOn! Sports partnered to bring automated sports production to U.S. high school sports, such as broadcast school events on the NFHS Network.

External links

In-Depth Look at PlayOn! Sports and its recent moves

References

{{Reflist Sports television networks in the United States