The Score Television Network (often referred to only as The Score; stylized as theScore) is a Canadian English-language cable television specialty channel providing primarily sports news, highlights, information and analysis programming along with live event sports coverage. The channel is equipped with a 24/7 ticker at the bottom of the screen providing news and scores of sporting events, hence the channel's name.
On August 25, 2012, Rogers Media announced a deal to acquire the channel's parent company, Score Media, with plans to rebrand the channel under the Sportsnet umbrella. The financial aspects of the acquisition were completed on October 19, at which point control of the channel was transferred to a blind trust pending Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approval of the deal.
Rogers is not acquiring the website theScore.com and associated mobile apps, which have already been spun-off into a new company, theScore Inc., primarily owned by Score Media's previous shareholders. These digital properties now operate independently from the TV channel, the latter now operating a separate website (theScoreTV.ca) for the interim period until the Rogers deal is fully approved.
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“How many miles to Babylon?
Three score and ten.
Can I get there by candlelight?
Yes, and back again.”
—Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. How many miles to Babylon? (l. 1–4)
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—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)