TSN2

TSN2 is a secondary feed of the Canadian English language Category C specialty channel The Sports Network (TSN), owned by CTV Specialty Television Inc., a joint venture of Bell Media (80%) and ESPN (20%). It was launched in its current form on August 29, 2008. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) had approved a separate TSN2 channel in 2000, but was never launched due to a prohibition on live programming. The authority for this channel expired in 2004 and was never re-applied for, so the present TSN2 is not directly connected to the 2000 licence.

TSN and TSN2 operate under a single CRTC licence, which originally meant that TSN2 was restricted to a few hours of live programming a day, with all other programs on a three-hour tape delay from TSN's main feed. With the early 2010 implementation of new conditions of licence from the CRTC which permit multiple feeds with no limits on additional programming, the tape delay is no longer observed, and other original or repeat programming from the TSN and ESPN libraries air alongside live events.

TSN2, unlike the main TSN feed, is only available to be distributed by digital cable and satellite rather than analogue cable, although it has been carried by some cable operators on analogue on a short-term "preview" basis.