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CBS Sports Network company history timeline

2003

Andy Greathouse - director (2003–present)

Brian Jones - analyst (2003–present)

2005

In November 2005, College Sports Television was purchased by Viacom for $325 million.

2006

In April 2006, the network organized the first Collegiate Nationals, a festival of championships dedicated to crowning champions in a wide variety of collegiate action sports such as snowboarding, wakeboarding and beach volleyball.

In the fall of 2006, CSTV launched more than 100 broadband channels dedicated to college sports, which feature more than 10,000 live events.

The CW television network, which debuted in 2006, is a joint venture of CBS Corporation and Warner Brothers Entertainment.

2008

On February 12, 2008, CBS Corporation announced that, as part of the ongoing integration of CSTV into CBS Sports, that the network would be renamed the CBS College Sports Network on March 16, coinciding with the start of CBS's coverage of the NCAA's basketball tournament.

In Canada, Rogers Cable began carrying CBS Sports Network on October 9, 2008.

Holt also hosted other special shows for NBC and helped cover the sports desk during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

2010

That program was canceled in 2010, however other studio shows (including Inside College Football and Inside College Basketball) still originate from the Chelsea Piers location.

2011

On February 15, 2011, CBS announced that the network would be relaunched as CBS Sports Network on April 4 (coinciding with the end of the 2011 NCAA basketball tournament), to reflect an expansion into non-collegiate sports programming.

Houston Nutt - analyst (2011–present)

2012

On June 7, 2012, CBS Sports Network began to air the remaining games of the American Hockey League's 2012 Calder Cup Final between the Norfolk Admirals and the Toronto Marlies, starting with Game 3.

In September 2012, CBS Sports Network introduced NFL Monday QB, a weekly NFL recap show.

Jim Rome - host and play-by-play (2012–present)

Chris Spatola - analyst (2012–present)

2013

In September 2013, the network expanded its supplemental NFL coverage with That Other Pre-Game Show, a four-hour "fan-focused" program positioned as an interactive, "casual" counterpart to other pre-game shows, hosted by Adam Schein, Bart Scott, Amy Trask, and Brandon Tierney.

2015

In August 2015, the network premiered Time to Schein, a new program hosted by Adam Schein.

2016

Kyle Macy - analyst (2016–present)

2019

The channel was re-added on August 8, 2019 to both platforms as they reached a multi-year content carriage agreement.

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