Outside TV(formerlyRSN Television) is a sports-orientedcableandsatellitetelevision networkbased onOutsidemagazine.The network features programming related to various outdoor activities and the lives of those who engage in them.

Outside TV
Ownership
OwnerOutside
History
Launched1994
Links
Websiteoutsidetv.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial televisionChannel 28.1 (Denver, Colorado)
Channel 46.2 (Panama City Beach, Florida)
Streaming media
Sling TVInternet Protocol television
Fubo TVInternet Protocol television
Samsung TV Plus1178
Xumo129
Roku233

History

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Outside TV emerged from a comprehensive rebranding initiative of the pre-existing Resort Sports Network, a national television network specializing in the creation and distribution of outdoor-lifestyle content tailored for prime vacation destinations across the country. As of June 2010, Outside TV was in 110 resort markets, representing 61 million potential viewers.[1]

Outside TV has a corporate office inWestport, Connecticut,and a main office inPortland, Maine.Its sales office is located in theGraybar Buildingat 420 Lexington inNew York City.[2]

Outside TV was founded by publisher Lawrence Burke and founding executive producer and executive vice presidentLes Guthmanin 1994. Over the next ten years, it produced theOutside Television PresentsTV series, whose productionFarther Than the Eye Can See,[3]captured blind climberErick Weihenmayer's historic ascension to the summit ofMount Everest.Into the Tsangpo Gorge,[4]produced by director and expedition leader Scott Lindgren, achieved the first white water descent of the 18,000-ft.-deep Tsangpo Gorge (Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon) inTibet.Into the Tsangpo Gorgeaired onNBC Sportsin May 2002 and wasOutside Magazine's cover story in July 2002.[5]

In July 2013, Outside TV entered into a new multi-year distribution agreement with the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC), representing more than 950 different cable providers and thousands of local systems nationwide. The addition of NCTC to Outside Television's other core distribution partners such as Comcast Xfinity makes the independent network available to more than 40 million homes.[6]

In 2021 Lawrence "Larry" Burke sold Outside TV to Robin Thurston who chose to rename the company Outside.[7]

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References

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  1. ^"RSN Partners with Outside Magazine | RSN Resort TV".Archived fromthe originalon 2010-01-21.
  2. ^"Contact Us - Outside Television".Archived fromthe originalon 2011-02-22.
  3. ^"Farther Than the Eye Can See (TV Movie 2003) - IMDb".IMDb.
  4. ^"Into the Tsangpo Gorge (TV Movie 2002) - IMDb".IMDb.
  5. ^"Tsangpo Kayak Expedition | Outside Online".Archived fromthe originalon 2008-12-01.
  6. ^"NCTC Agreement Makes Outside Television Available to Nearly 1,000 Cable Providers | Outside Television".Archived fromthe originalon 2014-02-21.
  7. ^"Larry Burke sells Outside magazine and TV to Pocket Outdoor Media".2021-02-23.Retrieved2024-05-15.
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