The NBC Sports Network, which is best known for its coverage of the NHL and English Premier League, will be going away at the end of the year.
NBC Sports Chairman Pete Bevacqua announced the channel’s shutdown on Friday in an internal memo to staff.
“At the conclusion of 2021, we have decided that the best strategic next step for our Sports Group and the entire Company is to wind down NBCSN completely,” Bevacqua said in the memo.
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