TORONTO (August 12, 2010) – Rogers Sportsnet ONE kicks off its inaugural week of sports coverage Saturday, August 14th, with three live-events in High Definition, starting at 12 p.m. (ET)/9 a.m. (PT) with the Barclays Premier League match between defending champion Chelsea and West Brom.
Gerry Dobson and Craig Forrest will host SoccerCentral to preview the match followed by the post-game show at 2:30 p.m. (ET)/11:30 a.m. (PT).
Rogers Sportsnet ONE will follow up with a NL West division battle between the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants at 4 p.m. (ET)/1 p.m. (PT), and concludes the evening with the Toronto Blue Jays facing the Los Angeles Angels at 8:30 p.m. (ET)/5:30 p.m. (PT).
Rogers Sportsnet ONE is a new 24-hour national sports digital channel that will feature over 800 hours of compelling live-event programming, the majority of which will be broadcast in high definition.
The following schedule highlights the first week of programming on Rogers Sportsnet ONE:
Toronto Blue Jays
· @ Oakland Monday, August 16 @ 9:30 p.m. (ET)
· @ Oakland Tuesday, August 17 @ 9:30 p.m. (ET)
· @ Oakland Wednesday, August 18 @ 3 p.m. (ET)
Major League Baseball
· Detroit @ Chicago White Sox Sunday, August 15 @ 2 p.m. (ET)
· Detroit @ NY Yankees Thursday, August 19 @ 1 p.m. (ET)
· Atlanta @ Chicago Cubs Friday, August 20 @ 2 p.m. (ET)
· Seattle @ NY Yankees Friday, August 20 @ 7 p.m. (ET)
· LA Angels @ Minnesota Saturday August 21 @ 4 p.m. (ET)
· Washington @ Philadelphia Saturday August 21 @ 7 p.m. (ET)
· Seattle @ NY Yankees Sunday, August 22 @ 1 p.m. (ET)
Barclays Premier League
·Manchester United vs. West Ham Saturday August 21 @ 12 p.m. (ET)
Rogers Sportsnet ONE launches with an impressive roster of programming including:
· Toronto Blue Jays
· Major League Baseball
· Toronto Raptors
· National Basketball Association
· Barclays Premier League
· Vancouver Canucks *
· Ottawa Senators *
· Calgary Flames *
· Edmonton Oilers *
* Games for the Canucks, Senators, Flames and Oilers on Rogers Sportsnet ONE will be subject to NHL regional restrictions and only available to viewers in the designated regional areas.