Sporting teams around the world use subscription TV channels to promote their brand and team to new and current fans. The ability for sports teams to produce their own television channels requires a significant amount of money and is usually only restricted to large clubs with large amounts of profit such as Manchester United and Barcelona.
Sports team channels on television by the following teams:
France Olympique Lyonnais - OL Play
Australia
NRL St George Illawarra Dragons – Dragons TV Gold Coast Titans – Titans TV
AFL Hawthorn Hawks- Hawks TV
Canada Toronto Raptors (NBA)- Raptors TV Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL)- Leafs TV
England
Premier League Manchester United – MUTV 1998– Middlesbrough FC – Boro TV 1997–2002 Chelsea – Chelsea TV Arsenal – Arsenal TV 2008–2009 Liverpool – LFC TV
Portugal FC Porto (Primeira Liga) – Porto Canal SL Benfica (Primeira Liga) – Benfica TV Sporting CP (Primeira Liga) – Sporting TV
Scotland
Scottish Premier League Celtic – Celtic TV 2004–2005 Rangers – Rangers TV 2004–2009
Spain Barcelona (La Liga)- Barca TV Real Madrid (La Liga) – Real Madrid TV
United States
In the United States, several regional sports networks are owned by teams, either fully or partially or.
Los Angeles Lakers (NBA)- Lakers TV
New York Yankees (MLB)- YES Network
Chicago Cubs (MLB)- Marquee Sports Network
Egypt
Zamalek Sporting Club (Egyptian Premier League) – Zamalek TV