The sports television in Mexico has had passages that remained etched in the fan’s memory, but few went back as nostalgically as that channel we were engaged in for years, the passion of the Copa Libertadores from start to finish: PSN.
In 1998, Mexican clubs started their adventure in Conmebol tournaments, but in the country the games could only be seen in 2 ways: in Pay Per Event in SKY or delayed until around midnight Televisa. But by the year 200, everything changed with the advent of a pure sports channel that would compete directly with the giants of the continent, ESPN Y Fox Sports.
Panamerican Sports Network, was a chain based in Miami, but with range of Canada until Argentina. Founded in 200, it quickly gained the television rights to major tournaments such as the Libertadores, the Brasileirao, the Argentine, Chilean League and some games of it Spain, Italy, England and Germany. The NBA, formula 1 Y Rugby.
Among his strong image maps were Juan Pablo Varsky, Sebastián Vignolo, Jorge Ramos, Eduardo Biscayart, Ricardo Ortíz and Jorge Sánchez, now reporter in TUDN.
The chain’s success was largely due to the fact that there are cable concessions everywhere America they opened their doors to him, Cablevisión, DirectTV, MultivisionAmong other things, they placed it on the same channel, which eventually became tradition: El 27.
For 2 years, PSN ordered it Sports TV, to the extent that it had the status of Diego Armando Maradona as an analyst of characters American football.
But when everything went smoothly and with the World Cup Korea – Japan at the door, the owners’ decision, Grupo Hicks, was to merge with Fox Sports so that it would disappear as a channel months later and leave all your broadcasts on Fox. Something similar to what is happening today with the television with ESPN Y Disney.