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Although licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC ) as a single national service, for all intents and purposes it is equivalent to a collection of four regional sports networks, each simulcast in both standard definition and high definition, and each covering a different region of Canada.

In each region, only the local Sportsnet channel is available on analogue cable, but all four channels are available nationally via digital cable ( subject to blackouts for some out-of-market teams ).