Direct Sports Network

Digital media company based in Irvine, California

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Direct Sports Network

Company type| Private
Industry| Entertainment
Founded| Irvine, California
Founder| Richard Gillam
Headquarters| Irvine, California

Key people

| Richard Gillam (CEO)
Products|

* Streaming Media
* Video on Demand

Services|

* Digital Distribution
* Video Production

Website| www.asvott.com

Direct Sports Network or DSN (formerly DeskSite) is a digital media company based in Irvine, California. The company distributes sports programming with a focus on team-produced content. The network consists of individual team-specific apps (referred to as ‘DeskSites’), as well as a general 'Sports' app with individual teams aggregated together, in a Netflix-like ecosystem.

## Business

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DSN operates an Ad-supported Video on Demand system (AVOD) [1] through a network of branded sports apps on many platforms. TV commercials from national advertisers are periodically inserted into premium sports content. The various apps (DeskSites) are both free to install and access.

## Programming

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DSN programming primarily consists of platform-exclusive content supplied by individual sports teams, complemented with original programming segments produced inhouse in cooperation with various content partners.

### Content Partners

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#### Major League Soccer

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Colorado Rapids,[2] Houston Dynamo,[3] Los Angeles Galaxy,[4] and Seattle Sounders FC.[5]

#### NASCAR

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Leaguewide NASCAR,[6]

#### National Football League

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Denver Broncos,[7] Baltimore Ravens,[8] Buffalo Bills,[9] Chicago Bears,[10] Cleveland Browns,[11] Dallas Cowboys,[12] Indianapolis Colts,[13] Los Angeles Rams,[14] Miami Dolphins,[15] New England Patriots,[16] Oakland Raiders,[17] Pittsburgh Steelers,[18] and San Francisco 49ers.[19] New York Jets,[20] Detroit Lions,[21] Cincinnati Bengals,[22] Jacksonville Jaguars,[23] New York Jets,[20] New Orleans Saints,[24] Houston Texans,[25]

#### National Hockey League

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Boston Bruins,[26] Buffalo Sabres,[27] Colorado Avalanche,[28] Columbus Blue Jackets,[29] Dallas Stars,[30] Detroit Red Wings,[31] New Jersey Devils,[32] Philadelphia Flyers,[33] Pittsburgh Penguins,[34] San Jose Sharks,[35] Washington Capitals,[36] New York Islanders.[37]

## Platforms

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Available on Amazon’s Fire TV, Roku, Apple TV, select Smart TVs, iPads, as well as Windows & Mac desktops, laptops, and tablets.

## Corporate Affairs

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### Directors

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Peter Farrelly, Sid Ganis, Mark Handler, Erwin Raphael, and Leigh Steinberg.[38]

### Management

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Richard Gillam, CEO.

### Offices

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Irvine, California.

## References

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1. ^ OCBJ, Business
2. ^ Rapids Website Announcement
3. ^ Our Sports Central Announcement
4. ^ LA Business Journal Announcement
5. ^ Sport Techie Announcement
6. ^ NASCAR Announcement
7. ^ Denver Post Announcement
8. ^ Russel Street Report Announcement
9. ^ Buffalo Business First Announcement
10. ^ SportsPro Announcement
11. ^ Crain's Cleveland Business Journal Announcement
12. ^ The Post Game Announcement
13. ^ Indianapolis Business Journal Announcement
14. ^ Rams Website Announcement
15. ^ Phin Phanatic Announcement
16. ^ Video Ink Announcement
17. ^ Raider Take Announcement
18. ^ Steelers Website Announcement
19. ^ Cision PR Newswire Announcement
20. ^ a b Jets Unveil Announcement
21. ^ Detroit Lions Announcement
22. ^ Cincinnati Bengals Announcement
23. ^ Jaguars Announcement
24. ^ New Orleans Saints Announcement
25. ^ Houston Texans Announcement
26. ^ Cision PR Newswire Announcement
27. ^ Buffalo Business First Announcement
28. ^ Avalanche Website Announcement
29. ^ Columbus Business First Announcement
30. ^ Rapid TV News Announcement
31. ^ Tech Century Announcement
32. ^ Washington Business Journal Announcement
33. ^ Cision PR Newswire Announcement
34. ^ Cision PR Newswire Announcement
35. ^ Sharks Website Announcement
36. ^ Capitals Website Announcement
37. ^ New York Islanders Announcement
38. ^ Bloomberg Business Board Members

## External links

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* Company Website