the sports television a Mexico has had passages that were etched in the memory of the fan, but few so remembered with as much nostalgia as that channel that brought us for several years, the passion of the Copa Libertadores from beginning to end: PSN.
In 1998, the Mexican clubs they started their adventure in CONMEBOL tournaments, but in the country, games could only be viewed in 2 ways: In Payment for Event at CEL or deferred near midnight a Television. but by the year 200, everything changed with the arrival of a purely sporting channel, which came to compete directly with the giants of the continent, ESPN i Fox Sports.
Pan American Sports Network, Was a chain based in Miami, But with scope since Canada to Argentina. Was based on the 200 and quickly it obtained the televising rights of important matches like World War II Libertadores, the Brasileirao, the Argentine League, Chile and some games of Spain, Italy, England and Germany. the NBA, formula 1 i Rugby.
Among his strong cards as an image were Joan Pau Varsky, Sebastià Vignolo, Jorge Ramos, Eduardo Biscayart, Ricardo Ortíz and Jorge Sánchez, Today, rapporteur in TUDN.
The chain’s success was largely due to cable dealerships throughout America they opened their doors to him, Cablevision, DirecTV, Multivision, Among others, they put it on the same channel, which in fact became a tradition: The 27th.
For 2 years, PSN commanded the Sports TV, To such an extent that it had to characters of the stature of Diego Armando Maradona like analyst of football.
But when everything was going aft and with the World Cup Korea – Japan the door, the decision of the owners, Hicks Group, was to merge with Fox Sports, so that months later it would disappear as a channel and left all its transmissions on Fox. Something similar to what happens today to this TV with ESPN i Disney.