Sportsnet 360 (
SN360) is a
Canadian category A specialty channel owned by
Rogers Media. The channel was launched in 1994 as the licence-exempt service
Sportscope, which featured a display of sports news and scores. In 1997, the network was re-launched under
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) licensing as
Headline Sports, adding anchored segments of sports highlights and analysis to its programming. In 2000, the network gained the ability to air occasional broadcasts of live sporting events, and was re-launched as
The Score. In 2012, the network's parent company
Score Media announced that it would sell the network to Rogers Communications, which owns the competing
Sportsnet family of sports television networks; in 2013, the network was re-branded as Sportsnet 360.