The Ski Channel is a
Video On Demand Cable, Satellite and Telco television channel distributed on
Comcast,
Time Warner Cable,
DirecTV,
Verizon FiOS,
Brighthouse Networks,
Cablevision,
RCN,
AT&T U-Verse and
Cox Communications. The technical term for a channel of this type is
VODnet. It features mountain oriented sports, activity and lifestyle content and is devoted to year round mountain activities such as skiing, snowboarding, hiking, biking, backpacking, climbing and other mountain sports. The channel launched on December 25, 2008. Tennis doubles team
Bob and Mike Bryan are investors in the channel. It was founded by
Steve Bellamy who also founded
Tennis Channel.