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{{short description|U.S. television network}}
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{{Infobox television channel
| name = America One
| logo = America one.png
| type = [[Terrestrial television|Free-to-air]] [[television network]]
| country = [[United States]]
| language = English
| picture_format = [[480i]] ([[SDTV]])
| owner = America One Television, Inc.<br>([[USFR Media Group]])<ref name="usfrmediagroup"/> (1995&ndash;2003)<br>VOTH Network, Inc.<br>([[USFR Media Group]])<ref name="usfrmediagroup"/> (2003&ndash;2009)<br>America One Television Network, Inc.<ref name="americaonetvnetwork"/> (2009&ndash;2010)<br>One Media Corp, Inc.<ref name="onemediacorp"/> (2010&ndash;2015)<br>Center Post Networks, LLC (2015)
| launch_date = {{Start date|1995}}
| replaced_by = [[YTA TV]]
| former_names = America One Television (1995&ndash;2009)<br>America One Television Network (2009&ndash;2010)
}}

'''America One''' was an American [[television network]] established in 1995 by [[USFR Media Group]] through its America One Television subsidiary.<ref name="usfrmediagroup">{{cite news |date=2003-04-16 |title=USFR Media Group Announces Restructuring of the America One Television Network |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/usfr-media-group-announces-restructuring-of-the-america-one-television-network-70868707.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818142928/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/usfr-media-group-announces-restructuring-of-the-america-one-television-network-70868707.html |archive-date=2017-08-18 |access-date=13 July 2016 |website=PR Newswire}}</ref><ref name=pgm>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130728192556/http://www.pgmedia.tv/news_profiles.html Cable Network Profiles]. PGMedia.tv. Archived from [http://www.pgmedia.tv/news_profiles.html the original] on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2014.</ref> The network served over 170 [[LPTV]], Class A, full-power, cable and satellite affiliate stations. It was one of the first TV networks to have online live video streaming before the tech bubble burst in 2000. At least twenty of the stations carried America One's complete 168-hour weekly transmission.

In 2003, the network went through a restructuring, being placed within USFR Media Group's VOTH Network, Inc. subsidiary.<ref name="usfrmediagroup"/>

In 2009, the network came under the ownership of America One Television Network, Inc. due to a shareholder buyout from USFR Media Group.<ref name="americaonetvnetwork">{{cite news |date=2009-04-28 |title=New America One Ownership and Management to Make Network "Partner of Choice" for Digital TV Era |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20090428005439/en/America-Ownership-Management-Network-%E2%80%9CPartner-Choice%E2%80%9D-Digital |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005031119/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20090428005439/en/America-Ownership-Management-Network-%E2%80%9CPartner-Choice%E2%80%9D-Digital |archive-date=2016-10-05 |access-date=14 July 2016 |website=Business Wire}}</ref>

In 2010, America One Television Network merged with B2 Broadcasting to create the [[holding company]] One Media Corp, Inc., which America One & B2 Broadcasting then became subsidiaries of, while retaining their respective brand identities.<ref name="onemediacorp">{{cite news |date=2010-11-10 |title=America One and B2 Broadcasting Merge Under One Media Corp Holding Company |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20101130006637/en/America-B2-Broadcasting-Merge-Media-Corp-Holding#.Vc5fA5fOZdA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812135401/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20101130006637/en/America-B2-Broadcasting-Merge-Media-Corp-Holding#.Vc5fA5fOZdA |archive-date=2017-08-12 |access-date=13 July 2016 |website=Business Wire}}</ref>

According to its press release in 2013, it broadcast "5500 live and exclusive events, over 100 U.S. Colleges, 70 professional sports teams and hundreds of top professional leagues from Asia and Europe."<ref>{{cite web |last=Leisering |first=David |date=3 October 2013 |title=Atlantic Hockey To Continue Partnership With America ONE |url=http://www.hurstathletics.com/news/2013/10/3/MHOCK_1003134529.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605040807/https://hurstathletics.com/news/2013/10/3/MHOCK_1003134529.aspx |archive-date=2015-06-05 |access-date=12 August 2017 |website=Mercyhurst Athletics}}</ref>

It was reported in September 2014 that One Media Corp had sold America One to Center Post Networks, LLC, owner of Youtoo TV. The sale was finalized in the spring of 2015, with Center Post Networks merging the two networks, which replaced both networks by [[YTA TV]]. The sports assets were not included in the merger, as they had been spun off to [[One World Sports]] and then to [[Eleven Sports Network]] in 2017.

[[Image:A1_Logo_Color_Web_150.png|thumb|right|Former America One logo]]

==Programming==
America One aired a mix of entertainment and US & international sports programming in [[prime time]]. Cooking, travel, news shows, and classic movies made up the network's daytime programming. The network also encouraged the preemption of four hours per day of its programming for local sports, entertainment, or news.

==America One Sports==
America One held the U.S. broadcast rights to the [[Ontario Hockey League]], [[Australian Football League]], the [[CARS Tour|USAR Hooters Pro Cup]], the [[ECHL]], playoffs in the [[Indoor Football League]], and the [[American Hockey League]]'s all-star game. America One syndicated many of these broadcasts to various regional sports networks in the US (usually, those not part of the [[Fox Sports Net]] family). America One also carried tape-delayed broadcasts of the English [[Premier League]], specifically [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]] and [[Everton F.C.|Everton]]. America One also showed [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]]-based Victory Fighting [[Mixed martial arts|M.M.A.]] Usually, those events were on tape delay.

In 1999, America One broadcast NWA Wildside pro wrestling.

America One had broadcast rights to several [[rugby league]] organizations. From 2010 the predominantly Britain-based [[Super League]] matches were shown live (rights to that league have since transitioned to [[Fox Sports 2]] (then called Fuel TV) in 2013) in addition to Australasia's [[National Rugby League]] games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=16502|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208154752/http://www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=16502|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 February 2010|title=engage Super League|date=8 February 2010|access-date=12 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rleague.com/db/article.php?id=35636|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316095309/http://www.rleague.com/db/article.php?id=35636|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 March 2010|title=rleague.com - The World of Rugby League|date=16 March 2010|access-date=12 August 2017}}</ref> They also showed the [[American National Rugby League]] Grand final.

Historically, America One had a longstanding partnership with the [[Canadian Football League]] that lasted through much of the 2000s. This partnership ended before the [[2010 CFL season|2010 season]] when the [[NFL Network]] took over U.S. broadcast rights; as of 2014, ESPN holds those rights.

In 2012, America One became the first American network to broadcast a [[Nippon Professional Baseball]] (NPB) game ([[Hiroshima Toyo Carp]] home game) on tape delay.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}}

==Affiliates==
Affiliates received four minutes per hour for ads and end breaks while having to secure cable carriage themselves.<ref name=tnc>{{cite news|last1=McAvoy|first1=Kim|title=Diginets Struggle For Place On TV's Frontier|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/52778/diginets-struggle-for-place-on-tvs-frontier/page/2|access-date=August 19, 2014|work=TVNewsCheck|date=July 27, 2011}}</ref> One of the stations that was affiliated with America One was KPDC-LP.<ref>{{Cite web |title=KPDC CFL Schedule for 2009 |url=http://www.desertchapel.org/dctv/cflupdate.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623121705/http://www.desertchapel.org/dctv/cflupdate.html |archive-date=2015-06-23 |website=Desert Chapel}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=28 July 2013 |title=Cable Network Profiles |url=http://www.pgmedia.tv/news_profiles.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728192556/http://www.pgmedia.tv/news_profiles.html |archive-date=28 July 2013 |access-date=12 August 2017 |website=Proving Ground Media}}</ref>

==One Media Corp==
From 2010 to 2015, it was owned and operated by One Media Corp, based in [[Dallas|Dallas, Texas]], which also operates
*One CNNXT, a broadband transport company<ref name=tnc/>
*B2 Broadcasting, a premier provider of reliable and secure international high-definition television transport and pay-per-view broadcasting service<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-11-30 |title=America One and B2 Broadcasting Merge Under One Media Corp Holding Company |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20101130006637/en/America-B2-Broadcasting-Merge-Media-Corp-Holding |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128044132/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20101130006637/en/America-B2-Broadcasting-Merge-Media-Corp-Holding#.Vc5fA5fOZdA |archive-date=2013-01-28 |access-date=2017-08-12 |website=Business Wire}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[YTA TV]]
*[[One World Sports]]
*[[Independent News Network]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050420031044/http://www.americaone.com/ American One website] (still active, but not functional)

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