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Outside Television is a Direct-broadcast satellite network operated by Mariah Media which publishes Outside Magazine that creates and distributes outdoor lifestyle and resort-based sports programs to a network of stations across the United States
United States
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History
The network was founded in partnership by Mariah Media Inc, publisher of Outside magazine, and Resort Sports Network (RSN) to bring Outside's award-winning coverage to life. The joint venture united two prominent leaders with large bases of both active and affluent consumers in the active-lifestyle categories.Outside Television was the result of a complete rebranding of the existing Resort Sports Network, the national television network that specialized in creating and distributing outdoor-lifestyle content to premier vacation destinations throughout the country.
As of June 2010 Outside Television was in 110 resort markets representing 61 million potential viewers.
The network is headquartered in Westport, CT. Its sales office is in the Graybar Building at 420 Lexington in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
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Outside Television was founded by publisher Lawrence Burke and founding executive producer and executive vice president Les Guthman
Les Guthman
Les Guthman is an American film director and producer, who has the distinction of both having produced three of the 20 Top Adventure DVDs of All Time, according to Men’s Journal magazine, and having won the National Academy of Science’s nationwide competition to find the best new idea in science...
in 1994. Over the next ten years, it produced the long-running Outside Television Presents TV series, whose production Farther Than the Eye Can See, the first high-definition film to summit Mt. Everest, by director and cameraman Michael Brown, earned two Emmy Nominations in 2004, the Emmys for Best Sports Documentary and Best Sports Cinematography. Into the Tsangpo Gorge, by director and expedition leader Scott Lindgren, achieved the epic first whitewater descent of the “Everest of rivers," through the 18,000-ft.-deep Tsangpo Gorge (Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon) in Tibet
Tibet
Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people...
and was recognized by the Explorers Club
The Explorers Club
The Explorers Club is a professional society dedicated to scientific exploration of Earth, its oceans, and outer space. Founded in 1904 in New York City, it currently has 30 branches world wide...
as one of the most accomplished expeditions of modern times. Into the Tsangpo Gorge aired on NBC Sports
NBC Sports
NBC Sports is the sports division of the NBC television network. Formerly "a service of NBC News," it broadcasts a diverse array of programs, including the Olympic Games, the NFL, the NHL, MLS, Notre Dame football, the PGA Tour, the Triple Crown, and the French Open, among others...
in May 2002 and was Outside Magazine's cover story in July 2002. In addition to airing on television, Outside Television's documentaries produced between 1995 and 2004 appeared in 177 international film festivals and won 29 film festival awards.
Programming
- Outside Today (cohosted by Ethan ZohnEthan ZohnEthan Zohn is an American reality television series contestant who won $1,000,000 on Survivor: Africa, the third season of the reality TV series Survivor. He also appeared on the All-Stars edition of the show. After winning Survivor he co-founded Grassroot Soccer, which uses soccer to raise money...
) - The Buzz
- Outside Film Festival
- Epic ConditionsEpic ConditionsEpic Conditions is a non-fiction television series shown on The Weather Channel that premiered on March 4, 2007. The show's main emphasis to show viewers about how weather can affect athletic and sports events. Epic Conditions and WeatherVentures launched as TWC's first HD programs on October 1,...
(originally produced by Weather Channel) - Focused
- Around the World for FreeAround the World for FreeAround The World For Free aka ATWFF is an online/broadcast hybrid reality series based on the concept of whether a person can circle the globe without any money. The show follows a reality star, as they attempt to travel around the world without any money on hand...
- Nomads
- Ride Guide
- North Face Expeditions
- Untracked
- Primal Quest
- Perfect Days
- Outside Television Presents