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{{Short description|US sports television network}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Use American English|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name              = New England Sports Network
| logo              = NESN logo 2019.png
| logo_size         = 200px
| type              = [[Regional sports network]]
| country           = [[United States]]
| area              = [[New England]] (except [[Fairfield County, Connecticut|Fairfield County, CT]])<br>Nationwide (via satellite, select cable providers)
| network           =
| slogan            =
| headquarters      = [[Watertown, Massachusetts]]
| language          = [[English language|English]]
| picture_format    = [[480i]] ([[Standard-definition television|SDTV]])<br>[[1080i]] ([[High-definition television|HDTV]])<br>[[4K resolution#2160p resolution|2160p]] ([[Ultra-high-definition television|4K UHD]])
| owner             = [[Fenway Sports Group]] (80%)<br>[[Delaware North]] (20%)
| key_people        =
| sister_channels   = [[SportsNet Pittsburgh]]
| founded           =
| founder           =
| launch_date       = {{Start date|1984|04|04}}
| terr_serv_1       = [[DirecTV]]
| terr_chan_1       = 628<br>628-1 <small>([[NESN#NESN+|NESN+]])</small>
| online_serv_1     = NESN 360
| online_chan_1     = {{URL|https://nesn.com/nesn360/}}
| online_serv_2     = [[DirecTV Stream]]
| online_chan_2     = [[Internet Protocol television]]
| online_serv_3     = [[FuboTV]]
| online_chan_3     = [[Internet Protocol television]]
| availability_note =
| website           = {{URL|NESN.com}}
| webcast           = 
}}

'''New England Sports Network''', popularly known as '''NESN''' {{IPAc-en|n|ɛ|s|.|ɛ|n}}, is an American [[regional sports network|regional sports]] [[cable television|cable]] and [[satellite television|satellite]] [[television network]] owned by a [[joint venture]] of [[Fenway Sports Group]] (which owns a controlling 80% interest, and is the owner of the [[Boston Red Sox]], [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool Football Club]], and the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]]) and [[Delaware North]] (which owns the remaining 20% interest in the network as well as the [[Boston Bruins]] and [[TD Garden]], home of the Bruins and the [[Boston Celtics]]). Headquartered in [[Watertown, Massachusetts]], the network is primarily carried on cable providers throughout [[New England]] (except in [[Fairfield County, Connecticut]], which is part of the greater New York City media market). NESN is also distributed nationally on satellite providers [[DirecTV]] and as '''NESN National''' via select cable providers.

NESN is the primary broadcaster of the Boston Red Sox and the Boston Bruins – serving as the exclusive home for all games that are not televised by a national network. NESN also carries [[minor league baseball]] games, regional college sports events, various outdoor and sports talk shows. The network has become synonymous with local sports in New England, and is considered a local institution.