  sun sports (sometimes referred to on-air as fox's sun sports) is an american regional sports network that is operated as an affiliate of fox sports networks, and serves the state of florida. the channel is owned by fox cable networks, a unit of the fox entertainment group division of 21st century fox. its headquarters are located in orlando, florida. launched in 1988 as sunshine network, the channel is now carried by virtually every cable provider throughout the state of florida and is available on satellite providers directv and dish network around the united states. originally an affiliate of prime network, it was acquired with the rest of prime by fox sports net in 1995. sunshine network changed its name to sun sports in 2004 to reflect its sports-focused programming. ==programming== sun sports airs professional, collegiate and high school sporting events. it offers split feeds for individual regions of the state. along with sister network fox sports florida, it holds the regional cable television rights to the nba's orlando magic and miami heat, the nhl's tampa bay lightning, and mlb's tampa bay rays. in addition the channel offers baseball, basketball, football, and other sporting events from university of florida, florida state university, and the southeastern conference. having a longtime partnership with florida state and the university of florida, sun sports produces all regular season football games for both schools and airs them statewide on a next-day delay basis. the network also has the rights to the fhsaa football and basketball finals. ==fox sports florida== {{main
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