Complex sentence: The Big Ten Network (BTN) is an American sports network dedicated to the Big Ten Conference, jointly operated by the conference itself and Fox Sports, and is the first internationally distributed network dedicated to covering a single college conference.
Split into simpler sentences: The Big Ten Network (BTN) is an American sports network dedicated to the Big Ten Conference, jointly operated by the conference and Fox Sports. It is the first internationally distributed network dedicated to covering a single college conference.