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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|American regional sports network}}<br />
{{Infobox Network<br />
| network_name = Hawkvision<br />
| network_logo = <br />
| headquarters = [[Chicago, IL]]<br />
| network_type = [[Pay television]] [[Television network|network]] ([[sports]])<br />
| available = [[United States]]<br />
| owner = [[Wirtz Corporation]]<br />
| launch_date = {{start date and age|1992}}<br />
| dissolved = {{End date and age|1995}}<br />
| key_people = <br />
| past_names = <br />
| website = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Hawkvision''' was a short-lived [[pay TV|subscription TV]] service founded by [[Wirtz Corporation]] and [[Chicago Blackhawks]] owner [[Bill Wirtz]].<ref name="cs100">{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.csweekly.com/featuredStory/index/id/112 <br />
|title=Shooting The Hawks <br />
|access-date=2008-01-03 <br />
|author=Wood, Matt <br />
|date=November 21, 2007 <br />
|publisher=Chicago Sports Weekly <br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071201110839/http://www.csweekly.com/featuredStory/index/id/112 <br />
|archive-date=December 1, 2007 <br />
|url-status=dead <br />
}}<br />
</ref> The service broadcast Chicago Blackhawks games. It operated in conjunction with Chicago's [[FSN Chicago#Affiliation with SportsChannel and Fox Sports Net|local version of]] [[SportsChannel]], and access cost [[United States dollar|$]]29.95 per month.<br />
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==Overview==<br />
In 1992, Wirtz, who had a reputation for stubbornness and frugality,<ref name="fox001"><br />
{{cite web|url = http://www.myfoxchicago.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=3ABD84EA791AB982852D865E38D586E3?contentId=4467845&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1|title = Blackhawks Owner William Wirtz Dies<br />
|access-date = 2007-09-29|agency = Associated Press|date = September 26, 2007|publisher = Fox News}}</ref> ended all Blackhawks broadcast agreements with [[network television|network]] and [[cable television]] outlets. While vilified for this decision by many Blackhawks fans, he felt that broadcasting regular home games was unfair to the team's season-ticket holders.<ref name="st001">{{cite web<br />
|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20020227/ai_n12455624 <br />
|title=All playoff games will be televised <br />
|access-date=2007-09-29 <br />
|first=Len <br />
|last=Ziehm <br />
|date=February 27, 2002 <br />
|publisher=Chicago SunTimes <br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210162206/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20020227/ai_n12455624 <br />
|archive-date=December 10, 2007 <br />
|url-status=dead <br />
}}</ref> Only Blackhawks games picked up by national broadcasters (which only happened when the Blackhawks made the playoffs) were shown on basic cable (complicated further by [[SportsChannel America]] having various issues with carriage).<br />
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Hawkvision only broadcast for a short time, ending after the {{nhly|1994}} season. However, regular Blackhawk home games did not resume airing on television until the {{nhly|2007}} season after Wirtz's death. His son [[Rocky Wirtz|Rocky]] took over the team's operations and agreed to allow [[WGN-TV]] and [[NBC Sports Chicago]] to carry those games.<br />
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Similar subscription TV services were utilized for the [[Montreal Canadiens]] and [[Winnipeg Jets]] by rightsholder [[The Sports Network|TSN]] from 2010 through 2014.<br />
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