Score Media and Gaming Inc. (formerly theScore Inc.) is a Canadian digital media and gaming company based in Toronto. A subsidiary of Penn Entertainment, it operates the sports news application theScore and the sportsbook theScore Bet. The company maintains American offices in New York City.
The company was formed in 2012 as a spin-out of Score Media after the sale of its television business (including its specialty channel The Score Television Network, now Sportsnet 360) to Rogers Media.
History
In 2012, Score Media reached an agreement to sell its Canadian television operations (including its flagship specialty channel The Score) to Rogers Media. The remaining digital assets, including theScore.ca and its mobile apps, were spun off into a new entity known as theScore Inc. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved the sale of the television business to Rogers in 2013.