What it might be called is uncertain, although Little Caesars Sports Network is a popular early pick.
Ilitch Holdings, Inc., instead is boring into issues and timetables after it was formally announced Thursday that a new Ilitch-owned sports network was in the “exploratory” phase, which could lead to a new television home for the family’s pro sports teams, the Tigers and Red Wings.
The Tigers and Red Wings each have long-term contracts with FSD that are set to expire early next decade. FSD, however, could be sold within months after its parent company, Disney, was ordered in July by the Justice Department to dispense with its sports properties acquired last year when it bought Twenty-First Century Fox.