The Christian Church is now the official religion of the Roman Empire, many of its early doctrinal struggles were settled at the Council of Nicea, and the Church itself had a mighty philosopher in the form of Augustine, the Bishop of Hippo, who had successfully waged a theological battle against the Donatist heresy, among others.
Its scheme was to start with a regional sports network in Los Angeles, where Disney's baseball team, the Anaheim Angels, and its hockey team, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, were to form the core of the programming.