Comcast SportsNet
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The channels, CSN Chicago, CSN Philadelphia, CSN Mid-Atlantic (serving Baltimore/Washington), CSN West (serving northern and central California), CSN Northwest serving Portland, OR, and SportsNet New York have rights to carry some or all of the local professional teams in baseball, basketball, hockey, and soccer. They also air nightly sports-news and talk shows, post-game shows and other shoulder programming related to local National Football League teams, and a variety of college sports programming.
CSN Chicago, CSN Philadelphia, CSN Mid-Atlantic, CSN West and SportsNet New York air SportsNite, a nightly sports news program which has a format that is very similar to ESPN's SportsCenter.
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[edit] Networks
| Name | Region served | Home to | Former Name | Notes |
| Chicago | Illinois, northwestern Indiana, Iowa, southern Wisconsin | Chicago Bulls (NBA), Chicago Cubs (MLB), Chicago White Sox (MLB), Chicago Blackhawks (NHL), Chicago Fire (MLS), coverage of local women's college basketball games, mainly of the Big Ten, as well as softball (the Chicago Bandits), arena football (mainly the Chicago Rush), and the Chicago Shamrox, a National Lacrosse League team. | Replaced FSN Chicago. Owned 20% by Comcast, as well as 20% each by the Bulls, Blackhawks, White Sox, and Cubs . | |
| Mid-Atlantic | Delaware, Maryland, Central Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, D.C., West Virginia | Washington Capitals (NHL), Washington Wizards (NBA), Washington Mystics (WNBA), D.C. United (MLS) and local coverage of the Atlantic Coast Conference and Colonial Athletic Association. | Home Team Sports | Carried Baltimore Orioles through 2006 |
| New England | Connecticut (except southwestern areas), Maine Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont | Boston Celtics (NBA), Boston Cannons (MLL) | FSN New England, SportsChannel New England | Renamed to CSN New England on October 1, 2007 by Comcast, the owner and operator of FSN New England[1] |
| SportsNet New York (SNY) | New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Northeast Pennsylvania | New York Mets (MLB), New York Titans (NLL), and local coverage of the Big East athletic conference. | Carried Big Ten Conference games prior to the launch of the Big Ten Network | |
| Northwest | Oregon, Washington | Portland Trail Blazers (NBA), Oregon Ducks (NCAA), other local sports | Created in conjunction with the Trail Blazers after they were unable to come to an agreement to stay on FSN Northwest | |
| Philadelphia | Philadelphia, eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, Delaware | Philadelphia Phillies (MLB), Philadelphia Flyers (NHL), Philadelphia 76ers (NBA), Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL), Philadelphia Wings(NLL) . | PRISM & SportsChannel | Flagship of the Comcast regional sports networks. Not available via satellite, unlike the other CSN networks |
| West | Northern and central California | Sacramento Kings (NBA), Sacramento Monarchs (WNBA), California Golden Bears (NCAA), other local sports coverage. | Created in conjunction with Maloof Sports & Entertainment (owners of the Kings and Monarchs), after not renewing its previous contract with FSN Bay Area. Due to NBA territorial restrictions, Kings games are blacked out in the San Francisco Bay Area. |
[edit] FSN on Comcast SportsNet
CSN Chicago, CSN Philadelphia, CSN Mid-Atlantic, and CSN New England carry FSN programming in lieu of a FSN affiliate. This offers the regions access to a variety of college sports, notably ACC men's and women's basketball on Sundays, Pac-10 basketball on various nights, plus Big 12 and Pac-10 football on Saturdays during their respective seasons. They also air studio shows, such as The Best Damn Sports Show Period, and the FSN Final Score. This arrangement is to secure national coverage for its collegiate lineup of games. (Note: CSN-NE does not carry ACC basketball; those games are on New England Sports Network.)
[edit] Other channels
Comcast is part owner (with St. Louis, Missouri-based Charter Communications) of CSS (Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast), a regional network serving the southeastern portion of the nation, based in Atlanta. CSS carries primarily collegiate and high school sports in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and South Carolina. CSS is not directly related to Comcast SportsNet.
Comcast also co-owns (with Fox Sports Net) the Sun Sports cable television network based in Orlando, Florida and serving the state of Florida (Sun Sports and FSN Florida are operated and programmed together). As of April 30, 2007, Comcast is buying 60 percent of FSN Bay Area and 50 percent of FSN New England from Cablevision's Rainbow Media Holdings LLC subsidiary. As a result, Comcast will own FSN New England which carries Boston Celtics games, along with regional and national college sports. The rest of FSN Bay Area will remain owned by an affiliate of News Corp. Comcast will operate both FSN networks. It is unclear if FSN Bay Area will change names to reflect the new ownership. FSN New England will change its name to Comcast SportsNet New England effective October 1, 2007[2], and Comcast has announced plans to increase the amount of local programming on the channel[3].
Comcast SportsNet also helped form MountainWest Sports Network (the mtn.), with CSTV and The Mountain West Conference. This was the first regional sports network dedicated strictly to a single NCAA Division 1 conference[4].
Comcast also owns a local sports network in Detroit and available across Michigan and central Indiana, CL Comcast Local. CL carries collegiate and prep sports from their area, as well as minor league sports throughout the state.
Similarly, Comcast owns local channels, branded CN8, based in the Philadelphia and Boston metropolitan areas. CN8 is aired on most Comcast cable systems along the East Coast from Boston to Richmond, Virginia. The CN8 channels are primarily local news/information channels, but carry some regional sports programming, including Eastern League baseball, and some Phillies games within the Phillies' designated market.
[edit] Comcast SportsNet HD
Comcast SportsNet HD is a high definition simulcast of select programs from Comcast SportsNet including live sports & series. Each regional channel has its own separate HD feed and decides what will be broadcast in HD.[edit] References and footnotes
- ^ http://www.telegram.com/article/20070920/COLUMN08/709200699/1009/SPORTS September 20, 2007 news articles from Worcester Telegram & Gazette Bill Doyle (Must scroll down about half a page for citation)
- ^ http://www.telegram.com/article/20070920/COLUMN08/709200699/1009/SPORTS
- ^ http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2007/06/06/comcast_plans_to_beef_up_fox_sports_new_england/
- ^ http://themtn.cstv.com/about/
[edit] External links
- CSN Mid-Atlantic
- CSN Philadelphia
- CSN Chicago
- CSN West
- CSN New England
- CSS (Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast)
- CL (Comcast Local)
- Comcast Network (Chicago)
- CN8 New England
- CN8 Philadelphia
- SportsNet New York
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| Regional sports networks: Comcast Local • Chicago • Mid-Atlantic • New England • New York • Northwest • Philadelphia • West |
