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| Author: | chaspoppcap [ Thu Sep 12, 2024 1:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | New Chicago sports channel |
any update on the status, need to program my tv so I do not miss any sweet Blackhawks action? |
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| Author: | Curious Hair [ Thu Sep 12, 2024 3:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Chicago sports channel |
They're cutting it very close. |
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| Author: | Librarian [ Fri Sep 13, 2024 7:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Chicago sports channel |
DirecTV and U-Verse are the first to sign up. Comcast still playing hardball. Hopefully YouTube TV jumps aboard before Hawks drop the puck. https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports-med ... ts-chicago |
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| Author: | This Ends in Antioch [ Fri Sep 13, 2024 7:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Chicago sports channel |
I have Comcast. Does this mean I won’t get to watch White Sox baseball? |
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| Author: | brucester001 [ Fri Sep 13, 2024 8:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Chicago sports channel |
Look for an announcement today at 2:30 for more info. |
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| Author: | BeefLoaf108 [ Fri Sep 13, 2024 10:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Chicago sports channel |
Some lineup announcements.... https://x.com/jon_greenberg/status/1834609179622855071 |
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| Author: | Ogie Oglethorpe [ Fri Sep 13, 2024 10:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Chicago sports channel |
Glad to see the same faces back, especially Ozzie |
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| Author: | Ricky11Slade [ Fri Sep 13, 2024 12:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Chicago sports channel |
It's really called CHSN now after being called CSN? |
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| Author: | Curious Hair [ Fri Sep 13, 2024 4:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Chicago sports channel |
Ricky11Slade wrote: It's really called CHSN now after being called CSN? It's been "NBC Sports Chicago" for a while now. But I guess they had to create some separation from the old brand--I still think of it as Comcast SportsNet ten years later. What I don't understand is how this works to their favor. Each team owned 25% of the cable channel (20% when the Cubs were in on it) and NBC/Comcast owned the remaining portion. Isn't that going to be more or less the same equation with the new broadcast partner? Also, how are they replacing the money that they got from people who subscribed to the RSN but didn't consume the product? It feels too good to be true. |
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| Author: | Reared on the Score [ Fri Sep 13, 2024 5:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Chicago sports channel |
it's all very strangely low-key, the business entity is literally called "Standard Media Group" and has an empty office in Nashville https://soxmachine.com/2024/05/no-stadi ... st-future/ the actual broadcast will be using Stadium facilities, another Reinsdorf company. Unsure why not just have Stadium become an RSN, but I'm sure it's some kind of expenses reason |
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| Author: | Curious Hair [ Fri Sep 13, 2024 5:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Chicago sports channel |
So apparently Standard Media owns four affiliates across the teeming Providence, Lincoln, and Paducah/Mt. Vernon/Cape Girardeau markets. And apparently they can teach Chicago a thing or two about starting a television station. This is like CapCities buying ABC, but dumber. |
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| Author: | Nardi [ Fri Sep 13, 2024 6:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Chicago sports channel |
Sounds like fun. |
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| Author: | OscarTangoEcho [ Fri Sep 13, 2024 10:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Chicago sports channel |
ridiculously quiet on the broadcast/production front. Everyone seems to think it will be business as usual (same as it ever was...Sportschannel>FoxSportsChicago>ComcastSports>NBCChicago) but that's quite an assumption...one would think there would be an effort to cut some corners...I know about a game on Sat 10/18 that appears to be the same as it was last year in terms of tv crew, so perhaps the transition will be seamless |
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| Author: | Ricky11Slade [ Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Chicago sports channel |
OscarTangoEcho wrote: ridiculously quiet on the broadcast/production front. Everyone seems to think it will be business as usual (same as it ever was...Sportschannel>FoxSportsChicago>ComcastSports>NBCChicago) but that's quite an assumption...one would think there would be an effort to cut some corners...I know about a game on Sat 10/18 that appears to be the same as it was last year in terms of tv crew, so perhaps the transition will be seamless I do know they're putting the studios in the United Center, whatever difference that will make. |
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| Author: | Ricky11Slade [ Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Chicago sports channel |
Curious Hair wrote: Ricky11Slade wrote: It's really called CHSN now after being called CSN? It's been "NBC Sports Chicago" for a while now. But I guess they had to create some separation from the old brand--I still think of it as Comcast SportsNet ten years later. What I don't understand is how this works to their favor. Each team owned 25% of the cable channel (20% when the Cubs were in on it) and NBC/Comcast owned the remaining portion. Isn't that going to be more or less the same equation with the new broadcast partner? Also, how are they replacing the money that they got from people who subscribed to the RSN but didn't consume the product? It feels too good to be true. whoops, NBC Sports Chicago never really caught on with me I guess, I've always still thought of it as CSN. |
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| Author: | Curious Hair [ Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Chicago sports channel |
It's a subchannel of WJYS. No carriage on Comcast. |
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| Author: | BD [ Tue Sep 17, 2024 9:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Chicago sports channel |
Will this channel be available directly to consumer without having to subscribe for Comcast, DirecTV, YouTube, etc.? Would you have to be "in-market" in get this streaming (i.e. not in California)? |
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| Author: | pittmike [ Tue Sep 17, 2024 9:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Chicago sports channel |
If it is like the new one here in Pittsburgh Comcast has it and the only streaming is Fubo. |
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| Author: | Reared on the Score [ Tue Sep 17, 2024 10:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Chicago sports channel |
BD wrote: Will this channel be available directly to consumer without having to subscribe for Comcast, DirecTV, YouTube, etc.? Would you have to be "in-market" in get this streaming (i.e. not in California)? yes and no Only carriage so far is with DirecTV. It'll be available locally without a provider, but on over-the-air antenna https://radiodiscussions.com/threads/ch ... -3.773183/ I highly doubt this cheap operation will develop their own OTT app and subscription model |
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| Author: | Chet Coppock's Fur Coat [ Tue Sep 17, 2024 2:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Chicago sports channel |
Reared on the Score wrote: BD wrote: Will this channel be available directly to consumer without having to subscribe for Comcast, DirecTV, YouTube, etc.? Would you have to be "in-market" in get this streaming (i.e. not in California)? yes and no Only carriage so far is with DirecTV. It'll be available locally without a provider, but on over-the-air antenna https://radiodiscussions.com/threads/ch ... -3.773183/ I highly doubt this cheap operation will develop their own OTT app and subscription model The similar setup being rolled out in Seattle cut a deal with Amazon Prime as well as going over the air. Not sure what their blackout rules are, if any. |
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| Author: | Curious Hair [ Tue Sep 17, 2024 3:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Chicago sports channel |
To the best of my knowledge, the territory maps are still in play, with ESPN+ holding exclusivity for out-of-market rights. The Blackhawks' territory is roughly the following media markets: Chicago Rockford Quad Cities Peoria-Bloomington Champaign-Springfield-Decatur Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk Des Moines Cedar Rapids Ottumwa Fort Wayne South Bend Indianapolis Lafayette Terre Haute Evansville Strangely enough, not Milwaukee, which belongs to the Wild, who give them like 20 games a year as a relic of when the Brewers and the Minnesota teams shared an RSN. They've found stations in South Bend and Rockford that will simulcast 62.2 over the air, but no such luck for the others. If there's no independent streaming option nor cable carriage for the other markets in the Blackhawks' territory, you might be out of luck, stuck in a donut hole of no out-of-market package nor in-market coverage. Call it growing pains. EDIT: the Bulls' territory is a little different, they give up most of Indiana to the Pacers but I think they get the entire state of Illinois plus the Missouri side of the St. Louis market, so if you're in Mount Vernon for some reason, maybe you'll have the same problem too. |
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