Comcast_Sportsnet

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Comcast SportsNet Comcast SportsNet Comcast SportsNet FSN on Comcast SportsNet CSN Chicago, CSN Philadelphia, CSN MidAtlantic, CSN New England and CSN Bay Area carry Fox Sports Net programming in lieu of an 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. CSN New England does not carry ACC basketball; those games are on New England Sports Network because this TV package is sold market-by-market within the ACC regional footprint. CSN Northwest and SNY do not carry any FSN produced material because they are in competition with FSN Northwest and MSG Network, which have been part of FSN ever since FOX owned all or part of those channels. Launched Owned by Country Language Broadcast area Website 1997 Comcast United States American English Regional through several affiliates Comcast SportsNet Comcast SportsNet (or CSN) is a group of regional sports networks in the United States that is primarily owned by the Comcast cable television company. The channels, CSN Bay Area, CSN California (both serving Northern and Central California), CSN Chicago, CSN Mid-Atlantic (serving Baltimore/Washington), CSN New England, CSN Northwest (serving Portland, OR/Seattle), CSN Philadelphia, 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 California and SportsNet New York air SportsNite, a nightly sports news program which has a format that is very similar to ESPN’s SportsCenter. On October 1, 2008, all of the Comcast SportsNet branded networks began using the same logo, which resembles the one originally used by SportsNet New York. 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 NewsCorp) the Sun Sports cable television network based in Orlando, Florida (Sun Sports and FSN Florida are operated and programmed together by FOX, the latter channel being entirely NewsCorp-owned). In April 2007, Comcast bought 60 percent of FSN Bay Area and 50 percent of FSN New England from Cablevision’s Rainbow Media Holdings LLC subsidiary (which had partnered with FOX to Networks 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Name Bay Area Region served Northern and central California, northwestern Nevada (including the Lake Tahoe-Reno-Carson City region), and parts of southern Oregon. Home to San Francisco Giants (MLB), San Jose Sharks (NHL), Golden State Warriors (NBA), San Jose Earthquakes (MLS), San Jose Stealth (NLL), San Jose SaberCats (AFL) and local coverage of the Pacific 10, West Coast, Mountain West, and Western Athletic conferences. Former Name Pacific Sports Network (PSN), SportsChannel Bay Area, SportsChannel Pacific, FSN Bay Area Notes Comcast SportsNet Renamed from FSN Bay Area to CSN Bay Area on March 31, 2008.[1] Owned 45% by Comcast, 30% by the Giants and 25% by Fox. Due to NBA territorial restrictions, Warriors games are blacked out in the Sacramento area. California Northern and cent- Oakland Ath- CSN West ral California letics (MLB), Sacramento Kings (NBA), Sacramento Monarchs (WNBA), San Jose Earthquakes (MLS), 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. Formerly known as CSN West. Due to NBA territorial restrictions, Kings games are blacked out in the San Francisco Bay Area. One of two CSN networks with different broadcast graphics during NBA games (CSN Northwest). Chicago Illinois, northwestern Indiana, Iowa, non-Milwaukee market areas of southern Wisconsin Chicago Bulls (NBA), Chicago Cubs (MLB), Chicago White Sox (MLB), Chicago Blackhawks (NHL), coverage of FSN Chicago Sportsvision Chicago SportsChannel Chicago Replaced FSN Chicago. Owned 20% by Comcast, as well as 20% each by the Bulls, Blackhawks, White Sox, and Cubs . 2 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia local women’s college basketball games, as well as softball (the Chicago Bandits), and arena football (mainly the Chicago Rush). Mid-Atlantic Delaware, Maryland, Central Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, D.C., West Virginia Washington Home Team Capitals Sports (NHL), Washington Wizards (NBA), Washington Mystics (WNBA), D.C. United (MLS) and local coverage of the Atlantic Coast Conference and Colonial Athletic Association. Boston Celtics (NBA), Boston Cannons (MLL) Comcast SportsNet Carried the Baltimore Orioles through 2006. New England Connecticut (except southwestern areas), Maine Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Northeast Pennsylvania FSN New Renamed CSN New EngEngland, land in October 2007.[2] SportsChannel New England SportsNet New York (SNY) New York Mets (MLB), Big East, Sun Belt and other athletic conferences. Portland Trail Blazers (NBA), Vancouver Canucks and other NHL games, Oregon Ducks and other college sports programming, assorted local sports Owned jointly by the New York Mets, Time Warner, and Comcast. Northwest Oregon, Washington Created in conjunction with the Trail Blazers after they were unable to come to an agreement to stay on FSN Northwest. Currently available mostly to Comcast customers. Neither Dish Network nor DirecTV has picked up this channel. Canby Telcom has accused Comcast of being inflexible in its negotiations.[3] The Oregonian newspaper has 3 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Comcast SportsNet reported that CSN Northwest is seeking $2 per month per subscriber, more than what is being paid to the well-established FSN Northwest.[4] One of two CSN networks with different broadcast graphics during NBA games (CSN California). Philadelphia Philadelphia, eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, Delaware Philadelphia Phillies (MLB), Philadelphia Flyers (NHL), Philadelphia 76ers (NBA), Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL), Philadelphia Wings(NLL), college sports. Air Force Falcons (NCAA), BYU Cougars (NCAA), Colorado State Rams (NCAA), New Mexico Lobos (NCAA), SDSU Aztecs (NCAA), TCU Horned Frogs (NCAA), UNLV Rebels (NCAA), Utah Utes (NCAA), Wyoming Cowboys (NCAA). PRISM & Flagship of the Comcast SportsChannel regional sports networks. Not available via satellite, unlike the other CSN networks. The Mtn. Denver, Colorado Launched on September 1, 2006 as a joint-venture of the Mountain West Conference (MWC), CBS College Sports Network (then CSTV) and Comcast (which owns Versus). create FSN). As a result, Comcast took over control of what is now CSN New England.[5], and Comcast has announced plans to increase the amount of local programming on the channel[6]. Also, with Comcast having assumed full management control, FSN Bay Area was renamed CSN Bay Area on March 31, 2008 and is being run alongside the already-launched CSN West. Comcast also helped form MountainWest Sports Network (the mtn.), with CSTV (now CBS College Sports Network) and The Mountain West Conference. This was the first regional sports network dedicated strictly to a single NCAA Division 1 conference[7]. Similarly, Comcast owns local channels, branded Comcast Network, based in the Philadelphia and Baltimore/Washington metropolitan areas. The network, formerly called 4 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia CN8, is aired on most Comcast cable systems along the East Coast Philadelphia to Richmond, Virginia, and is sometimes carried on other cable operators. The channels served as primarily local news/information channels, but carry some regional sports programming, including Eastern League baseball, CAA football, and some Phillies games within the Phillies’ designated market. Originally expanded into the Boston market, the New England operations ceased in 2009. Comcast also owned a local sports network in Detroit and available across Michigan and central Indiana, CL Comcast Local. CL carried collegiate and high school sports from their area, as well as minor league sports throughout its broadcast area. CL ceased operations at the end of February 2008 as every major pro or college team in the region had its programming tied to FSN Detroit and/or the Big Ten Network. Comcast holds a minority stake in the MLB Network, along with DirecTV, Time Warner, Cox Communications and Major League Baseball, which holds controlling interest. Comcast SportsNet Note: Comcast SportsNet HD is NOT available in the Seattle area. References and footnotes [1] Same channel, but new name for local telecasts [2] 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) [3] Comcast Sportsnet and NFL Network (Canby Telcom) [4] Comcast’s sports channels fuel bidding war - OregonLive.com: Silicon Forest [5] Worcester Telegram & Gazette Bill Doyle [6] Comcast plans to beef up Fox Sports New England - The Boston Globe [7] http://themtn.cstv.com/about/ External links • • • • • • • • • • • CSN Bay Area CSN California CSN Chicago CSN Mid-Atlantic CSN New England CSN Northwest CSN Philadelphia CSS (Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast) Comcast Network (Chicago) Comcast Network Philadelphia SportsNet New York 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. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comcast_SportsNet" Categories: Comcast Corporation, Sports television in the United States, American television networks, Television channels and stations established in 1997, Comcast SportsNet This page was last modified on 13 May 2009, at 13:01 (UTC). All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.) Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a U.S. registered 501(c)(3) taxdeductible nonprofit charity. Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers 5