Hawks, Bulls, & Sox new channel is Chicago Sports Network (CHSN)

[IU Hawks fan]

Of course, it was an option

No, it was not. You have no idea what you're talking about on this one.

Marquee needs a winter partner to stay in their current tier on Xfinity. In New York, YES has the Nets and the Mets channel SNY has nothing of note in the winter.

The Cubs know what is going to happen, Xfinity will bump Marquee to the upper tier, and then CHSN will agree to be placed there as well.

The Cubs are in a fight with Sinclair to even keep Marquee in existence. Sinclair runs the network, they pay the Cubs a flat fee and keep the carriage and DTC fees. They have no money to offer to another team.

Again, I'll reiterate, Marquee was never an option for the Hawks. They may have inquired, but were shot down immediately.

 

[Fenway]

No, it was not. You have no idea what you're talking about on this one.

You have no source, you are just making it up as you go.


The Cubs are in a fight with Sinclair to even keep Marquee in existence. Sinclair runs the network, they pay the Cubs a flat fee and keep the carriage and DTC fees. They have no money to offer to another team.

Again, I'll reiterate, Marquee was never an option for the Hawks. They may have inquired, but were shot down immediately.

@IU Hawks fan Crane Kenney vs Brooks Boyer

I know for a fact Fenway Sports Group looked at buying out Sinclair with Marquee and that may still happen.

CHSN got the big win with DirecTV

 

[BobbyJet]

For me it has been a smooth transition so far. Hope it stays that way.

 

[vegarover]

Perhaps I spoke too soon. Last night I used Nordvpn and a Denver server on a firestick and had no issues. Today I was testing other devices (iPhone, iPad, another fire stick, and the same one I used last night) that I downloaded Nordvpn on and am having a much harder time. I’m using the Hawks/Jets replay on ESPN+ and almost all servers I try from all over the country the stream just never loads. It shows a loading screen with a white spinning circle but nothing ever happens

Even when I get one to work, if I close the ESPN app and go back in, the same loading screen pops up. Needless to say I’m a little more concerned about getting tonight’s game to work. And it doesn’t matter whether I’m on wifi or not. Same result. It also isn’t just for the Hawks - it’s for any replay of any sport and some live games too like the football games going on rn. Anything ESPN+

I had a similar issue with SurfShark last year as well. At first, it was working fine with ESPN+, but then about halfway through the season I had pretty much the same experience you are having, and I eventually broke down and got YouTubeTV for the last few months of the season.

I wonder if ESPN is blocking the dummy IPs of the VPN services. And/or the internet providers are doing it? In my case it's Comcast.

 

[Pez68]

I had a similar issue with SurfShark last year as well. At first, it was working fine with ESPN+, but then about halfway through the season I had pretty much the same experience you are having, and I eventually broke down and got YouTubeTV for the last few months of the season.

I wonder if ESPN is blocking the dummy IPs of the VPN services. And/or the internet providers are doing it? In my case it's Comcast.

Nah.

 

[BHawk21]

so now tomorrow I officially cant watch with comcast? is the center ice free trial done?

 

[Crow]

Im starting to think it’s going to take a bulls regular season game coming soon to get a deal done with comcast. Who gives a f*** about hockey right? Having both not available when NBA is way more popular could hurt a little. Maybe I’m galaxy braining this though.

 

[Pez68]

Im starting to think it’s going to take a bulls regular season game coming soon to get a deal done with comcast. Who gives a f*** about hockey right? Having both not available when NBA is way more popular could hurt a little. Maybe I’m galaxy braining this though.

Nobody cares about the Bulls, either.

 

[Crow]

Nobody cares about the Bulls, either.

Good point maybe that’s what’s working against them more than anything. Terrible time to negotiate when all of your teams are bottom dwellers.

 

[vegarover]

Nah.

Nah what?

 

[Pez68]

Nah what?

To your questions.

 

[Bedarded]

Lmao, working in Fort Wayne,IN
… had access to the pregame and once the broadcast starts:

“This broadcast provider restricted access to this program” (the event your looking for isn’t available and isn’t being show elsewhere)…::… the price my family pays for this shit to be restricted is bullshit. f*** this

 

[Toews2Bickell]

ill say it again...annual cup contender to grab the antenna

 

[belfour30]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1846353130432159867

 

[Pez68]

Lmao, working in Fort Wayne,IN
… had access to the pregame and once the broadcast starts:View attachment 917130 “This broadcast provider restricted access to this program” (the event your looking for isn’t available and isn’t being show elsewhere)…::… the price my family pays for this shit to be restricted is bullshit. f*** this

What is this bullshit??? They won't let you watch in Fort Wayne???

 

[No Fun Shogun]

These idiots are absolutely shrinking the fanbase over a carrier deal that’ll likely get them less money than NBCSC got them.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1846353130432159867

any consideration for the fact that the team has zero distribution right now and was a bottom 5 team in the NHL last year? imagine not understanding the concept of leverage

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Also, “it takes two sides to find the value in this?” Way to out and out admit that Comcast doesn’t see the value in this ****ty channel.

 

[IU Hawks fan]

These idiots are absolutely shrinking the fanbase over a carrier deal that’ll likely get them less money than NBCSC got them.

There's no likely, it obviously will get them less.

The RSN well has run completely dry.

 

[bwana63]

the beatings will continue until morale improves

 

[Pez68]

There's no likely, it obviously will get them less.

The RSN well has run completely dry.

So really, just get a f***ing deal done so your fans can watch your team. This is idiotic.

 

[IU Hawks fan]

Yeah, and create an app so your customers can give you money directly, without being tied to a dying medium.

 

[ChiHawks10]

Yeah, and create an app so your customers can give you money directly, without being tied to a dying medium.

Apparently there already is a direct-to-consumer app, but they're holding off on releasing it until they have a carriage deal in place...

 

[Drumman44]

There's no likely, it obviously will get them less.

The RSN well has run completely dry.

If they had bought out the 25% of Comcast Sportsnet that Comcast owned, would carriers have had to honor their prior commitments?

 

[bwana63]

Apparently there already is a direct-to-consumer app, but they're holding off on releasing it until they have a carriage deal in place...

yep. good thing the Hawks have all the leverage here