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.