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

IU Hawks fan · 2024-10-16T10:41:17-0400

Drumman44 said:
If they had bought out the 25% of Comcast Sportsnet that Comcast owned, would carriers have had to honor their prior commitments?

No, the contract ended 9/30. It's no different than when DirecTV loses ESPN and has to renegotiate, like what happened around Labor Day when college football started.

TLEH · 2024-10-16T11:03:12-0400

Wow. Just wow. I’m so sorry guys.

ChiHawks10 · 2024-10-16T11:33:46-0400

TLEH said:
Wow. Just wow. I’m so sorry guys.

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TLEH · 2024-10-16T14:08:50-0400

ChiHawks10 said:
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Just awful situation to deal with locally. Feel bad. The more you read the worse it gets

IU Hawks fan · 2024-10-16T14:30:39-0400

Got the antenna to work in the bedroom, since it's higher.

Safe to say I won't see many games until there's an app.

u2wojo · 2024-10-16T14:39:09-0400

Comcast is the absolute worst. They renewed my home internet for me with a nice 72% increase since my 2 year contract expired and they can. I though no biggie, I'll call and complain and they'll put me into something in the general zip code (slightly higher) then I was. Nope...half a dozen phone calls with no one in this country where actual American English is the persons first language. Ended up eating a 35% increase despite the fact that brand new customers have the same package available for 20% less than I do as an existing customer. Would have switched on principle even for $1 a month less, but could not find any high speed options (which I am almost positive Comcast knows when they are offering options) but the only option when I researched was slow ass satelite. No sooner do I begrudging make my bed with Comcast as today Metronet is buring fiber optic in front of my house. Guess I'll have to find out how bad Comcast is going to screw me with a cancellation fee....I'm guess at half the rate for the same speed it will make sense to go to Metronet as soon as I can.

That said, anyone with a brain knew Comcast/NBC were never going to put a regional sports upstart on their lowest or mid tier price plans. They are going to entice the folks wanting the channel into a more expensive package while charging the same for the middle tier package that ultimately has less programing and the teams will be lucky if they net the same money they were from being in the mid tier package. Win win and probaly a third win if they pay the teams less (would not surprise me) for Comcast and the customers lose lose and likely the teams lose too. I am lucky to have a nice clear free signal off the antenna.

ChiHawks10 · 2024-10-16T14:44:35-0400

TLEH said:
Just awful situation to deal with locally. Feel bad. The more you read the worse it gets

Gotcha. Thought you read something new.

I just went to VPN and ESPN+, so no biggie, but I will say... the game just cut out on me with like a minute and a half left last night, and it was pretty damn annoying. Just said "The current video cannot be played." or something along those lines, and wouldn't load back up again. No idea why.

Pez68 · 2024-10-16T15:20:20-0400

ChiHawks10 said:
Gotcha. Thought you read something new.

I just went to VPN and ESPN+, so no biggie, but I will say... the game just cut out on me with like a minute and a half left last night, and it was pretty damn annoying. Just said "The current video cannot be played." or something along those lines, and wouldn't load back up again. No idea why.

ESPN app does have some issues here and there.

ChiHawks10 · 2024-10-16T15:24:41-0400

Pez68 said:
ESPN app does have some issues here and there.

In an ideal world, the dumbass Hawks will get the app out soon, and I'll just pay their $10/month fee for it or whatever. Imagine already having an app, and withholding games from your fans, just because you want the carriage deal with cable providers. The fans suffer for the organization's incompetence.

GIADF · 2024-10-16T15:26:47-0400

Pez68 said:
ESPN app does have some issues here and there.

Maybe I'm lucky but ever since ESPN started providing the majority of NHL games, I can't think of more than 2-3 times where I've ever had an issue. It's been an amazing product for the cost, especially as an out of market Hawks fan.

I have probably watched 10-15 games per week on it the last 2-3 years... and yeah, virtually never have an issue with the feed via my LG or Samsung TVs.

TLEH · 2024-10-16T15:39:11-0400

ESPN+ is great but Apple TV is the best product out there to use it on for sure. On PC or Roku I’ve had problems. Apple TV? Never

OhCaptainMyCaptain · 2024-10-16T16:06:56-0400

ChiHawks10 said:
Gotcha. Thought you read something new.

I just went to VPN and ESPN+, so no biggie, but I will say... the game just cut out on me with like a minute and a half left last night, and it was pretty damn annoying. Just said "The current video cannot be played." or something along those lines, and wouldn't load back up again. No idea why.

I had this same issue when I was doing VPN to watch the Cubs. You can usually get it to work, but it's inconsistent and just annoying to deal with.

x Tame Impala · 2024-10-16T17:27:48-0400

ChiHawks10 said:
In an ideal world, the dumbass Hawks will get the app out soon, and I'll just pay their $10/month fee for it or whatever. Imagine already having an app, and withholding games from your fans, just because you want the carriage deal with cable providers. The fans suffer for the organization's incompetence.

You think it'll only be $10/month? That'd be fantastic.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1846656774281245177

ChiHawks10 · 2024-10-16T18:41:03-0400

x Tame Impala said:
You think it'll only be $10/month? That'd be fantastic.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1846656774281245177

I'm guessing $10-20.

No Fun Shogun · 2024-10-16T19:27:24-0400

Dude is about to **** off with the Sox and he's dragging the Bulls and Hawks down with him.

Pez68 · 2024-10-16T19:36:29-0400

Here's the thing. I have absolutely no reason at this point, to give them any of my money to watch. I already have a solution, since they weren't providing one. Disney+ bundle with ESPN+ and Hulu is pretty great value. I'll be paying for it regardless. So really I'm paying a few bucks a month for a VPN(that I use for other things and have anyway).

There's also zero chance that whatever app they launch is reliable and without problems. The Marquee app is a steaming pile of shit, from everything I hear. This one will be the same or worse.

P.S. It would be absolutely f***ing hilarious if they just repurposed the Stadium app, which, based on reviews, is also a piece of shit.

No Fun Shogun · 2024-10-16T19:59:18-0400

Hawks should unironically just pay their share of the channel to Jerry and partner up with Marquee instead. Not even joking.

bwana63 · 2024-10-16T20:00:04-0400

ChiHawks10 said:
I'm guessing $10-20.

ten bucks is a pipedream

No Fun Shogun · 2024-10-16T20:02:20-0400

The Hawks would be dumb enough to launch an app but have games still be region locked in-market.

Malaka · 2024-10-16T20:04:48-0400

Toews2Bickell said:
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

I mean does that matter? It’s a buy low for comcast, the hawks are a top 5 valuation in the league right?

Pez68 · 2024-10-16T20:14:12-0400

Malaka said:
I mean does that matter? It’s a buy low for comcast, the hawks are a top 5 valuation in the league right?

Of course it matters. Comcast doesn't give a shit about the team's value. They care about ratings and viewership. Bad teams have bad ratings and less viewers. Which means less revenue generation.

ChiHawks10 · 2024-10-16T20:35:38-0400

bwana63 said:
ten bucks is a pipedream

I'll admit, the $10 number was just something I threw out there. It's $20 a month for the Marquee sub, right? Cubs are bigger than the Hawks. I can see it being somewhere around $15-20 for this one too.

Drumman44 · 2024-10-16T21:04:05-0400

x Tame Impala said:
You think it'll only be $10/month? That'd be fantastic.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1846656774281245177

I refuse to believe Jerry Reinsdorf would listen to fans

Pez68 · 2024-10-16T21:10:56-0400

ChiHawks10 said:
I'll admit, the $10 number was just something I threw out there. It's $20 a month for the Marquee sub, right? Cubs are bigger than the Hawks. I can see it being somewhere around $15-20 for this one too.

$5, $10, $15, $20, doesn't matter really. They won't get my money. Lol

Toews2Bickell · 2024-10-16T21:31:05-0400

Pez68 said:
Of course it matters. Comcast doesn't give a shit about the team's value. They care about ratings and viewership. Bad teams have bad ratings and less viewers. Which means less revenue generation.

trend in viewership has been going down for awhile too probably, even when the old core was still around it was trending down so the org doesn't have much leverage when the team is no good and the viewership has been trending downward for years, and they have no distribution or prospects for distribution without the major players, the longer this goes on the more leverage the distributors gain as fans turn to ownership and say get a deal done

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