Comcast SportsNet
Launched	1997
Owned by	Comcast
Country	United States
Language	American English
Broadcast area	Regional through several affiliates
Website	Comcast SportsNet

Comcast SportsNet (or CSN) is a group of regional sports networks. Comcast Corporation ( is the largest Cable television company the second largest Internet service provider and (according to the company the fourth largest telephone The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Phonology North American English regional phonology In many ways compared to English English, North American English is conservative in its Phonology. In the United States of America, a regional sports network, or RSN is a Cable television station that presents sports programming to a local market The group is primarily owned by the Comcast cable television company. Comcast Corporation ( is the largest Cable television company the second largest Internet service provider and (according to the company the fourth largest telephone

The channels, CSN Chicago, CSN Philadelphia, CSN New England, CSN Mid-Atlantic (serving Baltimore/Washington), CSN Northwest (serving Portland, OR), CSN Bay Area and CSN West (both serving Northern and Central California) and SportsNet New York have rights to carry some or all of the local professional teams in baseball, basketball, hockey, and soccer. CSN Chicago is a member of the Comcast SportsNet network of regional sports networks that covers local sports teams in the Chicago area Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia ( CSN Philadelphia) is a Regional sports network that is a member of Comcast SportsNet. Comcast SportsNet New England ( CSN New England for short is a regional cable sports network that operates in Massachusetts, eastern and central Connecticut Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic ( CSN Mid-Atlantic) is a Regional sports network in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D CSN Northwest is a member of the Comcast SportsNet network of regional sports networks that covers local sports teams throughout the Northwest United States. Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the Confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers Comcast SportsNet Bay Area ( CSN Bay Area for short is the regional sports network that serves cable outlets throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. SportsNet New York ( SNY) is a New York City -based sports cable network which airs in the New York metro area and all of New York state, Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered 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. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league.

CSN Chicago, CSN Philadelphia, CSN Mid-Atlantic, CSN Bay Area, CSN West and SportsNet New York air SportsNite, a nightly sports news program which has a format that is very similar to ESPN's SportsCenter. ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to SportsCenter is a daily Sports news Television show and the flagship program of American Cable network ESPN since the network

Contents 1 Networks 2 FSN on Comcast SportsNet 3 Other channels 4 Comcast SportsNet HD 5 References and footnotes 6 External links

Networks

Name	Region served	Home to	Former Name	Notes
Bay Area	Northern and central California, northwestern Nevada (including the Lake Tahoe-Reno-Carson City region), and parts of southern Oregon. Comcast SportsNet Bay Area ( CSN Bay Area for short is the regional sports network that serves cable outlets throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater Lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains of the United States. Oregon ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.	San Francisco Giants (MLB), Oakland Athletics (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. The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in, that currently play in the National League West Division. The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. The San Jose Sharks are a professional Ice hockey team based in San Jose, California, United States. The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America The Golden State Warriors are an American professional Basketball team based in Oakland, California. The San Jose Earthquakes professional soccer team is located in San Jose California and participates in the top level soccer league in the United States Major League Soccer ( MLS) is the top-flight professional Soccer league in the United States and Canada with 14 teams 13 in the U The San Jose Stealth are a member of the National Lacrosse League, the professional Box lacrosse league of North America. The National Lacrosse League (NLL is the league of men's indoor lacrosse in North America. The San Jose SaberCats are an Arena Football League team that began play as a 1995 expansion team The Arena Football League (AFL was founded in 1987 as an American football indoor league. The Pacific-10 Conference ( Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. Current members Former members University of the Pacific (1952-1971 San Jose State University (1952-1969 The Mountain West Conference (or MWC) the youngest of the College athletic conferences affiliated with the NCAA ’s Division I FBS (I-A officially The Western Athletic Conference (commonly referred to as the WAC, pronounced "wack" was formed on July 27 1962 making it the sixth oldest of the 11 College	Pacific Sports Network (PSN), SportsChannel Bay Area, SportsChannel Pacific, FSN Bay Area	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. Comcast Corporation ( is the largest Cable television company the second largest Internet service provider and (according to the company the fourth largest telephone Due to NBA territorial restrictions, Warriors games are blacked out in the Sacramento area. The graphics are much different than the other CSN networks.
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), Chicago Fire (MLS), coverage of local women's college basketball games, as well as softball (the Chicago Bandits), arena football (mainly the Chicago Rush), and the Chicago Shamrox, a National Lacrosse League team. CSN Chicago is a member of the Comcast SportsNet network of regional sports networks that covers local sports teams in the Chicago area The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. The State of Indiana ( was the 19th US state admitted into the union The State of Iowa ( is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. Wisconsin ( or wɪˈskɑnsɨn (French Ouisconsin) is one of the fifty United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States The Chicago Bulls are an American professional Basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois, playing in the Central Division of the Eastern The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. The Chicago White Sox are a professional Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America Major League Soccer ( MLS) is the top-flight professional Soccer league in the United States and Canada with 14 teams 13 in the U USA Softball players Amy Harre Jaime Clark Jennie Finch Megan Willis Victoria Galindo The Arena Football League (AFL was founded in 1987 as an American football indoor league. The Chicago Rush is a team in the Arena Football League. They began play as a 2001 expansion team The Chicago Shamrox are a professional Lacrosse team that plays in the National Lacrosse League (NLL and began play in the 2007 season The National Lacrosse League (NLL is the league of men's indoor lacrosse in North America.		Replaced FSN Chicago. Owned 20% by Comcast, as well as 20% each by the Bulls, Blackhawks, White Sox, and Cubs .
Mid-Atlantic	Delaware, Maryland, Central Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, D.C., West Virginia	Washington Capitals (NHL), Washington Wizards (NBA), Washington Mystics (WNBA), D.C. United (MLS) and local coverage of the Atlantic Coast Conference and Colonial Athletic Association. Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic ( CSN Mid-Atlantic) is a Regional sports network in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Delaware ( is a state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D West Virginia ( is a state in the Appalachian Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, bordered by For the BAA team see Washington Capitols. For the ABA team see Washington Caps. The Washington Mystics is a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA team based in Washington D DC United is a professional soccer club located in Washington D Major League Soccer ( MLS) is the top-flight professional Soccer league in the United States and Canada with 14 teams 13 in the U The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. The Colonial Athletic Association, also known as the CAA, is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose members are located in East	Home Team Sports	Carried Baltimore Orioles through 2006
New England	Connecticut (except southwestern areas), Maine Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont	Boston Celtics (NBA), Boston Cannons (MLL)	FSN New England, SportsChannel New England	Renamed to CSN New England in October 2007[2]
SportsNet New York (SNY)	New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Northeast Pennsylvania	New York Mets (MLB), Big East, Sun Belt and other athletic conferences. Comcast SportsNet New England ( CSN New England for short is a regional cable sports network that operates in Massachusetts, eastern and central Connecticut Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The State of Maine ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. New Hampshire ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. Rhode Island ( officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States Vermont ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The Boston Celtics are an American professional Basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, playing in the Atlantic Division of the The Boston Cannons are a professional Lacrosse team based in Boston Massachusetts. SportsNet New York ( SNY) is a New York City -based sports cable network which airs in the New York metro area and all of New York state, New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern "Mets" redirects here For the medical term see Metastasis. The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of seventeen Universities in the northeastern southeastern and midwestern United The Sun Belt Conference is a college athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA 's Division I since 1976.		Carried Big Ten Conference games prior to the launch of the Big Ten Network
Northwest	Oregon, Washington	Portland Trail Blazers (NBA), Vancouver Canucks and other NHL games, Oregon Ducks and other college sports programming, assorted local sports		Created in conjunction with the Trail Blazers after they were unable to come to an agreement to stay on FSN Northwest. The Big Ten Network is a Regional sports network in the United States launched on August 30 2007 CSN Northwest is a member of the Comcast SportsNet network of regional sports networks that covers local sports teams throughout the Northwest United States. Oregon ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, is an American professional Basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. The Vancouver Canucks are a Professional Ice hockey team based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America The Oregon Ducks refers to the sports teams of the University of Oregon, located in Eugene Oregon, United States. FSN Northwest is a United States regional sports network available in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, Currently available mostly to Comcast customers. Neither Dish Network nor Directv has picked up this channel. Canby Telecom has accused Comcast of being inflexible in its negotiations. [3] The Oregonian newspaper has reported that CSN Northwest is seeking $2 per month per subscriber, more than what is being paid to the well-established FSN Northwest. FSN Northwest is a United States regional sports network available in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, [4]
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. Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia ( CSN Philadelphia) is a Regional sports network that is a member of Comcast SportsNet. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Delaware ( is a state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional Ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia 76ers (also known as the Sixers for short are a professional Basketball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Philadelphia Phantoms are a minor professional Ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. American Hockey Association (1926–1942The American Hockey League (AHL is a Professional Ice hockey league in North America that serves as the primary The Philadelphia Wings are a member of the National Lacrosse League, a professional Box lacrosse league in North America The National Lacrosse League (NLL is the league of men's indoor lacrosse in North America.	PRISM & SportsChannel	Flagship of the Comcast regional sports networks. PRISM (Philadelphia Regional In-Home Sports and Movies was a 24-hour premium Cable television channel intended for cable customers in the Philadelphia Pennsylvania SportsChannel America was a Cable television network operated by Cablevision. Not available via satellite, unlike the other CSN networks
West	Northern and central California	Sacramento Kings (NBA), Sacramento Monarchs (WNBA), San Jose Earthquakes (MLS), California Golden Bears (NCAA), other local sports coverage. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The Sacramento Kings are a professional Basketball team based in Sacramento California. The Sacramento Monarchs is a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA team based in Sacramento California. The San Jose Earthquakes professional soccer team is located in San Jose California and participates in the top level soccer league in the United States Major League Soccer ( MLS) is the top-flight professional Soccer league in the United States and Canada with 14 teams 13 in the U The California Golden Bears is the nickname used for 27 varsity athletic programs of the University of California Berkeley. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations		Created in conjunction with Maloof Sports & Entertainment (owners of the Kings and Monarchs), after not renewing its previous contract with FSN Bay Area. Due to NBA territorial restrictions, Kings games are blacked out in the San Francisco Bay Area.

FSN on Comcast SportsNet

CSN Chicago, CSN Philadelphia, CSN Mid-Atlantic, CSN New England and CSN Bay Area carry FSN 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. The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. The Pacific-10 Conference ( Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of twelve schools located mostly in the central United States. The Pacific-10 Conference ( Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. They also air studio shows, such as The Best Damn Sports Show Period, and the FSN Final Score. The Best Damn Sports Show Period is a sports Talk show on Fox Sports Net and Comcast SportsNet. Final Score (formerly FSN Final Score) is the nightly sports news program that airs across the United States on Fox Sports Net. 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). The New England Sports Network, or NESN, is a regional Cable television network that covers the six New England states except Fairfield County Connecticut

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. The Madison Square Garden Network, now shortened to simply MSG, is a regional cable television and radio network serving the Mid-Atlantic and focused on 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. Missouri ( or) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee Charter Communications is an American company providing Cable television, High-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 5 Comcast Sports Southeast/Charter Sports Southeast (CSS is a regional sports Cable television network based in Atlanta Georgia, and serving 5 CSS carries primarily collegiate and high school sports in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and South Carolina. Alabama (formally the State of Alabama;) is a State located in the southern region of the United States of America. The State of Georgia ( is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule Mississippi ( is a state located in the Deep South of the United States Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. South Carolina ( is a state in the southern region ( Deep South) of the United States of America. 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). Sun Sports is a Florida sports broadcasting network with its headquarters at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando. Orlando is a major City in central Florida, USA and is the County seat of Orange County Florida. FSN Florida, formerly Fox Sports Net Florida and SportsChannel Florida, is a Television channel that shows local sports coverage in the state of Florida 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 create FSN). Cablevision Systems Corporation ( is an American Cable television company 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. MountainWest Sports Network, informally known as The Mtn (but pronounced "the mountain" is an American Regional sports network. ), with CSTV (now CBS College Sports Network) and The Mountain West Conference. CBS College Sports Network (usually promoted with the "Network" portion excised from the branding is a multimedia network and the first dedicated exclusively to The Mountain West Conference (or MWC) the youngest of the College athletic conferences affiliated with the NCAA ’s Division I FBS (I-A officially This was the first regional sports network dedicated strictly to a single NCAA Division 1 conference^[7]. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations

Similarly, Comcast owns local channels, branded CN8, based in the Philadelphia and Boston metropolitan areas. The Comcast Network (also known as CN8) is a cable television station that is shown mostly in parts of Comcast Cable services in the Eastern part of CN8 is aired on most Comcast cable systems along the East Coast from Boston to Richmond, Virginia, and is sometimes carried on other cable operators. This article is about the city of Richmond the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The CN8 channels are primarily local news/information channels, but carry some regional sports programming, including Eastern League baseball, and some Phillies games within the Phillies' designated market. The Eastern League is a Minor league baseball league which operates primarily in the northeastern United States, although it has had a team in Ohio

Comcast also owned a local sports network in Detroit and available across Michigan and central Indiana, CL Comcast Local. Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. The State of Indiana ( was the 19th US state admitted into the union 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 SportsNet HD

Comcast SportsNet HD is a high definition simulcast of select programs from Comcast SportsNet including live sports & series. High-definition television (HDTV is a Digital television Broadcasting system with higher resolution than traditional television systems (standard-definition Each regional channel has its own separate HD feed and decides what will be broadcast in HD.

References and footnotes

HD

External links

• CSN Bay Area
• CSN Chicago
• CSN Mid-Atlantic
• CSN New England
• CSN Northwest
• CSN Philadelphia
• CSN West
• CSS (Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast)
• CL (Comcast Local)
• Comcast Network (Chicago)
• CN8 New England
• CN8 Philadelphia
• SportsNet New York

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