Comcast SportsNet
| Name | Region served | Year Joined/ Launced | Home to | Former Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SportsNets | |||||
| Bay Area | Northern and central California, northwestern Nevada (including the Lake Tahoe-Reno-Carson City region), and parts of southern Oregon. | 2008 | San Francisco Giants (MLB), Golden State Warriors (NBA), San Jose Earthquakes (MLS) and local coverage of the Pacific-12, West Coast, Mountain West, and Western Athletic conferences. | Pacific Sports Network (PSN), SportsChannel Bay Area, SportsChannel Pacific, FSN Bay Area |
Acquired majority share from Cablevision in April 2007. Comcast owns 45%, the Giants own 25%, and Fox owns 25%. While previously branded as an FSN affiliate, it switched to the Comcast SportsNet branding in March 2008. |
| California | Northern and central California. | 2008 | Oakland Athletics (MLB), Sacramento Kings (NBA), San Jose Sharks (NHL), San Jose Earthquakes (MLS), San Jose SaberCats (AFL), California Golden Bears (NCAA), other local sports coverage. | CSN West | Created in conjunction with Maloof Sports & Entertainment, owners of the Kings and Monarchs, after they did not renew their previous contract with FSN Bay Area. Originally launching as CSN West, the channel was renamed CSN California on Sept. 4, 2008 to serve as a compliment to CSN Bay Area. |
| Chicago | Illinois, northwestern Indiana, Iowa, non-Milwaukee market areas of southern Wisconsin | 2004 | Chicago Bulls (NBA), Chicago Cubs (MLB), Chicago White Sox (MLB), Chicago Blackhawks (NHL), Chicago Fire S.C. (Major League Soccer), coverage of local women's college basketball games, as well as softball (the Chicago Bandits), and arena football (mainly the Chicago Rush). | Created in conjunction with the Bulls, Blackhawks, White Sox, and Cubs (who own 20% each) in order to effectively replace FSN Chicago by giving them better editorial control over their broadcasts. | |
| Houston | Houston area | 2012 | Exclusive home of the Houston Rockets (NBA) and the Houston Astros (MLB). Also home for Houston's High School and College Football and Basketball news. | Fox Sports Houston | |
| Mid-Atlantic | Delaware, Maryland, south-central Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, D.C., West Virginia | 2001 | 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. | Home Team Sports | Carried the Baltimore Orioles through 2006. Online coverage is split into Comcast SportsNet Baltimore and Comcast SportsNet Washington. |
| New England | Connecticut (except southwestern areas), Maine Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont | 2007 | Boston Celtics (NBA), Boston Cannons (MLL), New England Revolution (MLS) | FSN New England, SportsChannel New England | Acquired majority share from Cablevision in April 2007. Renamed CSN New England in October 2007. Does not air ACC programming as rights to ACC games are sold regionally within its area, these rights are owned by NESN |
| Northwest | Oregon, Washington | 2007 | 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 (now known today as Root Sports 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. 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. | |
| Philadelphia | Philadelphia, eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, southern and central New Jersey | 1997 | Philadelphia Phillies (MLB), Philadelphia Flyers (NHL), Philadelphia 76ers (NBA), Philadelphia Union (MLS), Philadelphia Wings (NLL), and college sports. | PRISM & SportsChannel Philadelphia | Flagship of the Comcast regional sports networks. Originally a joint venture between Comcast, the Phillies, and Spectacor (owner of the Flyers and 76ers), controlling interest in Spectacor was acquired by Comcast in 1996. Due to its re-use of the infrastructure from PRISM (which does not use any satellite uplinks to distribute programming to providers), it was legally exempt from requirements to offer its programming to satellite broadcasters until the FCC closed the loophole in 2010. Until then, CSN Philadelphia was exclusive to Comcast Cable and Verizon FiOS. |
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