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Comcast SportsNet (or CSN) is a group of regional sports networks. The group is primarily owned by the Comcast cable television company.
The channels, CSN Bay Area, CSN California (both serving Northern and Central California), CSN Chicago, CSN Philadelphia, CSN New England, CSN Mid-Atlantic (serving Baltimore/Washington), CSN Northwest (serving Portland, OR/Seattle), and SportsNet New York have rights to carry some or all of the local professional teams in baseball, basketball, hockey, and soccer. 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.
CSN Chicago, CSN Philadelphia, CSN Mid-Atlantic, CSN California and SportsNet New York air SportsNite, a nightly sports news program which has a format that is very similar to ESPN's SportsCenter.
On October 1, 2008, all of the other Comcast SportsNet branded networks began using the new (current) logo.

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Comcast SportsNet (or CSN) is a group of regional sports networks. The group is primarily owned by the Comcast cable television company.
The channels, CSN Bay Area, CSN California (both serving Northern and Central California), CSN Chicago, CSN Philadelphia, CSN New England, CSN Mid-Atlantic (serving Baltimore/Washington), CSN Northwest (serving Portland, OR/Seattle), and SportsNet New York have rights to carry some or all of the local professional teams in baseball, basketball, hockey, and soccer. 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.
CSN Chicago, CSN Philadelphia, CSN Mid-Atlantic, CSN California and SportsNet New York air SportsNite, a nightly sports news program which has a format that is very similar to ESPN's SportsCenter.
On October 1, 2008, all of the other Comcast SportsNet branded networks began using the new (current) logo. The logo is similar to SportsNet New York, which CSN also owns. CSN Bay Area was the first network to adopt the new logo when it launched on March 31, 2008.
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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. They also air studio shows, such as The Best Damn Sports Show Period, and the FSN Final Score. 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).
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.
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. CSS carries primarily collegiate and high school sports in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and South Carolina. 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). 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). As a result, Comcast took over control of what is now CSN New England., and Comcast has announced plans to increase the amount of local programming on the channel. 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.), with CSTV (now CBS College Sports Network) and The Mountain West Conference. This was the first regional sports network dedicated strictly to a single NCAA Division 1 conference.
Similarly, Comcast owns local channels, branded Comcast Network, based in the Philadelphia and Baltimore/Washington metropolitan areas. The network, formerly called CN8, is aired on most Comcast cable systems along the East Coast Philadelphia to Richmond, Virginia, and is sometimes carried on other cable operators. The channels served as primarily local news/information channels, but carry some regional sports programming, including Eastern League baseball, CAA football, and some Phillies games within the Phillies' designated market. Originally expanded into the Boston market, the New England operations ceased in 2009.
Comcast also owned a local sports network in Detroit and available across Michigan and central Indiana, CL Comcast Local. 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. Each regional channel has its own separate HD feed and decides what will be broadcast in HD.
Note: Comcast SportsNet HD is NOT available in the Seattle area.
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