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Comcast SportsNet

Comcast SportsNet (or CSN) is a group of regional sports network

Regional sports network

In the United States of America and Canada, a regional sports network, or RSN, is a cable television station that presents sports programming to a local market....
s. The group is primarily owned by the Comcast

Comcast

Comcast Corporation is the largest cable television company, the second largest Internet service provider and the fourth largest telephone service provider in the United States....
cable television

Cable television

Cable television is a system of providing television to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through fixed optical fibers or coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional television broadcasting in which a television antenna is required....
company.

The channels, CSN Bay Area

CSN Bay Area

Comcast SportsNet Bay Area is the regional sports network that serves cable outlets throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as other parts of Northern California and Northern Nevada....
, CSN California (both serving Northern and Central California

California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
), CSN Chicago

CSN Chicago

Comcast SportsNet Chicago is a member of the Comcast SportsNet network of regional sports networks that covers local sports teams in the Chicago area....
, CSN Philadelphia

CSN Philadelphia

Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia is a regional sports network that is a member of Comcast SportsNet. It primarily serves the Philadelphia metro area, but its reach extends to cover Northeastern Pennsylvania, all of South Jersey, and most of Delaware....
, CSN New England

CSN New England

Comcast SportsNet New England is a regional cable sports network that operates in Massachusetts, eastern and central Connecticut, Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island....
, CSN Mid-Atlantic

CSN Mid-Atlantic

Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic is a regional sports network in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is owned by Comcast and is a member of the Comcast SportsNet....
(serving Baltimore/Washington

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
), CSN Northwest

CSN Northwest

Comcast SportsNet Northwest is a member of the Comcast SportsNet network of regional sports networks that covers local sports teams throughout the Northwest United States....
(serving Portland, OR

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States United States, near the confluence of the Willamette River and Columbia River rivers in the state of Oregon....
/Seattle), and SportsNet New York

SportsNet New York

SportsNet New York is a New York City-based regional sports cable network which airs in the New York metropolitan area and all of New York, and nationwide via Direct broadcast satellite....
have rights to carry some or all of the local professional teams in baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
, basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet high hoop under organized rules....
, hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is a fast paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia and Russia, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice r...
, and soccer

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
. They also air nightly sports-news and talk shows, post-game shows and other shoulder programming related to local National Football League

National Football League

The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
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

ESPN

ESPN is a United States cable television Television network dedicated to Broadcasting of sports events and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day....
's SportsCenter
SportsCenter

SportsCenter is a daily sports news television show, and the flagship program of United States cable network ESPN since the network launched on September 7, 1979....
.

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 network

Regional sports network

Comcast

Cable television

CSN Bay Area

California

CSN Chicago

Comcast SportsNet Chicago is a member of the Comcast SportsNet network of regional sports networks that covers local sports teams in the Chicago area....
, CSN Philadelphia

CSN Philadelphia

CSN New England

CSN Mid-Atlantic

Washington, D.C.

CSN Northwest

Portland, Oregon

SportsNet New York

Baseball

Basketball

Ice hockey

Football (soccer)

National Football League

ESPN

SportsNet New York

SportsNet New York is a New York City-based regional sports cable network which airs in the New York metropolitan area and all of New York, and nationwide via Direct broadcast satellite....
, which CSN also owns. CSN Bay Area was the first network to adopt the new logo when it launched on March 31, 2008.

Networks

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

Atlantic Coast Conference

The Atlantic Coast Conference is a List of college athletic conferences in the United States. Founded in 1953, the ACC's twelve member university compete in twenty sports in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I....
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

The Best Damn Sports Show Period

The Best Damn Sports Show Period is a sports television show on Fox Sports Net and Comcast SportsNet. The show regularly features irreverent and opinionated interviews with top athletes, coaches, celebrities, and entertainers....
, and the FSN Final Score

FSN Final Score

Final Score is the nightly sports news program that airs across the United States of America on Fox Sports Net.The program airs at 10:30 p.m....
. 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

New England Sports Network

The New England Sports Network, or NESN [NESS-en], is a regional cable television network that covers the six New England states except Fairfield County, Connecticut....
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

MSG Network

The Madison Square Garden Network, now shortened to simply MSG, is a regional cable television and radio network serving the Mid-Atlantic States and focused on New York City sports teams....
, 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

St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri, located near the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Missouri River. St....
, Missouri

Missouri

Missouri is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska....
-based Charter Communications

Charter Communications

Charter Communications is an American company providing cable television, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 5.7 million customers in 29 states....
) of CSS (Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast

Comcast Sports Southeast/Charter Sports Southeast

Comcast Sports Southeast/Charter Sports Southeast is a regional sports cable television network based in Atlanta, Georgia, and serving 5.6 million cable subscribers across twelve U.S....
), a regional network serving the southeastern portion of the nation, based in Atlanta. CSS carries primarily collegiate and high school sports in Alabama

Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the Southern United States of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west....
, Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
, Mississippi

Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Deep South of the United States. Jackson, Mississippi is the state capital and largest city. The state's name comes from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, and takes its name from the Anishinaabe language word misi-ziibi ....
, Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....
, and South Carolina

South Carolina

South Carolina is a U.S. state in the Southern United States of the United States. It borders Georgia to the south and North Carolina to the north....
. CSS is not directly related to Comcast SportsNet.

Comcast also co-owns (with NewsCorp) the Sun Sports

Sun Sports

Sun Sports is a Florida sports broadcasting network, with its headquarters at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando, Florida. Launched in 1988 as Sunshine Network, the station is now affiliated with most cable companies throughout the state of Florida and can be picked up by some satellite providers around the United States....
cable television network based in Orlando, Florida

Orlando, Florida

Orlando is a major city in Central Florida, United States and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida, Florida. It is also the principal city of Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area....
(Sun Sports and FSN Florida

FSN Florida

Fox Sports Florida, formerly FSN Florida, Fox Sports Net Florida, and SportsChannel Florida, is a television channel that shows local sports coverage in the state of 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

MountainWest Sports Network

MountainWest Sports Network, informally known as The Mtn. is an United States regional sports network.Launched on September 1, 2006 as a joint-venture of the Mountain West Conference, CBS College Sports Network and Comcast....
(the mtn.), with CSTV (now CBS College Sports Network) and The Mountain West Conference

Mountain West Conference

The Mountain West Conference , the youngest of the college athletic conferences affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association?s Division I FBS , officially began operations in July 1999 in sports....
. This was the first regional sports network dedicated strictly to a single NCAA Division 1 conference.

Similarly, Comcast owns local channels, branded Comcast Network

Comcast Network

Comcast Network is a Cable television TV station that is shown mostly in parts of Comcast Cable services in the Eastern part of the US. Viewers in four states and 20 television markets from New Jersey to Virginia on Comcast cable systems....
, 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

Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the Capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. Like all Virginia municipalities incorporated as cities, it is an independent city and not part of any county....
, 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

Eastern League (U.S. baseball)

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 since 1989 in baseball....
baseball, CAA

Colonial Athletic Association

The Colonial Athletic Association, also known as the CAA, is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I list of college athletic conferences whose members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia ....
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

Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
and central Indiana

Indiana

The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....
, CL Comcast Local

Comcast Local

Comcast Television and Comcast Television 2 are two Comcast owned and operated digital cable television channels, available to Comcast subscribers in Michigan on channels 900 and 901 ....
. 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.