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Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune: Business
Sat, 10/19/2024 - 1:14pm

A stalemate between the new Chicago Sports Network and Comcast has been a static situation for Blackhawks fan and Xfinity customer Bailey Coleman. Literally. When the NHL season dawned this month without a carriage deal between her cable service and CHSN — the new TV home of the Hawks, Bulls and White Sox — the 25-year-old retail worker from Lake Zurich bought an antenna for her smart TV, but “trying to deal with it has been a nightmare.” “I’ve tried it on every TV, and I do get some channels on the antenna, but never the ones for the Blackhawks game,” Coleman said.

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  • Chicago Sports Network president say he's ready to make a deal with Comcast, but they're refusing
    Jason Coyle, president of the Blackhawks, Bulls and White Sox's new TV network, said Saturday that they've made two offers to Comcast — offering to accept a significant fee reduction — but received ...
    10/19/2024 - 1:16 pm | View Link
  • Column: Free TV could be the poison pill in the Chicago Sports Network’s impasse with Comcast — and a deal may take awhile
    A stalemate between the new Chicago Sports Network and Comcast has been a static situation for Blackhawks fan and Xfinity customer Bailey Coleman. Literally. When the NHL season dawned this month ...
    10/19/2024 - 9:14 am | View Link
  • CHSN boss says Comcast hasn’t made any offers: ‘We’re not going to wait forever’
    Coyle said that the OTA component is not an issue in the negotiations, noting that local networks such as CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox are available both OTA and on cable. He said that there have been “no ...
    10/18/2024 - 12:59 pm | View Link
  • Blackhawks, Bulls face residual effects from Chicago Sports Network's limited carriage
    In a sign of the state of talks between CHSN and Comcast, the network posted a graphic on social media Thursday that implored fans to "contact Xfinity and demand that they carry CHSN immediately." ...
    10/17/2024 - 10:37 am | View Link
  • Chicago Sports Network still unavailable for many fans, Blackhawks chairman unhappy about it, new report says
    The Chicago Sports Network (CHSN) has debuted, but a lot of fans still can’t watch the brand-new television home of the Bulls, Blackhawks and White Sox. And Blackhawks chairman Danny Wirtz ...
    10/16/2024 - 7:25 am | View Link
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