Comcast Sports Net
| NBC Sports Regional Networks | |
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| Launched | October 1, 1997 |
| Owned by | NBC Sports Group |
| Picture format |
1080i (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide (through regional affiliates) |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York |
| Formerly called | Comcast SportsNet (CSN) (1997–2017) |
| Sister channel(s) |
NBC NBCSN Golf Channel |
| Website | www.comcastsportsnet.com |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| DirecTV | Consult channel lineup or program listings source for channel availability |
| Dish Network | Consult channel lineup or program listings source for channel availability |
| Cable | |
| Available on some U.S. cable systems | Consult your local cable provider or program listings source for channel availability |
| Verizon FiOS | Consult channel lineup or program listings source for channel availability |
| IPTV | |
| AT&T U-verse | Consult channel lineup or program listings source for channel availability |
| Sling TV | Internet Protocol television |
| PlayStation Vue | Internet Protocol television |
NBC Sports Regional Networks is the collective name for a group of regional sports networks in the United States that are primarily owned and operated by the NBCUniversal division of the cable television company Comcast. The networks were originally established as Comcast SportsNet (CSN), a unit of Comcast's cable television business, beginning with a network in Philadelphia which launched in 1997. Their operations were aligned with the national NBC Sports division following the 2011 acquisition of NBC Universal by Comcast. NBC Sports Regional Networks' business and master control operations are based in New York City, New York.
The group operates seven regional networks; Comcast also has a partial ownership interest in SportsNet New York, which is co-owned with Charter Communications and the New York Mets. Each of the networks carries regional broadcasts of sporting events from various professional, collegiate and high school sports teams (with broadcasts typically exclusive to each individual network, although some are shown on more than one network within a particular team's designated market area), along with regional and national sports discussion, documentary and analysis programs.
Since their realignment with NBC Sports, the networks have continued to operate primarily under the Comcast SportsNet name. Although Comcast originally considered dropping its name from the networks in favor of NBC Sports following the merger, most of them have since continued to operate under the CSN brand. An exception are the group's two networks in California, which re-branded under the NBC Sports brand in April 2017; Comcast has not yet announced any plans to transition the remaining CSN-branded networks to NBC Sports branding.
The origins of Comcast SportsNet are traced to Comcast's March 19, 1996 purchase of a 66% interest in Spectacor and its primary assets – the Philadelphia Flyers, The Spectrum and the then-recently completed CoreStates Center – for $240 million and the assumption of a collective $170 million in debt; the new Comcast Spectacor (which appointed the company's previous majority owner, Edward M. Snider, as its chairman) also immediately purchased a 66% interest in the Philadelphia 76ers.
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