NBC Sports Philadelphia
| NBC Sports Philadelphia | |
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| Launched | October 1, 1997 |
| Network | NBC Sports Regional Networks |
| Owned by |
NBC Sports Group (75%) Philadelphia Phillies (25%) |
| Picture format |
1080i (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
| Slogan | We Live Philly Sports |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English Spanish (via SAP) |
| Broadcast area |
Philadelphia metropolitan area Eastern Pennsylvania South Jersey Delaware |
| Headquarters | Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia |
| Formerly called | Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia (1997–2017) |
| Replaced |
PRISM (1976–1997) SportsChannel Philadelphia (1990–1997) |
| Sister channel(s) |
Cable/satellite: NBC Sports Philadelphia Plus Broadcast: WCAU/Philadelphia WWSI/Atlantic City |
| Website | www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia |
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Availability
(some events may air on NBC Sports Philadelphia +, which serves as a overflow feed during event conflicts) |
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| Cable | |
| Comcast Xfinity (Philadelphia) | 19 (SD) (SD channel varies in other sections of the area) 847 (HD) |
| Verizon FiOS (Philadelphia area) | 76 (SD) 576 (HD) |
| RCN (Philadelphia) | 370 (SD) 685 (HD) |
| Service Electric (Allentown) | 28 (SD) 528 (HD) |
| Streaming media | |
| PlayStation Vue | Internet Protocol television |
NBC Sports Philadelphia is an American regional sports network that is owned by the NBC Sports Group unit of NBCUniversal, which in turn is owned by locally based cable television provider Comcast (and owns a controlling 75% interest), and the Philadelphia Phillies (which owns the remaining 25%). It is the flagship owned-and-operated outlet of NBC Sports Regional Networks. The channel broadcasts regional coverage of professional sports teams in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, as well as college sports events and original sports-related news, discussion and entertainment programming.
NBC Sports Philadelphia is available on cable and fiber optic television providers throughout southeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey and most of Delaware. The network maintains main studios and offices located inside the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia's South Philadelphia district; it also operates a small secondary studio inside Citizens Bank Park, which is used sporadically during Major League Baseball season.
The network traces its history to March 19, 1996, when Comcast acquired a 66 percent stake in Spectacor, the parent company of 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. Ed Snider, the previous majority owner of Spectacor, stayed on as the managing partner and chairman of the renamed Comcast Spectacor. On the day the deal closed, Comcast Spectacor immediately purchased a 66% interest in the Philadelphia 76ers.
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