NBC Sports Regional Networks
| Comcast SportsNet | |
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| Launched | October 1, 1997 |
| Owned by | NBC Sports Group |
| Picture format |
1080i (HDTV) Downgraded to letterboxed 480i for SDTV feed |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide (through regional affiliates) |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York |
| Sister channel(s) |
NBC NBCSN Golf Channel Comcast Deportes |
| Website | www |
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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 |
Comcast SportsNet (CSN), also known under the corporate names NBC Sports Regional Networks or Comcast Sports Group, is the collective name for a group of regional sports networks in the United States that are primarily owned and operated by Comcast, and operated through the NBC Sports Group unit of NBCUniversal.
Each of the networks carry 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 CSN network within a particular team's designated market area), along with regional and national sports discussion, documentary and analysis programs. In addition to the seven Comcast SportsNet-branded networks, Comcast also has a partial ownership interest in SportsNet New York (co-owned with Charter Communications and the New York Mets).
Depending on their individual team rights, some Comcast SportsNet outlets maintain overflow feeds available via digital cable, telco and satellite providers in their home markets, which may provide alternate programming when not used to carry game broadcasts that the main feed cannot carry due to scheduling conflicts. Comcast SportsNet's business and master control operations are based in New York City, New York.
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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