Comcast announces RSN fee credits for customers affected by lack of sports
Comcast, of course, owns some of these regional sports networks, which makes things even murkier.
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Sinclair has finally reached a deal with Comcast for Marquee, and for continued RSN and local broadcast station carriage
On the day of the Cubs' first regular-season game of 2020, Comcast customers in Chicago are finally able to watch Marquee Sports Network.
Comcast’s David Watson says sports refunds carry challenges, including contracts that “don’t line up”
"The contracts between the leagues, the programmers, the distributors don't line up. And there are different rights that exist between the agreements between each of the parties. And in some cases, the form of refund could be in kind."
Lack of live sports programming has helped cord-cutting reach record levels so far in 2020
Pay TV subscriptions fell by record-setting 1.8 million in the first quarter of 2020, according to a new report.
New York Attorney General calls for refunds to cable and satellite subscribers paying fees for live sports
"It is grossly unfair that cable and satellite television providers would continue to charge fees for services they are not even providing."
Are cable and satellite companies really aiming for billion dollar rebates from ESPN and other sports networks?
No Comcast deal for Sinclair’s new Marquee RSN could mean around $100 million annually in lost revenue
Marquee looks a lot better financially if they're able to strike a deal with Comcast and gain access to large numbers of Comcast's 1.56 million Chicago-area subscribers. We'll see if that happens, though.
Cubs fans boo chairman Tom Ricketts over Marquee Network at Cubs Convention
So that could have gone better, Tom.
Altitude files antitrust lawsuit against Comcast over carriage dispute, alleging that Comcast “wants to extinguish competition”
The lawsuit claims Comcast "wants to extinguish competition from Altitude so that Comcast can pocket more of the money it takes from consumers each month for sports programming."
DAZN’s Joe Markowski says Comcast deal could lead to deals with other providers: “Comcast is the first domino to fall.”
"This is going to supercharge what will already be a lucrative three or four-month period at the end of the year for us."
NBC Sports Gold is now available on Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Flex systems
Accessing NBC Sports Gold just got a bit easier for Comcast Xfinity customers.
Comcast-Sky deal improves NBC Premier League schedule, and they’ll air some broadcasts from Sky studios
Owning Sky has allowed Comcast to provide NBC with some more desirable Premier League matchups for NBC windows this season.
ACC Network approaches launch with no Comcast/Dish/Charter deals; is league optimism further deals will happen justified?
The ACC Network's current announced deals only cover about 20 million homes, although more are expected by launch. But there are still some big holdouts, including Comcast, Dish, and Charter.
Sinclair and Comcast are intriguing potential bidders for AT&T’s regional sports networks
Sinclair could possibly add even more RSNs, but these ones might make sense for Comcast as well.
Disney agrees to take operational control of Hulu in deal with Comcast
Hulu is going to become a Disney operation.
