NBC announces the launch of a new channel, NBC Sports Network, and it will air selected MLB regular season and playoff games. Maybe they are indeed close to replace ESPN?

44 comments

1. Did I just wake up in 2010?

2. So basically what the old NBCSN/Versus/Outdoor Life Network channel was before they folded?

3. Is this an old article?

4. Wait until they announce their new streamer, Peacock, where you can watch the Premier League in America.

5. Hopefully no additional charge for Xfinity customers who already pay for cable.

6. Am I on Internet Explorer?

7. Great, another streaming service to buy…

8. NBC Sports Network that already existed? When does NBC Sports Gold come out for exclusive games that I’ll be blacked out of?

9. Replacing USA Network? NASCAR needs new station.

10. They should think about calling it “Versus”

11. 

12. I’m actually happy to see NBC sports be back on Cable. Its sports lineup appeals to my taste, and it’s not behind Peacock. Putting sports on a streaming service, even as “Big” as ESPN+ is a death sentence.

13. “selected” meaning not all of them. So still bogus

14. >a new channel

    

15. Is this a new service I need to buy? Or can I replace an existing service with it?

16. This channel will mostly be a way to watch Peacock games on your live TV operator like YouTube TV. I’m assuming carriage deals for NBC that no longer include the cable channels except Bravo needed to add a sweetener that includes some live sports.

    I’m guessing during the day they’ll just put on the radio simulcasts already on their free NBC Sports Now channel, like Dan Patrick, Pro Football Talk, and Le Batard.

    Excited Gold Zone will be easier to watch though. Best part of the Olympics.

17. ESPN sucks. Any competition is good.

18. If this ends up blacking out more of MLB.tv like they did with apple TV I will go full pirate. These exclusivity deals are horrible for consumers.

19. Is the Olympic triple cast coming back too?

20. If that’s the case, then the NHL needs to leave TNT and ESPN and go back to NBC. Ever since the NHL left NBC, I hate national games.

21. Speaking of the new TV deal, why haven’t they announced it yet?

22. NBC Sports – We Love Tape Delay

23. They think we’re dumber than we are

24. >New channell, NBCSN

    I guess we are turning the clock back to the 2010s.

25. ESPN IS BUNS LBH

26. How will this effect Must See TV Thursdays?

27. Am I on Mosaic?

28. Can we just get an hour long show that shows just highlights of all that days sporting events??? No bs editorial segments, just pure sports highlights and a blooper reel at the end.

29. So will this have the Big Ten weekly football game simulcast on it or is that still exclusive to Peacock?

30. Can we get new WS announcers now?

31. Oh good another service to buy and black outs to have on the mlb app

32. [yarrrr harrr fiddle dee deee](https://youtu.be/i8ju_10NkGY?feature=shared)

33. Let me guess. Another streaming service I have to subscribe to.

34. Wait, do I have severe Mandela Effect, wasn’t there already an NBC Sports Network

35. I hope outdoor network buys it out

36. Just another subscription

37. So do they also have 8 consecutive hours every weekday of people that know precious little about the topics they’re discussing at the very top of their lungs?

38. Lmao this ain’t a new thing hahaha they are bringing it back. NBCSN iykyk

39. This is why I stopped paying for Peacock and started using thetvapp

40. Where’s Dan Patrick?? Someone go get Dan Patrick!!

41. Huh

42. Ah, they had a nice NBC sports channel a few years ago but shuddered it after they lost the NHL license. 

    Seems so odd…  I guess executives are going to executive.

43. Launching on YouTube TV before Comcast cable. NBC == Comcast Cable. This is what you call a shot.

44. NBCSN was the main hockey channel during the 2010s