{"id":616114,"date":"2026-03-10T03:55:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T03:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/616114\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T03:55:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T03:55:18","slug":"marquee-sports-network-expanding-sort-of-how-to-watch-cubs-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/616114\/","title":{"rendered":"Marquee Sports Network Expanding (Sort Of); How to Watch Cubs Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marquee Sports Network is adding itself to a popular subscription for Cubs fans to watch games (with a price, of course).<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Marquee Sports Network became the new home of <a href=\"https:\/\/ontapsportsnet.com\/mlb\/chicago-cubs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Cubs<\/a> baseball. As other teams continue to scramble with the fall and collapse of regional networks like FanDuel Sports Network, the Cubs have comfort in owning their own network to broadcast their games.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, DirecTV and Xfinity (Comcast) are the two major providers that carry the network in their lineup (with package upgrades). FuboTV streaming service also carries the network, while streaming services Hulu+ and YouTube TV do not.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marqueesportsnetwork.com\/\">Marquee Sports Network also has an app<\/a> that fans can subscribe to for $19.99 per month to watch Cubs games and other content. However, now, rather than downloading the app, fans have <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kT72fjHudC\">a new option<\/a> to watch Cubs games a tad more conveniently.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StreamingSmartr\/status\/2030234246019744220\"><\/p>\n<p>Marquee Sports Network is Now Offered Within Prime Membership, Still Need to be In-Market to Watch Cubs Games<\/p>\n<p>As reported by Streaming Smarter, Marquee Sports Network is <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/video\/offers\/ref=atv_3p_amz_c_J2v2vG_1_1?benefitId=marqueesports\">now offered on Amazon Prime<\/a> as an extension. For the same price as the app subscription, $19.99, Prime subscribers can add Marquee to their Prime subscription to watch Cubs games and other network content. However, just the same as with any platform offering the network, subscribers must be in-market to watch Cubs games through the network, app, or Prime subscription.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-sm-font-size wp-elements-65f0d2a0492239f364191a9e0f5c9832 has-lg-margin-top has-no-margin-bottom\" style=\"color:#000000a1\" data-content-name=\"cta-middle-content-engagement\" data-track-content=\"\">Story continues below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-heading has-lg-font-size has-no-margin-top\">More Sports News<\/p>\n<p>\t .wp-block-group__inner-container:has(> .embla),<br \/>\n\t.wp-block-group:where(.alignfull) > .wp-block-group__inner-container:has(> .embla) {<br \/>\n\t\twidth: calc(100vw &#8211; (var(&#8211;side-spacing) * 2)) !important;<br \/>\n\t}<br \/>\n\t.embla {<br \/>\n\t\tposition: relative;<br \/>\n\t\toverflow: hidden;<br \/>\n\t}<br \/>\n\t.embla__container {<br \/>\n\t\tdisplay: flex;<br \/>\n\t\tflex-wrap: nowrap;<br \/>\n\t\tgap: 0 !important;<br \/>\n\t\twidth: 75%;<br \/>\n\t}<br \/>\n\t.embla__slide {<br \/>\n\t\tmargin-inline-end: var(&#8211;column-gap);<br \/>\n\t}<br \/>\n\t.embla__arrow,<br \/>\n\t.embla__arrow:active,<br \/>\n\t.embla__arrow:target,<br \/>\n\t.embla__arrow:hover,<br \/>\n\t.embla__arrow:focus-visible {<br \/>\n\t\tdisplay: none;<br \/>\n\t\tposition: absolute;<br \/>\n\t\ttop: 50%;<br \/>\n\t\ttransform: translateY(-50%);<br \/>\n\t\twidth: 40px;<br \/>\n\t\theight: 40px;<br \/>\n\t\tmargin: 0;<br \/>\n\t\tpadding: 0;<br \/>\n\t\tline-height: 0;<br \/>\n\t\tbackground: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.75);<br \/>\n\t\tcolor: var(&#8211;color-primary);<br \/>\n\t\tborder-radius: 100vw;<\/p>\n<p>\t\tsvg {<br \/>\n\t\t\twidth: 24px;<br \/>\n\t\t}<br \/>\n\t}<br \/>\n\t.embla__prev {<br \/>\n\t\tleft: 0;<br \/>\n\t}<br \/>\n\t.embla__next {<br \/>\n\t\tright: 0;<br \/>\n\t}<br \/>\n\t]]><\/p>\n<p>If you are an \u201cout-of-market\u201d Cubs fan, you will still need to subscribe to <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/live-stream-games\/subscribe?affiliateId=MLBTVREDIRECT\">MLB.TV<\/a> to watch Cubs games. MLB.TV is $29.99 per month, or $149.99 per season for new subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>An important note is that <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.espn.com\/mlbtv?gclsrc=aw.ds&amp;ex_cid=EDTC-PaidSearch-Google-23062677031-&amp;s_kwcid=AL!8468!3!!!!x!!&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=23052818313&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADC9VdF5X4zyFFY9DzLTFviqoar3d&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw37nNBhDkARIsAEBGI8OUzElHlXl8mbibZimmR2vIUA6fd4QozRb8p2aj0a1tOnKG0nGvtEsaAv2iEALw_wcB\">MLB.TV is now owned by ESPN<\/a>. You do not have to have an ESPN Unlimited plan to watch the MLB.TV games. However, each new signup is automatically subscribed to a 1-month free trial of ESPN Unlimited. <\/p>\n<p>If you are a new subscriber just wanting to watch Cubs games, make sure you go into your ESPN account and cancel your subscription to Unlimited so you are not automatically charged after the free trial expires.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marquee Sports Network is adding itself to a popular subscription for Cubs fans to watch games (with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2399],"tags":[5,138,24,4245,161,1897,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-616114","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-cubs","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-cubs","11":"tag-chicagocubs","12":"tag-cubs","13":"tag-marquee-sports-network","14":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116202866161888310","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}