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Comcast SportsNet | |
Launched | 1997 |
Network | NBC Sports Group |
Owned by | NBCUniversal (Comcast Corporation) |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Broadcast area | Regional through several affiliates |
Sister channel(s) | NBC Sports NBCSN Golf Channel Universal Sports |
Website | www.comcastsportsnet.com |
Comcast SportsNet (CSN), also known as the NBC Sports Regional Networks or Comcast Sports Group, is a chain of regional sports networks that are owned by cable television provider Comcast, and operated through the NBC Sports Group unit of NBCUniversal.
As part of the chain, Comcast operates eight CSN-branded sports networks, along with stakes in SportsNet New York (alongside Time Warner Cable and the New York Mets), and Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast (in a joint venture with Charter Communications).
The first Comcast SportsNet network was formed in Philadelphia, after Comcast acquired a majority stake in Spectacor, the owner of the Philadelphia 76ers and Philadelphia Flyers. Comcast used their ownership in the teams to take over their broadcast rights and move them to a new basic cable channel known as Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia. The launch of the new network effectively shuttered the two local premium services that had formerly carried their games: PRISM – which carried movies in addition to sports events, and the all-sports network SportsChannel Philadelphia.[1]
CSN began to expand with a series of acquisitions and new establishments: in 2000, Comcast acquired a majority stake in Baltimore-area network Home Team Sports from Viacom, and relaunched it as Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic the following year.[2][3][4] In June 2007, Comcast purchased a controlling interest in FSN Bay Area, and rebranded it as Comcast SportsNet Bay Area on March 31, 2008.[5] The newest CSN affiliate, Comcast SportsNet Houston, launched in October 2012 as part of a new joint venture between the Houston Astros and Rockets – who vacated Fox Sports Houston.[6]
As the result of the acquisition of NBC Universal by Comcast in February 2011, the operations of CSN, along with sister national sports channels Versus and Golf Channel, were assumed by the NBC Sports division. Plans were made to eventually incorporate NBC-related branding into CSN, although plans to drop the Comcast SportsNet name entirely in favor of NBC Sports were shelved in favor of keeping the CSN brand.[7][8] In late 2012, the CSN networks began adopting the current NBC Sports graphics design, and the CSN logo was updated to incorporate the NBC peacock.[9]
In April 2012, NBC Owned Television Stations began to sell national advertising on behalf of several CSN networks (New England, Mid-Atlantic, Northwest and Philadelphia). For "unwired sales", the Group will be continue to be represented by Home Team Sports. The arrangement is an extension of one it had established with New England Cable News in 2011.[10]
In markets that did not have an affiliate, CSN also carried the national programming of competing regional sports network chain FSN (which included various college sports and UEFA Champions League soccer). However, CSN quietly dropped all FSN programming on August 1, 2012, claiming that it could no longer reach an agreement with Fox.[11] In the Philadelphia, Boston, San Francisco Bay Area, and Washington, D.C./Baltimore markets, FSN programming airs on local broadcast stations.
- Comcast SportsNet Bay Area: Comcast acquired a majority share from Cablevision in April 2007. Comcast owns 45%, the Giants own 25%, and Fox owns 25%.[citation needed] While previously branded as an FSN affiliate, it switched to the Comcast SportsNet branding in March 2008.[5]
- Comcast SportsNet California: It was created in conjunction with Maloof Sports & Entertainment, owners of the Kings and Monarchs, after the company did not renew their previous contract with FSN Bay Area. Originally launching as CSN West, the channel was renamed CSN California on September 4, 2008 to serve as a compliment to CSN Bay Area.[citation needed]
- Comcast SportsNet Chicago: It was created in conjunction with the Bulls, Blackhawks, White Sox, and Cubs (who own 20% each) in order to effectively replace FSN Chicago by giving them better editorial control over their broadcasts.[citation needed]
- Comcast SportsNet Houston: It only reaches 40% of Houston market.
- Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic: It carried the Baltimore Orioles through 2006. Online coverage is split into Comcast SportsNet Baltimore and Comcast SportsNet Washington.[citation needed]
- Comcast SportsNet New England: Comcast acquired a majority share from Cablevision in April 2007. Renamed CSN New England in October 2007.[13] It does not air ACC programming, as rights to ACC games are sold regionally within its area.
- Comcast SportsNet Northwest: It was created in conjunction with the Trail Blazers after the team was unable to come to an agreement to stay on FSN Northwest (now Root Sports Northwest). It is currently available mostly to Comcast customers. The channel is not carried by Dish Network nor DirecTV. Canby Telcom has accused Comcast of being inflexible in its negotiations.[14] The Oregonian newspaper reported in 2007 that CSN Northwest was seeking $2 per month per subscriber, more than what was being paid to the well-established FSN Northwest.[15]
- Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia : It is the flagship of the Comcast regional sports networks. Originally a joint venture between Comcast, the Phillies, and Spectacor (owner of the Flyers and 76ers), Comcast bought a controlling interest in Spectacor in 1996. Due to its re-use of the infrastructure from PRISM (which does not use any satellite uplinks to distribute programming to providers), it was legally exempt from requirements to offer its programming to satellite broadcasters. Despite the FCC regulation closing the terrestrial loophole in 2010, CSN Philadelphia is still exclusive to Comcast and Verizon FiOS. The approval of Comcast's majority shareholder purchase of NBCUniversal by the FCC in 2011 contained provisions requiring Comcast to make regional sports programming available to competing satellite providers. Comcast blacked out NBC-branded nationally televised Round 1 playoff games between the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins for Philadelphia area DirecTV and Dish Network subscribers (in lieu of the game being broadcast on the [unavailable] CSN Philadelphia) during the 2012 NHL Playoffs. As of February 2013, CSN Philadelphia remains unavailable to DirecTV or Dish Network subscribers.
- SportsNet New York: It is owned jointly by the New York Mets, Time Warner Cable, and Comcast SportsNet.
- Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast: It was launched in a joint venture with Charter Communications and is only available over terrestrial cable. CSS carries primarily collegiate and high school sports in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and South Carolina. Although not branded as Comcast SportsNet, CSS is treated as a sister network to the CSN networks.
- Comcast Network: It is based in the Philadelphia and Baltimore–Washington metropolitan areas. The network is aired on most Comcast cable systems along the East Coast from Philadelphia to Richmond, Virginia, and is also carried on other cable operators. The channels served as primarily local news/information channels, but carry some regional sports programming, including Eastern League baseball, CAA football, and some Phillies games within the Phillies' designated market. Originally expanded into the Boston market, the New England operations ceased in 2009.
- Comcast Sports Southwest: It closed in fall 2012 when CSN Houston was launched. The network was home to the Houston Cougars and Rice Owls and also covered Houston-area high school sports.[16]
- MountainWest Sports Network It was launched on September 1, 2006 as a joint-venture of the Mountain West Conference (MWC), CBS Sports (through the former CSTV) and Comcast. The network was shut down on June 1, 2012 due to the Mountain West Conference's ongoing realignment.
Other channels[edit]
Comcast also co-owns (with Fox Entertainment Group) the Orlando, Florida regional sports network Sun Sports (Sun Sports and Fox Sports Florida are operated and programmed together by Fox, the latter channel being entirely Fox-owned). In April 2007, Comcast bought 60 percent of FSN Bay Area and 50 percent of FSN New England from Rainbow Media, then a subsidiary of Cablevision (now the independent company AMC Networks) who had partnered with Fox to create FSN. As a result, Comcast took over the network and realigned it with CSN instead.[17][18] Also, with Comcast having assumed full management control, FSN Bay Area was renamed CSN Bay Area on March 31, 2008 (though Fox still owns a 25% stake in the network) and is being run alongside the already-launched CSN West.
New England Cable News, a regional news channel owned by Comcast, was operated as a part of Comcast Sports Group and CSN prior to Comcast's purchase of NBC Universal. In July 2013, NECN was moved into NBC Owned Television Stations (the division responsible for NBC and Telemundo's owned-and-operated stations) as part of a corporate re-organization.[19]
Comcast also owned a local sports network in Detroit and available across Michigan and central Indiana, Comcast Local (CL). CL carried collegiate and high school sports from their area, as well as minor league sports throughout its broadcast area. CL ceased operations at the end of February 2008 as every major professional or college team in the region had its programming tied to FSN Detroit and/or the Big Ten Network.[citation needed]
Comcast SportsNet HD[edit]
Comcast SportsNet HD is a high definition simulcast of select programs from Comcast SportsNet including live sports and series. Each regional channel has its own separate HD feed (many also have an alternate HD feed as well) and decides what will be broadcast in HD. Comcast SportsNet HD is not available in the Seattle area.
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References and footnotes[edit]
- ^ "Local Tv Sports Fans To See A Change, In Cost Sportschannel And Prism Are Going, Going. . . . A New Basic Cable Channel Takes Over.". The Inquirer. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^ Guidera, Mark. "Comcast to buy HTS sports channel," The Baltimore Sun, Wednesday, July 12, 2000.
- ^ Henry, Kristine. "Nevins leaves PR post for presidency of HTS," The Baltimore Sun, Saturday, March 3, 2001.
- ^ "HTS now Comcast SportsNet, adding sports news coverage," The Baltimore Sun, Wednesday, April 4, 2001.
- ^ a b FitzGerald, Tom (August 20, 2010). "Same channel, but new name for local telecasts / Comcast SportsNet BA replaces FSNBA". The San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ Comcast SportsNet Houston plans October launch Houston Chronicle March 7, 2012 (retrieved April 6, 2012)
- ^ Goetzl, David (May 4, 2011). "NBC Sports Brand Going Local". MediaPost Publications. Retrieved May 6, 2011.
- ^ Friedman, Wayne (May 9, 2011). "NBC Steps Up Branding For Comcast Sports Nets". MediaPost Publications. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
- ^ Ourand, John. "SBJ: Exit Versus, enter the NBC Sports Network". The Sporting News. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ Rubino, Lindsay (April 16, 2012). "NBC Owned Stations, Comcast Sports Group Strike Ad Sales Partnership". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ^ "NBC Sports Group Drops FSN Programming From Comcast RSNs". Sports Business Daily. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^ TV-radio notebook: CSN Houston lands C-USA football games Houston Chronicle July 5, 2012 (retrieved April 14, 2013)
- ^ http://www.telegram.com/article/20070920/COLUMN08/709200699/1009/SPORTS September 20, 2007 news articles from Worcester Telegram & Gazette Bill Doyle (Must scroll down about half a page for citation)
- ^ Comcast Sportsnet and NFL Network (Canby Telcom)[dead link]
- ^ "Comcast's sports channels fuel bidding war". The Oregonian. May 29, 2007.
- ^ Comcast adds more Houston-area sports programming
- ^ Worcester Telegram & Gazette Bill Doyle
- ^ Reed, Keith (June 6, 2007). "Comcast plans to beef up Fox Sports New England". The Boston Globe.
- ^ "NBC's Owned Stations Reorganize". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
External links[edit]
- NBC Sports Website
- NBC Sports Regional Networks Website
- CSN Bay Area
- CSN California
- CSN Chicago
- CSN New England
- CSN Northwest
- CSN Philadelphia
- CSN Washington
- CSS (Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast)
- Comcast Network (Chicago)
- Comcast Network Philadelphia
- SportsNet New York


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What's sexy? Humor. Loving oneself. Not perfection? Not so much (but it sure does sell):
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I am a professional retoucher and though I specialize in still life, the beauty retouching goes on all day every day on screens right next to me. A lot of the above retouching is , and not very well done (Katie Couric, the 2nd Keira Knightly, George Clooney, 2nd Britney Spears). But what this series mostly shows is how lighting affects our perception. Really carefully done studio lighting can be really harsh on the skin and will also reveal that every single human on this planet has hands that are bluer than our faces. And that quite frankly no one wants to see this (1st Britney Spears for example). And also a lot of retouching is done to make really bad or haphazard or uncontrolled lighting resemble studio lighting (Megan Fox, Fergie, Jonathan Rhys Meyers).
But it does seem to be a slippery slope…an art director logically wants the clothes to look like they fit the celeb or model in the first place, which of course they did not, so that gets fixed and then after that something else sticks out, and after that's fixed something else sticks out, and then an agent weighs in and the the celeb weighs in and then the magazine weighs in again.
Believe me, there is nothing reotuchers would rather do than fix the lighting and clothing gaffes and leave the rest alone. That would be satisfying work.
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And what about the Jennifer Lawrence photo? Good grief! They took someone with a perfectly lovely body and particularly beautifully muscled arms and made her look like a damn stick! Her arms look ridiculously skinny!
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The Biggest Problem in Hiring: Knowing What You're Recruiting For!
Knowing What You're Recruiting For
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Sourcing and placing the right individuals in jobs is becoming an increasingly important priority in any industry, especially as more and more businesses expand and talent acquisition departments are formed. The talent in your organization can really make or break your return on investments and profitability; therefore, executives really want to ensure that their top hires are the right people doing the right job. In order to correctly fill a position, however, that position must first be defined and hiring managers must outline what they want an employee to accomplish in that role.
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This doesn't apply to everyone but I had to remember that none of my reasons to create my websites had anything to do with money (as many members of this forum that I remember).
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Three random things about me: I cracked my skull when I was year old and required 17 stitches in my forehead; only the second time I needed stitches was three weeks ago when I slice my knee open; and I quit my decent-paying insurance job in Atlanta, GA to move to Salt Lake City, UT to shovel snow. The skiing is much better out here. Also, I don't have to sacrifice a little piece of my soul every time I go to work.
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Hi, Goggolor Ascendant here! The day I decided to join the Dtoid Community is the same day I decided officially find out why the Pokemon games are so damned popular. I tried getting a copy of Pokem Pearl for the DS through Goozex, but after three different people failed to respond to the trade request, I finally bit the bullet and went to Gamestop.
Upon getting it home and starting it up, I decided to keep a running journal of my impressions of the game. And that is what you will find below; typos, lame jokes, and all. Enjoy!
[i]Start-up: Graphics are kinda 16-bit over all.
Character Selection: Guy model looks like a dips***; Im going with the girl; Ill call her Emo-kin. Wait, thats her sidekick? Dammit, cant go back going to name him Dork take that Nintendo! Feel the burn!!
Conversation w/townspeople: Youre going to hang with Dork again, right? You two sure are tight! Hee-hee! Get it? Cause shes a girl, and girls (most of them, anyways) like dick, and dork is slang for penis! The unintended hilarity that my unconventional naming er, convention instills is limitless!
Oh man, Dork is hyperactive and obsessed with money. Its like hes a coke-out Wall Street wanker. A dick indeed.
Pokemon time! So, I have the choice between a turtle shell-wearing apple, a flaming monkey, or a blue bird. Crap, these Pokemon are ass! I want Squirtle or Bulbasaur! Hell, Id even settle for Pikachu. Lets see chances are that the the fire monkey wont have a flaming poo attack as this is a Nintendo game. Pity, that. Imagine a Conkers Bad Fur Day meets Pokemon game. That would be awesome. Still, a bubble-spewing bird, or a mutant turtle/apple. Crap. F*** it. Going with the granny smith turtle!
It figures that Dork would go for the flaming poo-flinging monkey
Running shoes?! Why the f*** do games insist on making players use items in order to run? This is the twenty-first f***ing century! We dont need items inorder to be able to run in video games!!!
Dorks Mom [snicker]. Man, dick jokes never get old.
Bidoof its mother was a hamster, and its father was a beaver that smealt of elderberries.
Wow. Pokemon combat at low levels is hellaciously tedious and boring.
Yeah, the game is putting me to sleep right now. Time to take a break and come back later, when Im not so spaced.
Oh. Yipee. I captured a Bidoof. Damn thing definitely does not rate a nickname.
He just cant sit still, that boy. I wonder who he takes after. Huh, it seems that Dorks mom either cant remember what her husband was like, or as is more likely, doesnt know which of the hundreds of men shes bedded was his father.
So there are no fathers any where in Twinleaf town? Is it like a refuge for unwed mothers? A secret government fertility clinic, where women are impregnated by Pokemon? Ew Pokemon furry pr0n.
Huh, Emo-kins mom is a bit of a passive-aggressive martyr. Nono honey, you go off on your grand little adventure! Ill be fine here alone with nobody to talk to, and nothing to do but have sex with strangers for money Or words to that effect.
Dorks Mom: Excuse me, is my little Dork here? Hahahaha! Dick joke.
Wait how the hell do I earn money in this game? Dammit, my copy didnt come with an instruction manual.
Finally, Granysmith learned a new ability!
Gah! In-game tutorial for something I alread figured out how to do!! Jesus, like using a Pokeball is really that damned hard. If Ash could figure it out, I certainly can.
Oh hell. Twiggy McLoserboy wants to battle me. Kid, I will bury you!!!
Oh, so thats how I make money. I beat up little kids like that and take their lunch money. I can live with that.
Crap! You cant take two steps without tripping over some idiot that wants to battle. And shes using a Lvl3 Bidoof? Girl must be into spankings.
Yay! More lunch money.
Can I capture another trainers Pokemon? Well, I wont know this battle. I got a crit on the little bastard, and down it went.
Is XP split between pokemon who battled? Crap, yes, it is.
Oh god, leveling up all the Pokemon is going to be a stone-cold bitch. I dont have the attention span for this shite!
Beat up a couple more school kids and took their lunch money. Also bullied them into giving me a new toy.
Clown-hunting for fun and watches.
Okay ersiously, where the hell is the third clown? The town isnt that big
Oh, the town does extend that way. Duh.
Poketch. Yay. Oh hey, it has a step counter. Brilliant.
I am going to spank Dorks ass. Get it? Did you see what I did there? Spank? Dork? Haha! I kill me!
This could be a close fight? Dude, when I get done working over your sorry ass, even the D.I. (note for those not in Utah: DI = Desert Industries. Kinda like Goodwill, but Mormon) wont take it!
Leer? The flaming-poo monkey has an attack called Leer?! Oh god, the irony!
Yay, Razor Leaf!
Aw, Dork lost. Who knew he could be such a pu- nah, I wont make that joke.
Oops. Forgot I was updating this thing.I now have a cricket-thingy monster CrktInTmSq.
A Shinx ConEdison- joins the team. The Bidoof is still the only unnamed Pokemon.
Crap. ConEd got k.o.d by a critical hit in the final round. Probably should have healed the little bugger first, huh?
Gods, Machop looks like a neutered gay man with a yellow bone mohawk. Only, more lame than even that.
Wait, this girl got a Gym Badge using a Bidoof? They gym leader must be a complete p****. Or she {joke redacted in the interest of good taste}
Wow. You can c***block a pokemons evolution. Thats just disturbing.
F***! That little punk-ass Abra just buggered off out of the fight!
Geodude is aptly named. Really, most of the original Pokemon names were cool and even kind of clever. The new ones? Im not a fan.
Chryst. Another challenger. I have this vision in my head of some poor trainer trying desperately to get to the hospital, but everywhere she turns there are other trainers demanding that she battle. She knows that she must follow the Code of the Trainers and accept each challenge, but the quiet desperation of her situation is writ in strain the lines of her face. Lines that will never go away.
Okay, what the hell is GranySmith doing before every round? It shounds like hes trying to huck up a hairball, and there are these little rings of light that surround him.
Need nap, again. More later.[/i]
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Project by Ben Martin | posted 393 days ago | 570 views | 0 times favorited | 3 comments |
Another CNC milling project from this weekend. 3 parts were milled out, the base, the sides and the top. Total machining time, and assembly, 7 minutes. total setup time, i don't want to know!. the only problem was that I made the walls too thin, and suffered some chip-out. Also, I'm still having issues calibrating the depth for cutouts.
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Very good, what are you using for the "cut out"? -- Mjones "Perfect inPerfections" |
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Really nice cut! The heart is perfect! That's a very cute project! I like it . -- "someone has to be wounded for others to be saved, someone has to sacrifice for others to feel happiness, someone has to die so others could live" |
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