Making television easy again. By Phillip Swann
Marquee Sports Network, the new TV home of the Chicago Cubs, has announced a carriage agreement with Hulu’s live streaming service. The deal is Marquee’s second with a live streaming service. Previously, the new regional sports channel secured a carriage pact with AT&T TV Now (also a live streamer) as well as traditional pay TV
Q. I am very excited for a new season for my world champion Washington Nationals and I want to watch the games on streaming on Hulu or YouTube TV. If not that, maybe they have a separate service on an app that I can order? What are my options for watching MASN without getting a
Q. I live in Henderson, Nevada (next to Las Vegas) and have purchased the MLB package (from DIRECTV) for years. I moved here from Chicago and brought the Cubs with me via DirecTV. I know that the Cubs will now only broadcast on the Marquee Sports Network, and your article indicated an arrangement had been reached with DirecTV
Major League Baseball is raising the price on this season’s edition of MLB.TV by $3 to $121.99. The league’s online package of out-of-market games cost $118.99 in 2019. (MLB also raised the 2019 price by $3; it was $115.99 in 2018). For $121.99, a MLB.TV subscriber can watch every 2020 out-of-market game on 400 supported
Q. I’m very angry that the Cubs are on this new special channel and my cable service Comcast isn’t carrying it. Do you think this will change before the season begins? Or before spring training games begin? — Yardley, Evanston, Illinois. Yardley, the new Marquee Sports Network, which will be the exclusive home to Chicago
Q. It’s 2020 and it looks like the Dodgers won’t be on DIRECTV yet again this season. Isn’t there anything that can be done about this?! Why won’t Charter just lower the fees so every TV company would carry SportsNet LA? It doesn’t make any sense to me at all. — Bev, Marina Del Rey,
Q. Baseball season is getting a little closer and I want to watch my Cubbies this season. Do you know which TV services will carry the new Cubs channel? — Ann Marie, Arlington Heights, Illinois. Ann Marie, the new Marquee Sports Network, which will be the exclusive home to Chicago Cubs game broadcasts, launches on
Q. It drives me crazy that the MLB.TV package and the Extra Innings plan blackouts my local team, the Washington Nationals. Why can’t I watch. I pay good money! It’s really bad because MASN, the channel that has the Nats games, won’t steam on any of the streaming companies like DIRECTV Now. Can you please
Sling TV, the live streaming service owned by Dish, has added the MLB Network and the MLB Strike Zone channel to its add-on Sports Extra packages. The SportsExtra plan, which can be purchased if you subscribe to either Sling’s Blue or Orange base packages, also includes ESPNU, NBA TV, SEC Network and the PAC 12
Q. I want to watch the Washington Nationals on a streaming service so I don’t have to subscribe to cable. Is there anyway to do this? There must be someway, right? — Danny, Arlington, Virginia. Danny, MASN, the regional sports channel that carries both the Nationals and the Baltimore Orioles, has largely only been available
Q. Opening day is tomorrow. Is there any chance the Pittsburgh Pirates will be available for streaming for us cord-cutters? — Tom, Pittsburgh. Tom, AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh, which has the rights to Pittsburgh Pirates games, is still not available on any of the live streaming services, such as Sling TV, DIRECTV Now, PlayStation Vue, YouTube
Q. I’m a Philadelphia Phillies fan living in Atlanta. My question is: Can I watch every Phillies game with the actual Phillies broadcast on MLB.TV? Or will it be some budget MLB announcer doing the game? Also does Comcast’s Extra Innings plan have home and away broadcasts? — Brian, Atlanta. Brian, now that the Phillies