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NBCUniversal will revive the NBC Sports Network on Nov. 17 on YouTube TV. It also will be available on Xfinity soon and will roll out to other pay TV distributors at a later date. NBCSN, a 24/7 linear network, will feature a wide range of marquee sporting events and programming from NBC Sports that also streams on Peacock. Those include:
There's a new NBC Sports Network channel debuting first on YouTube TV, to help make up for the ESPN-shaped hole in your life.
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NBC Revives NBC Sports Network, Launching First on YouTube TV, Offering Peacock's Sports Line-Up
NBCUniversal is back in the game of operating a stand-alone sports network. The Comcast-controlled media conglomerate said it would revive NBCSN, or NBC Sports Network, and devote it to sports programming that usually streams on the company's Peacock service, including Monday-night NBA games and the "Gold Zone" Olympics whip-around show.
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NBC to revive NBC Sports Network on Monday; will air Premier League games, but only on YouTube TV
According to the release, NBCSN will carry Premier League football matches, Monday night NBA games and the NBA Playoffs, the Olympics Gold Zone whip-around, WNBA games, Big Ten and Notre Dame football games, cycling (including Tour de France), certain major golf tournaments, and the Kentucky Derby.
I’m not doing it to avoid the revenue loss that PFT inevitably will experience. I’m not doing it with any remotely realistic hope that it will make any bit of a difference in the ongoing disagreement between NBC and YouTube TV.
YouTube TV's 10 million customers will regain access to ESPN, ABC and other Disney-owned channels after the two television titans agreed on a new distribution contract.
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Disney's carriage squabble with YouTube TV has spurred viewership and ratings issues for some of its top properties, including "World News Tonight"
As the impasse continues, YouTube TV subscribers have been offered a welcome boost from another network willing to fill the void left by ESPN’s absence.