Our long regional nightmare is over.
Chicago Sports Network is expected to launch on Comcast cable Friday, likely in time for the Royals-White Sox game, the Sun-Times has learned. That will allow about 1 million Xfinity customers in the area to watch the rest of the Sox’ season and not miss another entire Bulls and Blackhawks season.
After fighting to launch on the Popular programming tier, Comcast’s middle tier of channels, CHSN will appear on the Ultimate tier, which costs an additional $20 per month. Customers had been receiving a monthly credit of $8.85 to offset the loss of NBC Sports Chicago, the teams’ former home, which went off the air Sept.