CSN Philadelphia

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name = CSN Philadelphia
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launch = October 1, 1997
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network = Comcast SportsNet
owner = Comcast
Philadelphia Phillies
slogan = Nobody does Philly Sports Better!
country = United States
language = English
broadcast area = Philadelphia Metro Area
Eastern Pennsylvania
South Jersey
Delaware
headquarters = CSN Wachovia Center Studios
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replaced names = PRISM Network (1976-1997)
SportsChannel Philadelphia (1990-1997)
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sister names = Sports New York
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web = [http://philadelphia.comcastsportsnet.com CSN Philadelphia]
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Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia (CSN Philadelphia) is a regional sports network that is a member of Comcast SportsNet. It primarily serves the Philadelphia metro area, but its reach extends to cover Northeastern Pennsylvania, all of South Jersey, and most of Delaware.

CSN Philadelphia is owned by Comcast and was the first Comcast SportsNet channel. It is the cable home of the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers, NHL's Philadelphia Flyers, MLB's Philadelphia Phillies, AHL's Philadelphia Phantoms, and NLL's Philadelphia Wings. The network also covers local college sports games, including the Philadelphia Big Five, the Atlantic 10, and the Colonial Athletic Association.

CSN Philadelphia debuted on October 1, 1997, replacing the PRISM Network in the Philadelphia area. The Phillies own a minority share of the channel.Verify source|date=May 2008

CSN Philadelphia's studios and offices are located inside the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia. CSN Philadelphia also has a small studio inside Citizens Bank Park, which is used sporadically during the baseball season.

In addition, Comcast owns CN8, which on occasion will air Phillies games in the Philadelphia metro area when a Flyers or 76ers game airs on CSN Philadelphia. WPSG also carries a slate of games from each team.

CSN Philadelphia, along with its other Comcast SportsNet-branded networks, began using the new logo and graphics package on October 1, 2008, coincidentally the 11th anniversary of this network's debut.

Anchors

Current

*Michael Barkann (August 1997)
*John Boruk (July 2006)
*Ron Burke (August 1997–1999, January 2002)
*Leslie Gudel (August 1997)
*Derrick Gunn (August 1997)
*Marshall Harris (March 2008)
*Neil Hartman (August 1997)
*Dei Lynam (August 1997)

Former

*Phil Andrews (August 2005 - March 2008)
*Pat Boyle - joined Comcast SportsNet Chicago in 2004
*Matt Yallof (2000 – 2006) - joined SportsNet New York
*Lance Crawford (2000)

Programming

News

*SportsRise
*Daily News Live
*SportsNite
*'net IMPACT

Football [http://pdn.philly.com/2007/09/06/fanguide.pdf]

*Eagles Pre Game Live
*Eagles Post Game Live
*Monday Night Live
*Pro Football Now
*Fantasy Fix
*Inside the Eagles
*Eagles Locker Room

Basketball

*Sixers Post Game Live

Baseball

*Phillies Post Game Live
*Phillies Clubhouse

Ice Hockey

*Flyers Post Game Live

Golf

*Inside Golf
*Golf Shots

College

* Inside Rutgers Football- to begin airing Fall 2008
* Inside Rutgers Basketball- to begin airing Winter 2008-09

FSN on Comcast SportsNet

CSN Philadelphia carries FSN programming in lieu of an FSN affiliate. This offers the regions access to a variety of college sports, notably ACC men's and women's basketball on Sundays, Pac-10 basketball on various nights, plus Big 12 and Pac-10 football on Saturdays during their respective seasons. They also air studio shows, such as The Best Damn Sports Show Period, and the FSN Final Score. This arrangement is to secure national coverage for its collegiate lineup of games.

Availability

Unlike most other cable networks, CSN Philadelphia is only distributed via microwave and fiber optics. The infrastructure Comcast uses for this was left over from the now defunct PRISM Network. Since its programming is not transmitted by satellite, Comcast is able to avoid an FCC regulation that requires most television channels to be offered to direct broadcast satellite companies. Thus, DBS customers in the Philadelphia region do not get access to the network or any of the local teams' games. However, cable companies other than Comcast within the designated CSN Philadelphia market do have access to the channel. In December 2006, Comcast even made a deal to place CSN Philadelphia on Verizon's competing FiOS systems. [ [http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6397097.html?display=Breaking+News Verizon Nets Comcast SportsNet Agreement - 12/4/2006 8:16:00 PM - Multichannel News ] ] All of the other members of Comcast SportsNet are available to DBS subscribers, with the exception of CSN Northwest (however this is only because DirecTV and Dish Network have not been able to reach a carriage agreement with Comcast).

Phillies games used to be unavailable on the satellite version of MLB Extra Innings, although the NBA and NHL have always been able to use the CSN Philadelphia feeds for their packages. Beginning in 2007, both the cable and satellite version of MLB Extra Innings began to use the CSN Philadelphia feed for some games and in 2008, when MLB Extra Innings began showing both feeds of most games, all Phillies games shown on CSN Philadelphia became available to all subscribers.

[http://philadelphia.comcastsportsnet.com/contact.asp CSN Philadelphia channel numbers] (must scroll down about half the page).

CSN Philadelphia HD

Comcast SportsNet HD is a high definition simulcast of the best programs from Comcast SportsNet including live sports and series. CSN Philadelphia shows all [ [http://philadelphia.comcastsportsnet.com/tv-listings-HD.asp Welcome to Comcast SportsNet ] ] Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Flyers, and Philadelphia 76ers home games in HD. Select Phillies road series have also aired in HD starting in 2008. Beginning in Fall 2007, Comcast SportsNet started broadcasting live studio shows in high definition, such as Daily News Live, SportsNite, and Post Game Live shows. Staring in October 2008, all Flyers and 76ers games on CSN Philadelphia will air in. Starting in October 2008, all games on Comcast SportsNet will be in HD. [http://philadelphia.comcastsportsnet.com/view_content_0p.asp?ID=68870]

References

External links

* [http://philadelphia.comcastsportsnet.com/ CSN Philadelphia]