CSN Mid-Atlantic

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CSN Mid-Atlantic
Image:Comcast_Sports_Net.jpg
Type regional sports network
Country Flag of the United States United States
Availability    Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Washington, D.C.
Owner Comcast (2001-present)
Past names Home Team Sports
Website [1]

CSN Mid-Atlantic is a member of the Comcast SportsNet network of regional sports networks that covers local sports teams in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is the former network HTS (Home Team Sports) that was partly owned by CBS.

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CSN Mid-Atlantic televises most games of the Washington Wizards, Washington Capitals, and DC United. CSN Mid-Atlantic also carries Washington Redskins magazine and post-game shows, and jointly broadcasts Redskins preseason games with WUSA. The network has rights to ACC-related games, in particular those offered by Lincoln Financial Sports or that would otherwise not be televised, and coaches shows from Virginia Tech and the University of Maryland-College Park. It has a talk show called Washington Post Live which airs each weekday. It also has a sports highlights show called SportsNite, which airs three times each night. The late-night broadcast is replayed during the morning, when it is called SportsRise.

CSN Mid-Atlantic produces and shows Colonial Athletic Association basketball games. It also airs a lot of Fox Sports Net programming (see below).

Through the 2006 season, CSN Mid-Atlantic showed Baltimore Orioles games, which moved to team-owned MASN in 2007. Comcast refused to add MASN, which debuted in 2005 and also shows Washington Nationals games, to its cable systems until September 2006, because the company believed that they had a contractual right to keep Orioles games on their network by having first and last refusal rights. This led to some subscribers switching to DirecTV, which had reached a deal with MASN, and a lawsuit between Comcast and the Orioles, which the Orioles ultimately won.

On air, the network simply refers to itself as Comcast SportsNet, rather than CSN. The network airs little programming produced by other Comcast SportsNet affiliates.

  • Brent Harris
  • Chick Hernandez
  • Lisa Hillary
  • Michael Jenkins
  • Kelli Johnson
  • David Lee
  • Carol Maloney
  • Chris Miller
  • Jill Sorenson
  • Russ Thaler (also host of Washington Post Live)
  • Lou Tilley

  • Dave Johnson (also part of the SportsNite broadcast team)
  • Thomas Rongen

CSN Mid-Atlantic carries FSN programming in lieu of a 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.

Comcast SportsNet HD is a high definition simulcast of the best programs from Comcast SportsNet including live sports & series. CSN Mid-Atlantic shows Washington Wizards[1], Washington Capitals[2], and DC United[3] home games/matches in HD.

Beginning October 1, 2007, CSN Mid-Atlantic will broadcast selected games on CSN+.[4] CSN+ will only be activated when two games run simultaneously.

  1. ^ http://midatlantic.comcastsportsnet.com/team-wizards-sched.asp
  2. ^ http://midatlantic.comcastsportsnet.com/team-capitals-sched.asp
  3. ^ http://midatlantic.comcastsportsnet.com/team-united-sched.asp
  4. ^ Ray Frager (2007-09-21). CSN is adding 'Plus' channel for when sports net overflows. Baltimore Sun. Retrieved on 2007-09-27.

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