MESA, Arizona – The Cubs added another significant distributor for their soon-to-launch Marquee Sports Network, agreeing to a deal with Hulu to live-stream games via the company’s Hulu + Live TV service.
The deal, which was announced Monday, provides a means for “cord cutters” anywhere in the Cubs’ assigned regional territory to access games live.
But the unsigned elephant in the room remains Comcast/Xfinity, the cable provider for half the cable subscribers in the region and the largest holdout among regional distributors.
The network launches Saturday with the Cubs’ spring training opener, is scheduled to broadcast all the spring games, and plans call for increasing pre- and postgame coverage during the regular season.