The Chicago Cubs want to branch out on their own. Having been part of the old Fox Sports Net Chicago and now, Comcast SportsNet Chicago, the Cubs have shared cable channel space with the Blackhawks and White Sox. In cases of conflicts with the Blackhawks playoff run or during the summer with the White Sox, the Cubs often aren’t the Most Favored Nation having to move to an alternate channel.
So the Cubs, with eyes on the end of their Comcast contract, are hoping to launch their own regional cable network in 2020 and possibly sooner. Cubs president of business operations Crane Kenney told a local radio station that the team will move forward with plans to create its own channel.