There is no word yet on whether is happening right away, or is something for down the road.
This means you will still get all the other content that Marquee Sports provides (like the Off the Mound series with Ryan Dempster), but not the live games.
There is talks of Marquee Sports being available of a nationwide basis but with the live games blacked out. MLB.TV will use the Marquee Sports Network feed, so you will still get the local broadcast. So if you previously had to use MLB.TV to see Cubs games, you will have to continue to do so. MLB.TV is the only provider for out of market games. Basically, if you’ve been able to get Cubs games before via NBC Sports Chicago, you will continue to get them via Marquee Sports Network, no matter how you subscriber to Marquee. This is currently most of Illionois, Indiana, Iowa and small part of southern Wisconsin. Therefore, it is only available in the market that serves the Chicago area. Marquee Sports Networks is a regional sports network. Now, a lot of questions surrounded the blackout restrictions regarding Marquee Sports so here are some of the answers. The Cubs are still confident that a deal will be reached with Comcast, but it’s not expected before the start of the first spring game on Saturday afternoon. This now makes 30 television providers that have signed on to Marquee Sports, with Comcast being the most notable omission.
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