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How do you plan to watch games next season?
Posted: Sat Jun 7, 2025 1:39 pm
by Evil_Headband
CSN will no longer broadcast over the air in the Chicago area. No more antenna option.
They will be on Xfinity but you have to have the Ultimate package.
I guess there is illegal streaming.
You could also pay $20 a month for the CSN app.
Aren't they on DirectTV too?
Or you can just not watch.
Re: How do you plan to watch games next season?
Posted: Sat Jun 7, 2025 1:41 pm
by League Circles
Evil_Headband wrote:CSN will no longer broadcast over the air in the Chicago area. No more antenna option.
They will be on Xfinity but you have to have the Ultimate package.
I guess there is illegal streaming.
You could also pay $20 a month for the CSN app.
Aren't they on DirectTV too?
Or you can just not watch.
Whaaaaaaaaat?
Why the **** is the OTA going away after one season? What an absurdity........
Re: How do you plan to watch games next season?
Posted: Sat Jun 7, 2025 1:44 pm
by League Circles
No chance I'd get xfinity again, most likely wouldn't get directv either. I just have no interest in paying like a thousand dollars to have a ton of commercials and shows I don't want to be piped into my home. I'd most likely only look at illegal streams, CSN app or not watch at all. Sickening.
Re: How do you plan to watch games next season?
Posted: Sat Jun 7, 2025 1:54 pm
by Evil_Headband
League Circles wrote:
Whaaaaaaaaat?
Why the **** is the OTA going away after one season? What an absurdity........
Why? Like most decisions, it comes down to money. I guess the commercials just don't cut it.
Re: How do you plan to watch games next season?
Posted: Sat Jun 7, 2025 2:20 pm
by ChettheJet
If they can't make a deal with HULU, they can do like the Cubs and do without me. Losing teams aren't worth forking over more money to suffer watching. CSN is worse because they acted like OTA was going to be what made them better and now they turn arond and stick to the fans just like everybody else
maybe radio
Re: How do you plan to watch games next season?
Posted: Sat Jun 7, 2025 2:45 pm
by Jcool0
Evil_Headband wrote:League Circles wrote:
Whaaaaaaaaat?
Why the **** is the OTA going away after one season? What an absurdity........
Why? Like most decisions, it comes down to money. I guess the commercials just don't cut it.
Comcast wouldn't make the deal if you could get games for free.
Re: How do you plan to watch games next season?
Posted: Sat Jun 7, 2025 3:08 pm
by Evil_Headband
I might finally ditch Xfinity and use the savings on the $20 CSN app.
Re: How do you plan to watch games next season?
Posted: Sat Jun 7, 2025 3:34 pm
by League Circles
Jcool0 wrote:Evil_Headband wrote:League Circles wrote:
Whaaaaaaaaat?
Why the **** is the OTA going away after one season? What an absurdity........
Why? Like most decisions, it comes down to money. I guess the commercials just don't cut it.
Comcast wouldn't make the deal if you could get games for free.
Yeah I know, but they should have seen this likelihood coming and thought more long term about it rather than offer ota for one year and annoy the fans
Re: How do you plan to watch games next season?
Posted: Sat Jun 7, 2025 3:42 pm
by ThisGuyFawkes
I’ve been paying $13/mo to watch on Amazon. No commitment beyond a month, but it doesn’t include nationally televised games (ESPN, TNT, etc).
Actually not sure if it’s available in Chicago since it blacks out local games (Houston for me). It also blacked out the game when Houston was in Chicago for some reason.
Re: How do you plan to watch games next season?
Posted: Sat Jun 7, 2025 4:03 pm
by MrSparkle
I don’t know if they care at this point, but I really wonder what the viewership is with all these barriers to watching a game.. for a bad/mediocre team with no contending hope.. and a pretty high cost of entry.
Thing about ramming an extra subscription just to watch 1 (or 3) local teams play… it’s on top of needing to pay a high internet fee, your mobile plan, your basic subs (Amazon, Hulu, YouTube, whatever)…
Are average people gonna pay for this stuff in a tightening economy? $20 extra per month is steep for a dozen games. Pro sports are all becoming a mess as they transition to streaming.
Re: How do you plan to watch games next season?
Posted: Sat Jun 7, 2025 4:16 pm
by cocktailswith_2short
Illegal streams . Going on 20 years for me lol .
Re: How do you plan to watch games next season?
Posted: Sat Jun 7, 2025 6:14 pm
by prolific passer
Evil_Headband wrote:CSN will no longer broadcast over the air in the Chicago area. No more antenna option.
They will be on Xfinity but you have to have the Ultimate package.
I guess there is illegal streaming.
You could also pay $20 a month for the CSN app.
Aren't they on DirectTV too?
Or you can just not watch.
Sounds like csn is turning into wgn America when they just stopped airing bulls in general and ended up going away.
Re: How do you plan to watch games next season?
Posted: Sat Jun 7, 2025 7:00 pm
by kodo
Pretty crappy move on their part, people paid up to $250 for an OTA setup. But what else do we expect from a Reinsdorf business.
Re: How do you plan to watch games next season?
Posted: Mon Jun 9, 2025 2:37 pm
by jnrjr79
I'd consider switching from YouTube TV to Fubo, I guess. Sigh. I otherwise really like YTTV and was just doing OTA for Bulls/Sox (admittedly not a lot of Sox these days, though).
Re: How do you plan to watch games next season?
Posted: Mon Jun 9, 2025 2:58 pm
by Stratmaster
I have had directv for 27 years. Every time I try to move off of them I find that I will be paying almost as much to get the programming I want (between multiple streaming services, local channels, etc.) plus have to deal with multiple sources (antennas and inputs etc.) and inferior quality.
It's a pain in the ass because I have to call them every 6 months and beg for discounts, but I manage to keep my bill at about $100 a month. I get every Bulls and Cubs game along with HBO, Max, Paramount + and Showtime plus all the cable channels including the home improvement and romance TV channels my wife wants.
I just still haven't found a better option.
Re: How do you plan to watch games next season?
Posted: Mon Jun 9, 2025 3:12 pm
by Chicago-Bull-E
Evil_Headband wrote:
Or you can just not watch.
Re: How do you plan to watch games next season?
Posted: Mon Jun 9, 2025 4:18 pm
by Bulldog23
Up in the air. Waiting for off season moves and draft. Did not watch last season. Waiting for team to win 5 games in a row to make a decision to consider watching. If AK fired will watch immediately.
Re: How do you plan to watch games next season?
Posted: Mon Jun 9, 2025 4:25 pm
by jc23
hmmm, so no mo antenna option huh? well, i can always find a stream online if need be. If its not on YTTV i might consider a switch, will not be paying for any additional add ons. Curious what impact this will have on current and future generations of sports fans who do not grow up watching the Bulls because only a fraction of families have the service. As someone who grew up in California for a good part of my adolescence i was very thankful for WGN.
Re: How do you plan to watch games next season?
Posted: Mon Jun 9, 2025 5:36 pm
by jnrjr79
jc23 wrote:hmmm, so no mo antenna option huh? well, i can always find a stream online if need be. If its not on YTTV i might consider a switch, will not be paying for any additional add ons. Curious what impact this will have on current and future generations of sports fans who do not grow up watching the Bulls because only a fraction of families have the service. As someone who grew up in California for a good part of my adolescence i was very thankful for WGN.
You can still watch OTA in Indy, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, Des Moines, and Sioux City. But it looks like all of IL, Davenport, South Bend, and Ft. Wayne are losing OTA.
Re: How do you plan to watch games next season?
Posted: Mon Jun 9, 2025 5:36 pm
by Indomitable
kodo wrote:Pretty crappy move on their part, people paid up to $250 for an OTA setup. But what else do we expect from a Reinsdorf business.
The Bulls are poorly run on every level