NESN National?

MarcB · Mar 21, 2011

What the heck is NESN National? It's on Channel 84 on my COMCAST lineup and on the guide it's listed as NESN+ and programming as OFF THE AIR. NESN National is showing "NESN Daily" while the main NESN channel (Channel 28) is showing infomercials.

someplacesomewhere · Mar 21, 2011

Is it the feed sent to other markets who want New ENgland Sports channels maybe?

djmaine · Mar 21, 2011

I have NESN national as part of my sports package from Bright House in Tampa Bay.

They feed everything except for live Bruins and Red Sox games due to contractual obligations to the NHL and MLB.

Mainedude2007 · Mar 21, 2011

here's an article about the launch of NESN National from Forbes last September

http://blogs.forbes.com/sportsmoney/2010/09/09/nesn-goes-national/?boxes=businesschannelsections

DToTheJ · Mar 30, 2011

From what I understand, NESN National/NESN+ is part of Comcast's "barebones basic" package, alongside the local stations, shopping and religious networks, even though NESN isn't included. I write this because somebody I know recently downgraded to this package and noted the incluson of this channel on the lineup.

Wbzfm2010 · Mar 30, 2011

which means will it disappear once the bruins are out of the playoffs, or is it a ploy to have people with just the basic cable be able to watch the games this year???

BRNout · Apr 1, 2011

djmaine said:
They feed everything except for live Bruins and Red Sox games due to contractual obligations to the NHL and MLB.

Which are pretty much the only reasons why I'd be interested in having NESN. Watching NESN without 'Sox and Bruins games is like visiting a lobster shack that has no seafood. Why bother?

qunewsguy · Apr 2, 2011

Last year NESN+ popped up on my COX cable system briefly during the spring. NESN+ aired early season Sox games when they overlapped with Bruins games. Maybe the feed for the OP's sytem got mixed up?

MarcB · Apr 2, 2011

You're probably right. For a more than a week now it's been back to a simulcast of NESN outside of everything that's on Plus. Meanwhile on the Waterbury Comcast system (which we get at The Club I work at in Wolcott) they override regular NESN (Channel 67) with NESN Plus.

amguy · Apr 3, 2011

DirecTV (in Maine) has NESN on its' regular lineup (Ch. 628) and if the Bruins the Red Sox are playing at the same time, NESN+ (629) carries the game (either Bruins or Red Sox), both in HD.