https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/19/chicago-sports-net-comcast-impasse-blackhawks-bulls/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/20/chicago-blackhwks-chsn-comcast/
“One stumbling block has emerged as central to the impasse — a poison pill, if you will. The cable carrier doesn’t like that CHSN is giving away the sports programming for free to over-the-air viewers, according to sources familiar with the situation.
Comcast is balking at any deal with CHSN because it objects to paying for content available for free over the air, according to sources. As one industry source put it, “Here’s a free ice cream cone (here), but you have to pay $5 for the ice cream cone over here. I would go get the free ice cream cone.”