NBC has decided to get back into the pay television sports game once again.
The network announced Thursday that they are relaunching NBC Sports Network (styled as NBCSN) as a pay televsion service, beginning Monday, November 17. The network will launch on YouTube TV, with Xfinity customers next on priority and other distributors to come later.
“NBCUniversal delivers the biggest moments in sports, and the new NBC Sports Network gives pay-tv customers a seamless way to enjoy the wide range of sports in our portfolio, adding an important pillar in our linear and streaming strategy,” said NBCUniversal’s President of Platform Distribution and Partnerships Matt Schnaars said in the statement. “NBCSN is a win across the board – driving value for fans and distributors who prefer an aggregated experience, league and conference partners seeking broad reach, and advertisers targeting engaged sports audiences – while also creating a new monetization path for some of our most premium programming and supporting NBCU’s commitment to serving viewers wherever they watch, whether on Peacock, pay-tv, or both.”
What You’ll Find On NBC Sports Network
NBC listed the following as events and programming that will air on NBCSN:
- Monday Night NBA games and NBA Playoffs
- Expected to include dozens of MLB regular-season and select post-season games in a soon-to-be-announced agreement
- Premier League soccer matches
- Gold Zone hosted by Scott Hanson (daily whip-around coverage for Milan Cortina Olympic Winter Games in February 2026)
- WNBA Regular Season and Playoff games
- Big Ten and Notre Dame Football
- Big Ten, Big East and Big 12 Men’s and Women’s Basketball
- Golf Majors (includes select coverage of U.S. Open and The Open Championship)
- Cycling (Tour de France, Tour de France Femmes; Vuelta a España, and more)
- Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks undercard races
- Olympic Sports (e.g., Figure Skating, Ski & Snowboard, Gymnastics, Swimming, Track & Field)
- Popular shows, including PFT Live, The Dan Patrick Show, The Dan Le Batard Show, and Fantasy Football Happy Hour with Matthew Berry
The first iteration of NBCSN began on January 1, 2012 with the rebranding of Versus, and was shuttered December 31, 2021, with sports properties moving to the Peacock streaming service, USA Network, and other NBCUniversal properties.
The decision to relaunch NBCSN comes as YouTube TV deals with a dispute involving Disney and its sports property, ESPN. Disney’s properties were pulled from the television distributor October 31 as the two sides could not come to an agreement on carriage rates.
