Main Street Sports Sues Comcast, Charter Over 2026 Licensing Fees as 15-Channel RSN Business Unravels
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Updated · CNBC · Aug 24
Main Street Sports Sues Comcast, Charter Over 2026 Licensing Fees as 15-Channel RSN Business Unravels
2 articles · Updated · CNBC · Aug 24
Summary
Delaware Superior Court lawsuits filed Monday accuse Comcast and Charter of breaching contracts by underpaying Main Street Sports for early-2026 carriage, when its networks were still airing NBA and NHL games in local markets.
Main Street had already begun winding down this year after persistent liquidity strains and heavy debt, despite emerging from bankruptcy in early 2025 and rebranding its channels as FanDuel Sports Network.
The now-defunct operator once ran about 15 regional sports channels and, after bankruptcy, carried games for roughly 30 MLB, NBA and NHL teams before ending local MLB broadcasts in 2025.
The dispute lands as regional sports networks face mounting pressure from cord-cutting, which has pushed pay-TV distributors to renegotiate carriage economics and forced streaming distribution models to keep shifting.