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Breaking: Marquee Sports Launches Chicago Cubs In-Market Streaming Platform; App Available Now

David Satin
David covers the biggest news stories, live events, premieres, and informational pieces for The Streamable. Before joining TS, he wrote extensively for Screen Rant and has years of experience writing about the entertainment and streaming industries. He's a Broncos fan, streams on his Toshiba Fire TV, and his favorites include "Andor," "Rings of Power," and "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds."
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Cubs fans living in the Chicagoland market now have a new way to watch their favorite team. Marquee Sports Network has officially launched its new streaming platform for Chicago-based fans, which will allow them to stream Cubs games for $19.99 per month without the need for a traditional cable, satellite, or live TV streaming service subscription.

Marquee Sports Network first announced it was working on a direct-to-consumer (DTC) streaming platform to offer Cubs games without the need for a cable or satellite subscription in late June. Fans can sign up through the new Marquee Sports app, or by heading to WatchMarquee.com and subscribing there. Users who pay to get Marquee Sports Network as part of their cable or satellite subscription can access Cubs games via streaming on the app without the $19.99 monthly fee just by using their TV Everywhere credentials.

The new Marquee Sports app will offer fans live games in high-definition 1080p resolution, as well as on-demand content including highlights, interviews, documentaries, and even original programming. The app will be available for mobile devices at first, though Marquee says users will be able to cast a game’s stream from their phone to most smart TVs right away.

“We’re thrilled to launch our new direct-to-consumer subscription option, providing all in-market Cubs fans with access to Marquee Sports Network, including live Cubs games,” Marquee Sports Network General Manager Mike McCarthy said. “The new Marquee Sports Network App will also provide an improved 1080p streaming experience for all Marquee Sports Network subscribers. We look forward to continuing to bring Cubs baseball to the passionate Cubs fans across the region.”

The app will also offer Cubs coverage during the offseason, with programming such as the “Cubs 360” studio show. Subscribers will get access to interviews with new players signed, breaking news, and Marquee’s coverage of the MLB Winter Meetings.

The launch of the new Cubs streaming experience on the Marquee Sports app shows the many different directions Major League Baseball is heading in with regard to its broadcast and streaming arrangements currently. The league is eager to get its teams away from the Bally Sports collection of regional sports networks (RSNs), whose parent company Diamond Sports Group is currently undergoing bankruptcy proceedings.

But RSNs that aren’t completely owned by media outlets — Marquee is a joint venture between the Cubs and Sinclair Broadcasting Group, which owns Diamond Sports Group — are doing better financially, and can afford to spin up their own streaming platforms to service in-market fans without the need for a pay-TV middle man. The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox have already done so, and each team that joins them in providing its own streaming option to customers in their markets marks one more club that won’t be signing on for MLB commissioner Rob Manfred’s dream streaming platform that carries all teams with no blackouts.

Crushing Rob Manfred’s dreams is likely not what Marquee Sports Network officials were hoping to accomplish when they began building their new DTC app. But it’s also unlikely to cause any sleepless nights at the channel, which can now offer Cubs games to Chicago fans without a pay-TV subscription. As cord-cutting continues to sap revenues from cable and satellite providers, Marquee is well-positioned for the next evolution in sports broadcasting and streaming.

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David Satin
David covers the biggest news stories, live events, premieres, and informational pieces for The Streamable. Before joining TS, he wrote extensively for Screen Rant and has years of experience writing about the entertainment and streaming industries. He's a Broncos fan, streams on his Toshiba Fire TV, and his favorites include "Andor," "Rings of Power," and "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds."
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