The Death of the Regional Sports Network

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In the shadows of the sports world, a seismic change is taking place. The way you will be viewing sports won’t be the same. The Regional Sports Network has long been the only game in town if you wanted to watch your local teams play live (at least for MLB, NBA and NHL). However, over the past few years, a combination of factors have led to the acceleration of the inevitable forces of upheaval. The RSN is dying, and the NBA, NHL, and MLB are devising plans to make sure live broadcasts of local games can still go on (especially in the Colorado/Utah/Las Vegas, Houston, and Pittsburgh markets).

This is a topic where a lot of people may not know what it takes to broadcast a game on the air (from equipment to personnel to the dreaded rights fees the RSN’s have to pay), so consider this video as a lesson on the situation at hand, and what may become of these broadcasts in the future.

The hint is that they aren’t going away. The leagues will do everything in their power to make sure you can watch their games. .