The Marquee Sports Network is a regional sports network that’s home to all Chicago Cubs games that are not nationally televised. Marquee Sports Network hosts the local home broadcast for the team, along with insight and exclusive footage covering the team. The channel also offers coverage of other sports including the WNBA’s Chicago Sky, and minor league baseball.
If you are in the Chicago Cubs region, you can watch Marquee Sports Network as a local RSN if included in packages. Let's take a look at what streaming services offer Marquee Sports Network in their channel guide.
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DIRECTV is one of two streaming services that has nearly every local RSN. It is no different here, as DIRECTV has Marquee Sports Network and makes watching Cubs games easy. Marquee Sports Network is available in the regional service area in all of DIRECTV’s plans, with the most affordable plan being the Entertainment Plan.
If you would like to upgrade to the Choice or Ultimate plan, you’ll get additional sports channels like ACC Network, Big Ten Network, MLB Network, NBA TV, SEC Network and many more. DIRECTV offers unlimited DVR storage for subscribers.
Fubo joins DIRECTV as the only two live TV streaming services to include Marquee Sports Network within their channel packages. The Marquee Sports Network is unique among RSNs on Fubo in that it’s available to every Fubo subscriber across the whole country, though live game coverage may be blacked out outside of Marquee's normal regional coverage area. Note that a fee may be applied for any packages that include regional sports networks.
In addition to granting access to Cubs games, Fubo has sports fans covered in a magnitude of ways. All plans include ESPN, ESPN2, ABC, NFL Network and NBA TV, among many other sports channels. All of Fubo’s plans also include unlimited DVR storage.
There is a Marquee Sports Network app and it is accessible for iOS, Android, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Roku. This app will include in-market access to live Chicago Cubs games, original programming and more. With the Marquee Sports Network app, fans can watch pregame and postgame shows, exclusive Cubs-related content, and local sports content.
A bonus that the MSN app offers is a direct-to-consumer subscription where in-market users can purchase the subscription and watch directly through the app. If you are already subscribed to the network through a cable or streaming provider, users can sign in with those credentials and continue to watch through the app.
Yes! If Amazon Prime members are subscribed Marquee Sports Network through a 3rd party, then MSN is available to watch through Amazon Prime.
MSN is offered through DIRECTV or Fubo subscription services. Fans can also purchase MSN’s direct-to-consumer app if they do not subscribe to a streaming service that provides the service.
The cheapest way to watch Marquee Sports Network would be directly through the MSN app or WatchMarquee.com. You can purchase an individual subscription to the network. If you want pure, direct access to Marquee Sports Network, this is the most affordable way. Chicago Cubs games on Marquee Sports Network are only available in the Cubs’ TV area.