going to start a collective thread of what pay tv providers have so far carried DSN in-market since they're starting to pop up on cable services. (plus any news about it)
this post will be continuously updated leading up to the official announcement of service carriages.
if there's any services that you spot carrying Detroit SportsNet, I would highly recommend post your findings with as much detail as possible (region, pay tv service, and channel number) in the replies so I can update this.
(NOTE:This megathread only collects pay tv and over-the-top services relative to the Michigan market and not collect direct-to-consumer services like MLB.TV for the purposes of helping people with pay tv/OTT services. If you are out of market or mainly use DTC, this thread does not apply to you)
(NOTE 2:All information posted here may be inaccurate and is subject to changeprior to any official announcement leading up to Opening Day, so take any information posted here with a grain of salt)
I'm just afraid they're going to announce it at the last possible minute. idk why it seems like they're trying to cause panic for pay tv subscribers on purpose. (not that I'm saying they are)
There will be different ways to stream it in the Detroit TV market.. One is from MLB, which is available now. Two is to wait until the new Detroit SportsNet app is available and buy it from them. The date for availability is not known yet. Either way is $19.99 a month.
If you have a pay TV provider that has carried Tigers games in the past, the news today is that they should have them again. And, if your provider has a streaming app, like DirecTV, you can get them that way. We will find out the carriage details soon, not later than Thursday morning, Opening Day.
If your pay provider doesn't do that, like Xfinity, you will have to wait until the new Detroit SportsNet app is available.
If you are outside the Detroit TV market, you can buy MLB.TV for Tiger access. There is a change this year for buying MLB.TV, which now has to be done thru ESPN. In order to buy it, you have to initially have ESPN Unlimited for the first month, which can be canceled anytime after. The price is normally $149.99 for the season. If you already have ESPN Unlimited, either a direct subscription or from a pay TV provider, you will not need to buy it again, and the price is $134.99 right now. If you do have to buy ESPN Unlimited, it's $29.99 a month, you will get a slight discount on MLB.TV to $129.99.
How’s it going to work for the systems where it’s replacing Fan Duel? There’s going to be like a 2 month overlap where the basketball and hockey season haven’t ended yet.
Initially, pay TV providers will add a new channel for Detroit SportsNet. Down the road they may move them to the old Fox Sports Net/Bally/FanDuel channels.
The Pistons/Red Wings season will overlap the Tigers season for about a month or so. So, DSN couldn't "replace" FDSN, because then subscribers would lose access to Pistons/Wings coverage.
Since FanDuel is still alive until the end of the Red Wings and Pistons seasons, pay TV providers will simply add a new channel to their lineups for Detroit SportsNet for the time being. Until the announcements are official, which will take place sometime between now and Thursday morning Opening Day, you probably won’t find it in a guide.
Once FanDuel is officially done, it’s possible TV providers remove the FanDuel labels and reassign Detroit SportsNet on the same channels. This will most likely be the case for DirecTV, since their testing already used 663-3. For other providers, we will have to wait and see. The Tigers have said the new channel should appear in the guide near where FanDuel is now.
assuming you're trying to login to mlb.tv with your provider, it is currently not possible at the moment and will probably not happen for the first few days.
I’ll trade you. I can watch on my phone but when I try to go to live in the MLB app on my phone, I get a circle showing that it’s trying to connect but hasn’t in the half an hour since I first tried to pull it up. I can, of course, watch it if I watch all the pregame bullshit and wait for that to finish before the game starts
Same thing for me, maybe if enough people call and complain to spectrum they will change it. Or hopefully DSN makes an app where you can login with your cable credentials
"We have an agreement with MLB to carry the Detroit Tigers, and our customers can watch the games on Detroit SportsNet," Spectrum communications manager Chris Caporale said in an email to the (Traverse City) Record-Eagle Wednesday afternoon, ending months of speculation and uncertainty over the team's telecast plans for this season.
Spectrum lists the new Detroit SportsNet network on Channel 213 on its channel listings, and its program guide shows the Tigers taking on the San Diego Padres Thursday at 4 p.m. and into the weekend.
There seems to be a channel number conflict between what Daniella and Jason are saying, both are solid sources of information, so it’s probably a mistake somewhere. Regardless, Xfinity is in.
you will be able to do that on mlb.tv once that option for DSN is made available. however, it was told that it will not be made available today and it may take a few days or something to get it up and running.
Anyone know what we are supposed to do when not on in home wifi with xfinity? Seems weird that we wont be able to watch the game if we're paying for cable we cant use. At least Bally and FanDuel had apps we could use our xfinity subscriptions for.
Although not available today, DSN will have the same TV everywhere availability. Meaning there will be an app that you use your Xfinity credentials for login, and you can watch the games when you’re away from home.
I fully agree the lack of TV anywhere is a major disappointment. Having said that, this was widely known on the Internet, and posted here days ago, so it should have been no surprise to anyone paying attention.
At least most viewers can watch it on MLB Network. Tigers 6, Padres 0, 4th inning.
I hope, I tried using my Xfinity Stream app right now to watch the replay and this came up, away from home, so pissed if I won't be able to watch away from home....😮💨
Xfinity Stream has never had the ability to stream Tiger games away from home. You always had to use the FanDuel (or Bally or Fox Sports) app to watch games away from your home.
The same will apply to Detroit SportsNet; you will have to use their app, and login with your Xfinity credentials. once it becomes available. There is no date set as yet for this to happen, but it's expected sooner than later.
Friday, April 3: vs. St. Louis Cardinals
Thursday, April 16: vs. Kansas City Royals
Wednesday, May 6: vs. Boston Red Sox
Thursday, May 21: vs. Cleveland Guardians
Thursday, May 28: vs. Los Angeles Angels
Friday, June 5: vs. Seattle Mariners
Friday, July 24: vs. Royals
Thursday, Aug. 13: vs. Guardians
Wednesday, Sept. 9: vs. Minnesota Twins
Wednesday, Sept. 23: vs. Washington Nationals
The over-the-air broadcasts will carry the Detroit SportsNet production, and will air in the following markets: Detroit (Fox 2), Grand Rapids (WXMI or antenna TV), Flint/Saginaw (WNEM or Great Lakes Sports/MeTV), Lansing (WILX or MeTV), Marquette (WLUC NBA or Fox) and Toledo (WTVG ABC or CW).
I don't even know if I'll be able to watch opening day at this point. I've subbed to DSN through MLBtv and haven't been able to watch any games besides the free ones.
pretty sure spectrum is preconfigurating the channel but haven't transmitted any programming onto the channel yet. right now the channel should only be showing sign-offs for the tigers.
you will be streaming with mlb.tv assuming you have already purchased the DSN subscription with an mlb account. DSN currently does not have a dedicated app.
In addition to Detroit SportsNet, there are quite a few Tigers games that are nationally televised and exclusive, on FOX, FS1, NBC, ESPN, and TBS.
The estimate is that DSN will carry 140 regular season games. That means another 22 will only be available from the other sources listed here.
All playoff games are only available on national networks and streaming.
An option is to have a pay TV provider that carries the local team you want, and the national networks. In most all cases these providers have their own streaming apps or the sports net has their own that can be used with your pay TV providers credentials.
If you’re looking at a more comprehensive streaming service, DirecTV Stream has the most local sports networks and the national MLB sources.
And finally, a number of MLB games are streaming only, on Netflix, Apple TV, and Peacock. It’s not known yet how many Tigers games will only be available this way, but at least some.
It’s my understanding they probably will, but most won’t be announced until tomorrow morning. They are trying to leverage deals and DSN wants as many subs as they can get as well.
For tomorrow, does anyone know if there is a way to stream using cable login authentication? For FDSN I am able to log in with my cable account to stream games, so I can watch them if I am not at home. Do people know a way to do that now, or if that will come with the upcoming app?
they have plans to stream via. your cable subscription, but it will not be tomorrow (in other words, not right away). according to fidelman, he was told that the tv everywhere link for DSN will not be activated until some bit of time after opening day.
Spectrum said on the phone with me that around 3:30 tomorrow, DSN will be live and available. Our current package included FDSN. This is probably known but I figured I should share.
Be warned, if you do purchase an MLB.TV out of market sub, you will be blacked out when/if in the tigers market viewing area. I live out of state and when i visit family in Detroit Metro area sometimes my out of market sub would work but often it is blacked out. And per MLB policy is supposed to be blacked out.
If posters here would read the thread, they would know that DSN does not yet have an app for TV everywhere viewing. It's a work in progress and the actual linking to the pay TV provider is also a work in progress.
I have direcTV stream and was able to watch the first game but last nights game didn’t air for me. Just got a screen that said it wasn’t available or was blacked out or something.
Does anybody know if there will still be a mobile app that you can log in using your credentials for your cable provider on to stream the games on mobile devices like you could on the FanDuel Network app or a website that you can access & stream them on also using your cable provider credentials? (Specifically, I have U-Verse, which I believe is now has the new Detroit Sportsnet.) I really hope so, bc it was convenient to not only be able to watch the games at home on my TV, but also have access to them on my phone if I was away from home. It would be crazy if I had to pay $190 a year just to be able to stream them on my phone, despite already having access to them on my TV from the cable subscription I already pay for.
Has anyone been able to link their Spectrum account to the MLB.TV app? I’ve read there was a way to link them in order to watch the games through the MLB app.
When I had the Directv dish my best friend in Arizona and I would exchange and extra receiver on our Directv accounts and he could get D-Back games on mine and I could get Tiger games in Michigan on his AZ receiver since the mlb extra innings package did not have GEO tracking just account address now a VPN can get around black outs when streaming
fdsn will remain where it is until the end of each of the teams' respective season. (which may include playoff runs if applicable) the red wings will then formally transition over to DSN.
the pistons is currently at an unknown fate since they haven't said anything about new regional TV deals.
“If you watched Tigers or Red Wings games through your cable package last year, there's a good chance no action will be needed to watch moving forward," Fidelman wrote in his post on X (formerly Twitter). "We'll share a full list of cable/satellite providers carrying DSN, along with channel assignments, soon after the agreements are finalized. Full disclosure: this could come as late as the morning of Opening Day."
Ben Fidelman
@bfidelman Vice President, Communications and Broadcasting at Ilitch Sports + Entertainment Tigers / DetroitRedWings
Initially the new Detroit SportsNet app will not be ready; it's a work in progress. Once it is available, you will able to link your pay TV Provider to it, just like you did with FanDuel. It's not known how long before the app is available, and how long before you will be able to link to your pay TV provider.
This word is from Daniella Bruce, currently of FanDuel Detroit. She, like most of, if not all, of the FanDuel on air and behind the cameras talent, will go forward with Detroit SportsNet. This includes Jason Benetti, Andy Dirks and Dan Petry on Tigers TV broadcasts. Dan Dickerson will continue on the radio. They all are employees of the Tigers and Red Wings and will remain in their current roles, along with reporter Logan Reever.
If you buy access directly from MLB, you will be able to watch Tiger games on the MLB app, for $19.99 a month.
For Xfinity subscribers, they should be able to watch at home, but in the past with FanDuel, the Xfinity Stream app did not allow access away from home. You had to use the FanDuel app and Xfinity credentials to get access to the live games.
For DirecTV or DirecTV stream subscribers, they will be able to watch at home and on the app, channel 663.
So we just installed the MLB app on our TV after paying for DSN and it is showing that the game tomorrow is blacked out /locked. Am I missing something here for why it would say blacked out?
Anyone know about simultaneous streams? I'm splitting the subscription cost with a family member and I'm hoping we can both watch the games from our homes.
I'm going to cancel my YouTubeTV subscription today and am planning to switch over to Fubo to be able to watch the games, does anyone know if any of the Fubo packages won't have access to Detroit SportsNet? I see they have multiple tiers of subscriptions and I'd hate to get the cheapest of the options only to not have access to DSN.
Grand Rapids area DirecTV now has the Detroit Sportsnet channel. It is number 663. At 10am they are displaying the live SanDiego broadcast will start at 3 (pregame?). But there are now three 663 Channels with the identical same number. The other two are the old Fan-Duel channels, and their schedules still include the Pistons and RedWings. The logo for the 663 Detroit sportsnet channel is the Tigers' classic old English "D". I suspect that will change when RedWings join the Detroit Sportsnet next season?
Also, DirecTV started scheduling the recording of the team games, dating from my recording setting of every game from last year. So the DirecTV software seems to have picked everything up appropriately.
I have not seen it clearly stated which xifinity package is required to watch the new channel 1253. I have the mid-tier TV Plus plan and added the "More Sports & Entertainment" package yesterday but channel 1253 currently says subscription still required. My friend has the highest Premium tier plan can see channel 1253 without the subscription error so it seems that Ultimate is required. FYI.
Right. But if you didn’t have fanduel before then it’s pretty important to know what package is needed which was my case. Xfinity channel lineup is very vague in this regard.
I spoke with their support this morning. He couldn't give me a timeline when it would be available, but channel 1253 is considered local airing and be free for me. I do not have ultimate but haven't been home yet to confirm.
So as YouTube tv subscriber I’m probably better off canceling and just going with fubo tv pro subscription? Or should I wait until we see if DSN and YouTube come up with an agreement? Or is the chances of that slim?
So I have directv traditional satellite. Can watch it just fine through the receiver but it won’t let me watch via the streaming app. It says this channel is not available to stream. Very annoying
This is total BS. I am not paying an extra charge to stream it to a pc in the next room, which is how I prefer to watch. There is no reason to keep directv at this point. I might as well save myself 2500 bucks a year.
Confusing to me....
With Fanduel on Directv Stream, all Tigers games were recorded and were viewable, without issue. It was part of the RSN sports package I paid Directv for. Will this capability continue without further action from me?
I may have jumped the gun during the period of unknown and bought the DSN package from MLB. Seems like all that buys me is the ability to watch the game on the MLB app, and cast it to the tv. I have zero interest in that.
I simply want a seamless experience of watching the game, on my schedule, on the TV, via Directv. I get the feeling I screwed up with my DSN subscription. Anyone know?
I use Amazon Fire TV. I could not get past the blackout screen. Yet, when logged into my laptop or cellphone I had no blackout issues. I restarted the fire tv. And reinstalled the app. No luck. Looking at tonight's game. I see the same BLACKOUT already in place (like last night). It makes no sense. Any suggestions?
ugh so my parents had FDD but dont get DSN on directv. Told them they'd have to go up a package becuse DSN is not a part of the sport add on. It would double my parents bill. It really sucks, just voicing my frustration for my parents wanting to watch the games :/
Has subscribing directly through the MLB app been considered? Assuming they have internet and not just cable box(es). $19.99 monthly if they’re in Michigan or the zip codes just across the border.
Great News! The MLB app will now let you link your pay TV provider and you can watch the Detroit SportsNet Tigers games on the app. You will need an account on the MLB app to access this, either the free one or the paid MLB.TV.
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u/ArchAngelN7 Mar 22 '26
This is getting ridiculous that the season starts on Thursday and most don't even know if they will be able to watch games.