Jeff Agrest

CHSN has yet to appear on Comcast, the largest cable provider in the market, and Marquee continues to operate under short-term extensions while trying to stave off being moved to the distributor’s highest-priced tier.

The incomparable finish will go down in Bears history, and it led to some fantastic broadcasting. But of the three calls surveyed, one didn’t rate with the others.

Last week, ALLCITY affiliates began appearing on free ad-supported streaming TV channels, including its Chicago outlet, CHGO. Shows are now available on The Roku Channel, Samsung TV Plus and Xumo Play, as well as Comcast’s Xfinity X1 platform.

On Thursday, CHSN announced the service will launch Friday, offering Blackhawks, Bulls and White Sox games and other programming via its iOS and Android apps and any web browser.

Chicago Sports Network is expected to launch its direct-to-consumer service this week, the Sun-Times has learned. The network will announce details such as price and programming in the days ahead.

But at the pace of talks with Comcast, CHSN could launch its direct-to-consumer service before it appears on Xfinity.

CHSN announced Friday that Fubo will carry the network on its Pro base channel plan immediately, in time for the Bulls' game in Milwaukee.

The decision by the White Sox, Bulls and Blackhawks to partner with Standard Media for their new regional sports network was perplexing from the start.

She continues to appear on The Score's midday show with Dan Bernstein and Marshall Harris.

In a sign of the state of talks between CHSN and Comcast, the network posted a graphic on social media Thursday that implored fans to "contact Xfinity and demand that they carry CHSN immediately."