Chicago Sports Network gives up OTA but gains a lot more on Comcast; what's next for it?

Chicago Sports Network gives up OTA but gains a lot more on Comcast; what's next for it?

Two weeks before launching last year, Chicago Sports Network announced it would be available over the air on two subchannels of WJYS-Channel 62. CHSN leased the signals and upgraded them to high definition to accommodate the roughly 600,000 homes in the market without a pay-TV service.It was a costly and risky endeavor. While it granted anyone with a digital antenna free access to Blackhawks, Bulls and White Sox games, it alienated Comcast, the …