The Tigers officially entered a new era of broadcast on Monday with the launch of Detroit SportsNet, a year-round TV and streaming home for the Tigers and Red Wings.
While the broadcasts will look familiar with play-by-play voices Jason Benetti and Dan Dickerson, along with analysts Andy Dirks and Dan Petry, the broadcasts will be found in a different spot. Tigers games will stream through the MLB App on the web, mobile and connected TV platforms.
Here is a channel finder for fans to easily locate where to watch games depending on the video distributor they utilize, including Spectrum and Comcast. A list of available channels are below.
• DirecTV/DTV Stream: Channel 663-3/663
• Comcast/Xfinity: Channel 1253
• Spectrum (Digital): Channel 436
• AT&T U-verse: Channel 1739
• Spectrum (Set-top Box): Channel 213 -- Alpena, Detroit, Duluth-Superior, Flint-Saginaw, Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo, Lansing, Marquette, Traverse City DMAs
• Spectrum (Set-top Box): Channel 291 -- Livonia, MI
• Spectrum (Set-top Box): Channel 307/1307 -- Ft. Wayne, Green Bay-Appleton, Toledo DMAs
• D & P Cable: Channel 128
• RTEC Communications: Channel 50/550
• Sand Creek Telephone Company: Channel 72
• Summit Digital: Channel 31
• TSC Communications: Channel 127
• Vogtmann Engineering: Channel 316
• Westphalia Broadband: Channel 1
• Wyandotte Municipal Cable: Channel 35
On April 1, subscriptions will be available for $19.99 per month or $189.99 for a full year, which will include Red Wings broadcasts starting next season.
Detroit SportsNet is the next chapter in the Tigers’ long broadcasting history, which began in 1927 with the first Tigers radio broadcast and 1947 with the first Tigers telecasts. The Tigers have had a pay-TV home since ON-TV in 1981, but this is the first time the Tigers have brought their production in-house through MLB.
The MLB app is the new streaming home of not just Tigers broadcasts, but also highlights, stats and news from the Tigers and across MLB.
“Given recent uncertainty throughout the regional sports broadcasting industry, we recognize the importance of providing fans with a consistent, year-round outlet to watch Tigers baseball and Red Wings hockey,” Ryan Gustafson, president and CEO of Ilitch Sports + Entertainment, said in a press release. “We have two of the top-rated broadcasts in our respective sports and remain focused on listening to fans about what matters most to them. What we’ve heard includes making sure our games are available throughout the market, providing a reliable streaming product, and producing a broadcast that’s informative and entertaining in all the right ways. This is a great path forward in those areas, allowing us to provide a great experience for fans throughout our local market.”
For more information, visit tigers.com/detroitsportsnet.