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How to watch and live stream the Marquee Sports Network without cable

Discover the best platforms to live stream the Marquee Sports Network, home of the Chicago Cubs, minor league baseball and more.

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Fubo

The Marquee Sports Network is available on the Pro Package which comes with over 150 channels.

DVR capabilities: 50 - 200 hrs

Simultaneous streams: 10
Free trial: 7 days

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$74.99

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For Chicago Cubs fans, there's no network they need more than Marquee. Born to replace NBC Sports Chicago and WLS-TV and WGN-TV, it's the exclusive broadcaster of Cubs fixtures outside of national TV and offers a wealth of programming dedicated to the Wrigley Field natives.

Owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group and the Cubs themselves, it's always a good channel to keep your eye on, particularly across the baseball season.

If you've not got cable, though, you'll need to find a good streaming platform that offers the channel. Thankfully, there are a couple of options...

What sports does the Marquee Sports Network Offer?

For fans living in and around Illinois, the Marquee Sports Network is the home of all things Chicago Cubs. It's the primary reason people tune in to the network, but there is also plenty more going on too.

Among the more prominent areas of coverage across the Marquee Sports Network are:

Baseball

The Marquee Network broadcasts all Chicago Cubs games, as well as various pre and post game coverage, magazine shows, documentaries and more.

Alongside this, coverage of the following minor league teams are also broadcast on the Marquee Sports Network:

  • Iowa Cubs
  • Tennessee Smokies
  • South Bend Cubs
  • Myrtle Beach Pelicans

NFL

The Marquee Sports Network does provide coverage of Chicago Bears programming, but only within the teams broadcasting area due to NFL rules.

This includes post game analysis after every Bears game, as well as team based programs Bear Essentials and Bears Den. The channel also shows Bears game replays.

Basketball

For WNBA fans, most Chicago Sky games are broadcast via the Marquee Sports Network or on its streaming only channel, Marquee Plus. This is a shared rights deal with WCIU-TV. There are also team based programs weekly which offer interviews, analysis and plenty of information around the team.

College & High School Sports

The broadcaster provides coverage of a number of colleges and high schools and multiple sports. You'll find the following on Marquee across the seasons:

  • Illinois State Redbirds: Football and basketball
  • Northern Iowa Panthers: Football and basketball
  • DePaul Blue Demons: Soccer, basketball, volleyball and softball
  • Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons: Basketball
  • Mountain West Conference football
  • Chicago area high school football

The best packages to watch Marquee Sports Network channels in 2024

If you're looking to avoid subscribing to a cable package but still want to stream Marquee Sports and catch the latest Cubs action, there are options for you with a couple of live TV streaming services.

  • Fubo

    You only need the basic Pro package to receive the Marquee Sports Network with Fubo, priced at $74.99 per month. This provides you with over 150 channels, including many regional sports networks as well as national channels such as NBC, ESPN, beIN Sports and Fox.

    You can up the ante further with the Elite (from $84.99 per month) and Ultimate (from $99.99 per month), which offer even more sports and channels across movies, entertainment and more.

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    DirecTV Stream

    If you're keen to get the regional sports network, then you're going to have to level up from the basic package on DirecTV Stream.

    The Choice package, priced from $98.99 per month is what you're going to need, providing you with over 105 different channels, including ESPN, Fox Sports 1, FanDuel TV and many regional sports channels, providing your home address is within the servable region.

    There are larger packages that will also give you the Marquee Sports Network, as well as a host of other national channels. The Ultimate package is priced at $109.99 per month, giving you over 140 channels, including CBS Sports, while the Premier package, with over 185 channels ups the amount of sport, as well as entertainment, movies and documentaries even further.

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  • The bottom line: The package you should go with for the Marquee Sports Network

    The cheapest option to get hold of regional sports network channels through a live TV streaming platform is the Fubo Pro plan. However, there is only a $10 per month difference between that and the DirecTV Choice plan, so it's well worth delving further into the details for the best all-round plan to suit you.

    For sports fans, that's often Fubo, but as a household plan, DirecTV could also be an option for what it provides outside of the Marquee Sports Network and sport.

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  • Marquee Sports Network Streaming FAQs

    Can I watch the Marquee Sports Network outside of the regions it serves?

    In order to watch the Marquee Sports Network, your home address and zip code must be located in a region that is served by the Marquee Sports Network.

    It is possible to watch the network outside of this on DirecTV and Fubo, but only if your home address is linked to a region served by it.

    What regions does the Marquee Sports Network serve?

    The Marquee Sports Network is broadcast in five states. This includes Illinois (except southern Illinois), eastern Nebraska, Indiana (aside from near the Ohio River), Kenosha County in Wisconsin and most of Iowa.