Cubs Getting Own Network?

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Jan 26, 2009 5:00PM

It may be a ways off, but there are indications the Cubs could be getting their own TV network a la the Yankees' YES station. Cubs Chairman Crane Kenney hit on the topic during a radio interview this weekend, calling the potential station, "like the MLB Network, but with just the Cubs." The one hitch seems to be that the Tribune Company owns the rights to broadcast live Cubs games for about 10 more years, so the ability to show live games is still a ways off. But Kenney suggested that the network could fill its airtime rebroadcasting old games, documentaries, and other examples of archival footage. Kenney indicated the team is also working on an OnDemand package for local cable and satellite companies to provide to customers, possibly in place by Opening Day.