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| Type | cable television network |
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| Country | United States |
| Availability | Cable-only in the Southern United States |
| Owner | Comcast and Charter Communications |
| Official website | www.css-sports.com |
CSS is a regional sports cable television network based in Atlanta, Georgia, serving 4.5 million cable subscribers across eleven U.S. states. It is a joint venture between Comcast and Charter Communications, and appears on many of the two companies' cable systems across the Southern United States. The initials stand for Comcast Sports Southeast in Comcast markets and Charter Sports Southeast in Charter markets, although the logo mirrors that of Comcast's, implying that Comcast (which is much larger in scope than Charter) has taken the lead in programming the network; also, the copyright notice on its website says "Comcast". Both companies use CSS as a selling point of terrestrial cable service over satellite services such as DirecTV and Dish Network. For the same purpose, CSS is occasionally offered to subscribers of other cable systems that do not compete with Comcast or Charter in their specific markets.
CSS is in direct competition with FSN South and Turner South, both of which are regional sports networks owned by News Corp/FOX and based in Atlanta. All three networks share some programming, including college coaches' shows. CSS, by and large, has closer relationships with many of the region's individual colleges and universities, whereas FSN South & Turner South has ties to most of the South's professional sports teams and the Southeastern and Atlantic Coast conferences as wholes. CSS, on the other hand, will regularly broadcast live sporting events of some of the smaller and less heralded colleges of the region, as well as those of some of the large SEC and ACC schools. During football season, CSS produces its own feeds of many of the region's major college games exclusively for tape-delayed broadcasts, even though the games may have aired live on other networks.
Local cable systems are able to pre-empt normal CSS programming in favor of local sporting events, such as high school football and basketball games and local collegiate sporting events.
CSS also broadcasts Southern League and South Atlantic League Minor League baseball.
CSS also has a working agreement with ESPN to rebroadcast its ESPNEWS network content during certain dayparts. CSS also carries the feeds of select ESPN Plus broadcasts.