Verizon Fios Makes AT&T SportsNet Available To Pittsburgh Again

PITTSBURGH, PA — After a two-month absence, AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh again is available to Pittsburgh-area Verizon Fios customers. The sports channel that carries Pittsburgh Pirates and Pittsburgh Penguins games returned on Tuesday, Verizon announced.

Verizon dropped the channel at the end of September, when its agreement to carry it expired. Verizon contended at the time that AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh was demanding a significant increase to an already high rate so fans could continue watching the channel.

But in a news release Tuesday, Verizon announced it had reached a long-term agreement with AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh to relaunch the channel to its southwestern Pennsylvania customers.

AT&T SportsNet will be viewable in the Pittsburgh area on channels 76 and 1525, and in HD on channel 576.