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Yahoo
14-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Chanson International prices 16M units at 50c in public offering
Chanson International (CHSN) has priced a best-efforts public offering with gross proceeds to the Company expected to be approximately $8M, before deducting placement agent fees and other estimated expenses payable by the Company, excluding the exercise of any warrant offered. The offering is comprised of 16,000,000 units, consisting of one Class A ordinary share of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, or in lieu thereof, a pre-funded warrant, one series A warrant to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share and one series B warrant to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share. The public offering price of the Units is $0.50 per Unit. Each of the Series A Warrants and the Series B Warrants will have an exercise price of $0.525 per Class A Ordinary Share and be exercisable beginning on the date of the issuance date and ending on the two and half anniversary of the issuance date. The offering is expected to close on or about June 16, 2025, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to open new stores in China and in the U.S., and the specific allocation of net proceeds to each market will be based on market conditions. Univest Securities is acting as sole placement agent for the offering. Easily unpack a company's performance with TipRanks' new KPI Data for smart investment decisions Receive undervalued, market resilient stocks right to your inbox with TipRanks' Smart Value Newsletter Published first on TheFly – the ultimate source for real-time, market-moving breaking financial news. Try Now>> See today's best-performing stocks on TipRanks >> Read More on CHSN: Disclaimer & DisclosureReport an Issue Chanson International files to sell 25M units on 'best-efforts basis' Chanson International Innovates with New Natural Sweetener Blend Chanson International announces self-developed 'Songkang Meal' series Chanson reports on diversity initiatives, responsible business practices Chanson International announces new formulation for sugar Erreur lors de la récupération des données Connectez-vous pour accéder à votre portefeuille Erreur lors de la récupération des données Erreur lors de la récupération des données Erreur lors de la récupération des données Erreur lors de la récupération des données
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Loss of over-the-air TV leaves some Chicago sports fans frustrated with new CHSN-Comcast deal
CHICAGO — When the Chicago Sports Network went live Oct. 1, it didn't have a deal to be carried by Comcast, the market's largest pay-TV provider. But it touted an old school solution — broadcasting the network over-the-air — as a way to reach new fans in Chicago. The great free-TV regional sports network experiment lasted eight months, a sudden demise that may be creating some static among Chicago viewers that bought into the antenna solution. Advertisement The nascent sports network finally joined the Comcast lineup Friday, but on the higher-priced Ultimate tier, which costs an additional $20 per month, on top of the $20.25 regional sports network fee charged to Chicago-area subscribers each month. In the wake of the deal, CHSN abruptly pulled the plug Monday on local TV affiliates in Chicago, Rockford, Peoria, and Fort Wayne and South Bend, Ind. 'We are excited by our recent announcement bringing CHSN to Comcast viewers across the Chicagoland area, and we have heard a great deal of enthusiastic support from those viewers,' a CHSN spokesperson said in an email. 'While we appreciate the frustration felt by OTA users in the impacted markets, we continue to make OTA available in certain areas outside of Chicagoland.' That leaves an untold number of fans who may have purchased an indoor antenna, a new receiver or even clambered up onto a roof to hook up an outdoor antenna, with a bunch of wires and a blank TV screen where the White Sox, Bulls and Blackhawks once beamed into their homes. Advertisement Tom Hedstrom from Skokie, who said he's been a White Sox fan since 1952, is one of them. 'The worst thing about this deal was CHSN agreeing to pull the plug on OTA,' Hedstrom said in an email Monday. A Comcast subscriber whose older TV was not equipped to receive the digital over-the-air broadcasts, Hedstrom bought a new receiver — at CHSN's advice — to go with his antenna, and was able to view the network within weeks of its October launch. But Hedstrom will now need to upgrade his Comcast subscription to continue watching CHSN. 'As a result, it will cost me an additional $30 per month because I will need to change my TV service from 'Popular' to 'Ultimate' and pay the full RSN fee plus some additional tax,' Hedstrom said. 'Will I do it? Yes, but I'm unhappy about it.' Advertisement Getting on Comcast, and potentially reaching its one million Chicago-area subscribers, was nonetheless crucial for CHSN. A joint venture between the Sox, Bulls, Blackhawks and Nashville, Tennessee-based Standard Media, CHSN went live Oct.1 on pay-TV platforms DirecTV and Astound, and over the air in Chicago and several other markets. It added streaming service FuboTV and its own direct-to-consumer app, but was unable to strike a deal with Comcast, the market's largest pay-TV provider. In Chicago, CHSN leased two digital subchannels of WJYS-Ch. 62, a full-powered UHF TV station licensed to Hammond, to broadcast the sports network in high-definition to anyone that could capture the signal with a TV antenna. About 15% of the 3.46 million homes in the Chicago market watch TV using an antenna, according to Nielsen. Beyond reception limitations, some viewers with older TVs needed to buy new receivers to get the picture, a problem CHSN addressed on its website. Advertisement Prior to launching the network, Jason Coyle, president of Chicago Sports Network, told the Chicago Tribune the over-the-air platform was an integral part of the strategy to 'reimagine' regional sports networks amid cord-cutting and declining pay-TV subscribers. But the over-the-air offering proved to be a stumbling block in negotiations with Comcast, which balked at paying carriage fees to CHSN for programming some viewers could get for free. Comcast also pushed for moving CHSN to its more expensive Ultimate tier, something it has done with other regional sports networks across the U.S. in recent months. The Marquee Sports Network, the pay-TV home of the Cubs, remains on the lower-priced basic tier, at least for now. CHSN went live Friday on Comcast Channel 200, where its predecessor NBC Sports Chicago, resided until last fall. For Comcast customers on the lower-priced basic plan, Channel 200 bears a message that CHSN requires a subscription upgrade to watch. Advertisement Comcast declined to say how many Chicago-area customers currently subscribe to the Ultimate plan. 'We don't provide the percentage of customers on Ultimate but can confirm that many sports fans already subscribe to the Ultimate TV level of service because of its comprehensive sports channel lineup,' a Comcast spokesperson said in an email Monday. Going live on Comcast Friday may have already given CHSN a boost in ratings. Sources said Friday's primetime audience for the Sox-Royals game was up 66% over the previous week's Sox-Orioles broadcast, which was prior to Comcast joining the pay-TV lineup. Marc Ganis, a Chicago-based sports marketing consultant, said it was nonetheless unlikely that many subscribers will upgrade to the Ultimate plan amid another losing White Sox campaign, with the team sporting the worst record in the American League through 66 games. Advertisement He said subscription upgrades will likely pick up when the teams do better. 'It will be one of those rare examples when the customers will speak very loudly with their purchases deciding when and whether they choose to pay up or not for the sports package upgrade,' Ganis said. Cheered by many, the new carriage deal has nonetheless frustrated some Chicago sports fans, especially those who took the antenna plunge, and now are being asked to pay up to see CHSN on Comcast. Erin Blasko, a longtime Sox fan living in South Bend, watched CHSN over-the-air on the digital subchannel of local affiliate WHME-TV. Advertisement 'I'm disappointed to learn CHSN is ending its OTA broadcasts,' Blasko said in an email. 'The Sox and other MLB teams should be expanding — not shrinking — opportunities for fans to watch games at all price levels.' While Comcast is available on the Ultimate tier in South Bend, Blasko, who hasn't subscribed to the cable provider 'in more than 15 years,' plans to sign up for the $19.99 per month CHSN streaming app to keep watching the Sox this season. Keith Williams, a Comcast Ultimate subscriber who lives in north suburban Lake Forest, bought a $70 amplified indoor antenna in September as a backup for when his cable service goes out. It ended up in the starting lineup, delivering CHSN amid the protracted Comcast blackout through the entire Bulls and Blackhawks seasons, and a chunk of the current White Sox season. While CHSN is now live on his cable plan, Williams said the cost to watch the regional sports network has risen enough for him to consider other pay-TV options. Advertisement 'Sad though that Comcast forced them to take OTA service away from people … and especially away from people who will find $500 per year to be a substantial or overwhelming burden on their family budgets,' Williams said in an email. Meanwhile, David Perlman, a Comcast Ultimate subscriber in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood, was never able to get the CHSN over-the-air broadcasts. He tried an old roof antenna, bought a new antenna and eventually gave up as both the Bulls and Hawks seasons slipped away. On Friday, CHSN magically appeared in his Comcast channel lineup. But Perlman said he doesn't plan to tune in until the Bulls and Hawks return to action. 'Being a lifelong Cubs fan, I have no particular use now for their station until the fall, when next season begins for both teams,' Perlman said. ____
Chicago Tribune
10-06-2025
- Business
- Chicago Tribune
What to know about Chicago Sports Network, the TV home of the White Sox, Bulls and Blackhawks
Starting Oct. 1, the Blackhawks, Bulls and White Sox have a new TV home — but some in Chicago won't be able to see it. Here's what to know about Chicago Sports Network. Chicago Sports Network — a joint venture among the three teams and Nashville, Tenn.-based Standard Media — is supplanting NBC Sports Chicago, the 20-year-old regional sports network whose broadcast rights expired after the Sox season ended. NBC Sports Chicago, founded as Comcast SportsNet in 2004, was a partnership between cable giant Comcast and the Cubs, Sox, Hawks and Bulls. A ratings and revenue winner for most of its run, it covered Cubs and Sox World Series championships, three Hawks Stanley Cups and several Bulls playoff appearances. But the Cubs broke off to form the Marquee Sports Network in 2020, and regional sports networks, long the cash cow of pay TV, have struggled financially in recent years as cord-cutting takes its toll on the cable bundle. Enter CHSN. Eight months after launching, Chicago Sports Network finally hit the airwaves on Comcast on June 6 — but for a price. CHSN is now on the higher-priced Ultimate tier as part of an inaugural carriage agreement with the cable giant. Viewers can find it on Channel 200, where NBC Sports Chicago resided until pulling the plug last fall. For Comcast customers on the lower-priced basic plan, Channel 200 already bears a message that CHSN requires a subscription upgrade to watch. The Ultimate tier costs an additional $20 per month, on top of the $20.25 regional sports network fee Comcast charges Chicago-area subscribers each month. Comcast has been issuing a monthly $8.85 credit to partially offset that fee during the ongoing negotiations with CHSN. For basic subscribers who don't upgrade, the $8.85 credit will become a permanent adjustment, bringing the regional sports fee down to $11.40 per month. In the wake of the deal, CHSN abruptly pulled the plug on June 9 on local TV affiliates in Chicago, Rockford, Peoria, and Fort Wayne and South Bend, Indiana. That leaves an untold number of fans who may have purchased an indoor antenna, a new receiver or even clambered up onto a roof to hook up an outdoor antenna, with a bunch of wires and a blank TV screen. About 15% of the 3.46 million homes in the Chicago market watch TV using an antenna, according to Nielsen. Going live on Comcast may have already given CHSN a ratings boost. Sources said the first primetime audience for the White Sox-Royals game was up 66% over the previous week's Sox-Orioles broadcast, which was prior to Comcast joining the pay-TV lineup. The 24/7 regional sports network will air for DirecTV subscribers across a five-state footprint that includes Illinois, Iowa and portions of Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan. 'We have always prided ourselves on being a sports leader and intend to remain at the forefront,' Rob Thun, chief content officer for DirecTV, said in a news release. CHSN will be included in the 125-plus-channel Choice Package on DirecTV, which costs $74.99 per month. DirecTV has about 300,000 subscribers in the Chicago area. DirecTV subscribers can find CHSN on Channel 665, and for U-verse it's Channels 1741 (HD)/741 (SD) — the same ones NBCSCH had. The network is moving forward with its direct-to-consumer streaming service, bypassing the pay-TV middleman to reach blacked-out viewers. The app, which launches Nov. 15, will offer live access to CHSN, including all Bulls, Blackhawks and White Sox games, as well as other programming. The cost is $19.99 per month for one team's games or $29.99 for all three, plus the nightly primetime sports talk shows. The service will enable subscribers to stream the regional sports network directly on web browsers, mobile devices and in the coming weeks, connected TV platforms. Another option: FuboTV, which struck a deal with Chicago Sports Network on Oct. 25 ahead of the Bulls' second regular-season game. Fubo, a leading national streaming service that focuses on live sports content, will include CHSN for subscribers in the Chicago market as part of its base Pro plan, which costs $79.99 per month, with a $20 discount off the first month, the company said. Just like with NBC Sports Chicago, there is a CHSN and a CHSN+ to accommodate for those instances. For DirecTV users, it will be Channel 665 for CHSN and 665-1 for CHSNP. Astound also lists two channels each for HD and SD: CHSN HD Channel 685 and CHSNPLS HD Channel 576, and then CHSN SD Channel 370 and CHSNPLS SD Channel 371. All the over-the-air deals also include two channels to handle the overflow. CHSN finished an atrium studio at the United Center where fans will be able to interact with the live Hawks and Bulls game broadcasts. A studio for Sox games at Guaranteed Rate Field is also in the works for next season, Coyle said. The Bulls and Hawks will share a studio in the United Center's east atrium in the space previously used by Stadium for shows such as 'The Rally.' 'That's a new model that really I haven't done before,' analyst Kendall Gill said of the Bulls show he'll be a part of, 'but I'm excited to see what it's like. … Maybe a celebrity with local ties, or if (Bears quarterback) Caleb Williams perhaps came to the game, maybe he sits in the third seat for a segment or two, things like that. 'So you get a different perspective from people from different sports.' Chuck Garfien and Ozzie Guillén are back as the studio team for CHSN, complete with a new set in left field from the newly rebranded Rate Field. Steve Stone and John Schriffen will be back in the broadcast booth. Because who wouldn't want to see what the Sox have in store as an encore for the worst season ever. Sign up for our White Sox Insider newsletterCHSN will air 69 regular-season games; any updates to the TV schedule will post on Veteran NHL announcer Rick Ball and analyst Darren Pang will handle the Hawks telecasts. For pregame and postgame shows, Pat Boyle, a Chicago sportscaster for two decades, will be joined by analyst Tony Granato, a former NHL player and coach, and studio contributor and backup analyst Caley Chelios, daughter of Hawks legend Chris Chelios. CHSN will air all 82 regular-season games — as well as the five preseason ones, which began Oct. 8 in Cleveland. Only five games in the 2024-25 season will air nationally: Nov. 7 at home against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Nov. 23 at home against the Memphis Grizzlies and April 6 at the Charlotte Hornets will be broadcast on NBA TV, and Nov. 20 matchup at the Milwaukee Bucks and Jan. 17 at the Hornets will be broadcast on ESPN. Adam Amin and Stacey King will call Bulls games for CHSN. The pregame, halftime and postgame shows will include host Jason Goff, Gill and sideline reporter and insider K.C. Johnson, a former Bulls beat reporter for the Tribune. Former Bull Will Perdue, who served as a studio analyst for NBCSCH, won't resume that role for CHSN. 'Bulls Countdown Live' will air before every regular-season game and 'Bulls Postgame Live' immediately following each game. Sign up for our Tribune Sports newsletter
Chicago Tribune
09-06-2025
- Business
- Chicago Tribune
Higher cost, loss of over-the-air TV leave some Chicago sports fans frustrated with new CHSN-Comcast deal
When the Chicago Sports Network went live Oct. 1, it didn't have a deal to be carried by Comcast, the market's largest pay-TV provider. But it touted an old school solution – broadcasting the network over-the-air – as a way to reach new fans in Chicago. The great free-TV regional sports network experiment lasted eight months, a sudden demise that may be creating some static among Chicago viewers that bought into the antenna solution. The nascent sports network finally joined the Comcast lineup Friday, but on the higher-priced Ultimate tier, which costs an additional $20 per month, on top of the $20.25 regional sports network fee charged to Chicago-area subscribers each month. In the wake of the deal, CHSN abruptly pulled the plug Monday on local TV affiliates in Chicago, Rockford, Peoria, and Fort Wayne and South Bend, Indiana. 'We are excited by our recent announcement bringing CHSN to Comcast viewers across the Chicagoland area, and we have heard a great deal of enthusiastic support from those viewers,' a CHSN spokesperson said in an email. 'While we appreciate the frustration felt by OTA users in the impacted markets, we continue to make OTA available in certain areas outside of Chicagoland.' That leaves an untold number of fans who may have purchased an indoor antenna, a new receiver or even clambered up onto a roof to hook up an outdoor antenna, with a bunch of wires and a blank TV screen where the White Sox, Bulls and Blackhawks once beamed into their homes. Tom Hedstrom from Skokie, who said he's been a White Sox fan since 1952, is one of them. 'The worst thing about this deal was CHSN agreeing to pull the plug on OTA,' Hedstrom said in an email Monday. A Comcast subscriber whose older TV was not equipped to receive the digital over-the-air broadcasts, Hedstrom bought a new receiver – at CHSN's advice – to go with his antenna, and was able to receive the network within weeks of its October launch. But Hedstrom will now need to upgrade his Comcast subscription to continue watching CHSN 'As a result, it will cost me an additional $30 per month because I will need to change my TV service from 'Popular' to 'Ultimate' and pay the full RSN fee plus some additional tax,' Hedstrom said. 'Will I do it? Yes, but I'm unhappy about it.' Getting on Comcast, and potentially reaching its one million Chicago-area subscribers, was nonetheless crucial for CHSN. A joint venture between the Sox, Bulls, Blackhawks and Nashville, Tennessee-based Standard Media, CHSN went live Oct.1 on pay-TV platforms DirecTV and Astound, and over the air in Chicago and several other markets. It added streaming service FuboTV and its own direct-to-consumer app, but was unable to strike a deal with Comcast, the market's largest pay-TV provider. In Chicago, CHSN leased two digital subchannels of WJYS-Ch. 62, a full-powered UHF TV station licensed to Hammond, to broadcast the sports network in high-definition to anyone that could capture the signal with a TV antenna. About 15% of the 3.46 million homes in the Chicago market watch TV using an antenna, according to Nielsen. Beyond reception limitations, some viewers with older TVs needed to buy new receivers to get the picture, a problem CHSN addressed on its website. Prior to launching the network, Jason Coyle, president of Chicago Sports Network, told the Tribune the over-the-air platform was an integral part of the strategy to 'reimagine' regional sports networks amid cord cutting and declining pay-TV subscribers. But the over-the-air offering proved to be a stumbling block in negotiations with Comcast, which balked at paying carriage fees to CHSN for programming some viewers could get for free. Comcast also pushed for moving CHSN to its more expensive Ultimate tier, something it has done with other regional sports networks across the U.S. in recent months. The Marquee Sports Network, the pay-TV home of the Cubs, remains on the lower-priced basic tier, at least for now. CHSN went live Friday on Comcast Channel 200, where its predecessor NBC Sports Chicago, resided until last fall. For Comcast customers on the lower-priced basic plan, Channel 200 bears a message that CHSN requires a subscription upgrade to watch. Comcast declined to say how many Chicago-area customers currently subscribe to the Ultimate plan. 'We don't provide the percentage of customers on Ultimate but can confirm that many sports fans already subscribe to the Ultimate TV level of service because of its comprehensive sports channel lineup,' a Comcast spokesperson said in an email Monday. Going live on Comcast Friday may have already given CHSN a boost in ratings. Sources said Friday's primetime audience for the Sox-Royals game was up 66% over the previous week's Sox-Orioles broadcast, which was prior to Comcast joining the pay-TV lineup. Marc Ganis, a Chicago-based sports marketing consultant, said it was nonetheless unlikely that many subscribers will upgrade to the Ultimate plan amid another losing White Sox campaign, with the team sporting the worst record in the American League through 66 games. He said subscription upgrades will likely pick up when the teams do better. 'It will be one of those rare examples when the customers will speak very loudly with their purchases deciding when and whether they choose to pay up or not for the sports package upgrade,' Ganis said. While cheered by many, the new carriage deal has nonetheless created some static among Chicago sports fans, especially those who took the antenna plunge, and now are being asked to pay up to see CHSN on Comcast. Erin Blasko, a longtime Sox fan living in South Bend, watched CHSN over-the-air on the digital subchannel of local affiliate WHME-TV. 'I'm disappointed to learn CHSN is ending its OTA broadcasts,' Blasko said in an email. 'The Sox and other MLB teams should be expanding — not shrinking – opportunities for fans to watch games at all price levels.' While Comcast is available on the Ultimate tier in South Bend, Blasko, who hasn't subscribed to the cable provider 'in more than 15 years,' plans to sign up for the $19.99 per month CHSN streaming app to keep watching the Sox this season. Keith Williams, a Comcast Ultimate subscriber who lives in north suburban Lake Forest, bought a $70 amplified indoor antenna in September as a backup for when his cable service goes out. It ended up in the starting lineup, delivering CHSN amid the protracted Comcast blackout through the entire Bulls and Blackhawks seasons, and a chunk of the current White Sox season. While CHSN is now live on his cable plan, Williams said the cost to watch the regional sports network has risen enough for him to consider other pay-TV options. 'Sad though that Comcast forced them to take OTA service away from people … and especially away from people who will find $500 per year to be a substantial or overwhelming burden on their family budgets,' Williams said in an email. Meanwhile, David Perlman, a Comcast Ultimate subscriber in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood, was never able to get the CHSN over-the-air broadcasts. He tried an old roof antenna, bought a new antenna and eventually gave up as both the Bulls and Hawks seasons slipped away. On Friday, CHSN magically appeared in his Comcast channel lineup. But Perlman said doesn't plan to tune in until the Bulls and Hawks return to action. 'Being a lifelong Cubs fan, I have no particular use now for their station until the fall, when next season begins for both teams,' Perlman said. rchannick@
USA Today
08-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Andrew Sebastian Benintendi Player Props: June 7, White Sox vs. Royals
Andrew Sebastian Benintendi Player Props: June 7, White Sox vs. Royals After a multi-hit performance in his most recent game (2 for 4 with two doubles), Andrew Sebastian Benintendi will try for more success on Saturday. The Chicago White Sox square off versus the Kansas City Royals, and will face starting pitcher Michael Wacha, at 4:10 p.m. ET on CHSN and FDSKC. Find odds, stats, and more below to make your Andrew Sebastian Benintendi player prop bets. Andrew Benintendi is hitting .246 with five doubles, a triple, six home runs and 14 walks. Watch tonight's White Sox game on Fubo! Andrew Sebastian Benintendi Prop Bets and Odds Hits Prop: 0.5 hits (Over odds: -182) 0.5 hits (Over odds: -182) Home Runs Prop: 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +525) 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +525) RBI Prop: 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +175) 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +175) Runs Prop: 0.5 runs (Over odds: +140) 0.5 runs (Over odds: +140) Total Bases Prop: 0.5 total bases (Over odds: -189) How to Watch Chicago White Sox vs. Kansas City Royals Matchup: Chicago White Sox vs. Kansas City Royals Chicago White Sox vs. Kansas City Royals Time: 4:10 p.m. ET 4:10 p.m. ET Date: Saturday, June 7, 2025 Saturday, June 7, 2025 TV Channel: CHSN and FDSKC CHSN and FDSKC Live Stream: Fubo (Watch now! - Regional restrictions may apply) Andrew Sebastian Benintendi vs. Michael Wacha Andrew Sebastian Benintendi is 1 for 11 over his career versus Michael Wacha. Against Michael Wacha last year, Andrew Sebastian Benintendi went 0 for 6. Andrew Sebastian Benintendi prop bet insights In 65.8% of his games this season (25 of 38), Andrew Sebastian Benintendi has recorded a hit, and in six of those games (15.8%) he's recorded at least two hits. He has homered in six of 38 games in 2025 (15.8%), which is 3.9% of his trips to the plate. In 16 of 38 games this year (42.1%), Andrew Sebastian Benintendi has touched home plate, and three of those games (7.9%) included an effort that produced more than one run scored. In 15 of 38 games this year (39.5%), he has produced a run, and four of those games (10.5%) included an effort that produced two or more RBI. He has also been responsible for three or more of his team's runs in three contests. In 18 of 38 games this season (47.4%), Andrew Sebastian Benintendi has gone down on strikes, and eight of those games (21.1%) included an effort that resulted in more than one punchout. MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Saturday at 1:26 p.m. ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub. Andrew Sebastian Benintendi stats against the Royals Royals starter: Michael Wacha
