Bally Sports North is a regional sports network that is available on three live TV streaming services.
Here is everything you need to know to start watching Bally Sports North without cable.
Bally Sports North (formerly FOX Sports North) carries in-market game coverage for the Minnesota Twins, Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Wild. There are Major League Soccer games from Minnesota United FC.
The network is only available throughout Minnesota, northern Iowa, western Wisconsin, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
How to Watch Bally Sports North
Many cord-cutters who don’t pay for cable TV to watch MLB, NBA or NHL games rely on live TV streaming services.
Diehard sports fans have more options to stream games than a few years ago without cable TV or satellite service.
Live TV streaming services work on Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Apple TV and Chromecast with Google TV and many Smart TVs. Aside from streaming devices, some Smart TVs also have apps that support these live TV services.
Each service carries popular cable sports networks such as ESPN, ESPN2, NBA TV, and Big Ten Network.
Bally Sports+, DIRECTV STREAM, fubo are the only three options in 2023 for watching the home games for Minnesota Twins, Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Wild without cable TV.
DIRECTV STREAM
DIRECTV STREAM (formerly AT&T TV) includes Bally Sports North in the Choice channel bundle.
The Choice package has more than 105 channels for $99.99 per month. You can sign up for a free 5-day trial of DIRECTV STREAM’s Choice plan.
New customers get $10 off for three months. There are no contracts or obligations.
A subscription is billed month to month. There is no long term contract or commitments. You can go online and cancel before the trial ends if you don’t want to keep the service. There are no added regional sports fees.
The Choice bundle has a wide variety of sports channels including Big Ten Network, ESPN, ESPN2, MLB Network, TNT and even NBC Sports Chicago in some areas.
All of your local ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, PBS, Telemundo and Univision channels are included.
You can watch live TV on up to 20 screens at once. Subscribers get unlimited Cloud DVR storage and 40,000 movies and TV shows.
Many viewers within the coverage area of Bally Sports North (BSN Sports) also get Bally Sports Wisconsin, NBC Sports Chicago, Marquee Sports Network.
Subscribers get three months of HBO Max, Cinemax, Showtime and EPIX for free before the regular rate kicks in. You can look over the different channel plans and promotions.
DIRECTV STREAM has apps for Amazon Fire TV Stick, Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast with Google TV. Smart TVs from Samsung, and sets that run on Android TV or Google TV have DIRECTV STREAM apps as well. You can watch live TV on iPads, iPhones and Android devices.
fubo
fubo (formerly fuboTV) has more than 152 channels in its Pro plan, including Bally Sports North.
The Pro plan has key sports channels for basketball and baseball fans, including ESPN, FS1, FOX and NBA TV. Football fans get NFL Network, ACC Network and Big Ten Network as well.
A subscription costs $74.99 per month. You can watch TV or on-demand content on 10 screens at once. fubo charges a regional sports fee in addition to the monthly subscription rate.
fubo has mainstream entertainment channels like Paramount Network, Comedy Central, USA Network and Hallmark Channel. Subscribers get 1,000 hours of Cloud DVR.
fubo offers select sporting events and TV shows in 4K. There’s a huge on-demand library of movies and TV shows for when you don’t need live TV.
fubo works on Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Apple TV (tvOS) and Android TV. Samsung Smart TVs, Vizio SmartCast TVs, Hisense, and TVs running Google TV or Android TV are supported. Gamers can watch fubo on Xbox game consoles.
You should look over the channel lineup for your area before giving fubo a try. You can sign up for a 7-day free trial if you’re a new customer. There are no contracts or obligations.
How to Watch Bally Sports North Without Cable FAQs
These are questions that sports fans ask when searching for ways to stream Bally Sports North without a pay TV provider.
Can I watch games on the Bally Sports app?
The Bally Sports app has game highlights and sports programming from Bally regional sports channels.
To watch live games on the Bally Sports app, you will need to activate the Bally Sports app using the credentials from a TV provider. You can use a DIRECTV STREAM subscription, or a local cable TV provider such as Xfinity.
How can I watch Bally Sports North Plus and Bally Sports North Extra?
Bally Sports North Plus is used to carry overflow live sports programs when more than one sports team is playing at or around the same time. You can find them on live tv streaming services such as DIRECTV STREAM and fubo.
A third overflow channel, called Bally Sports North Extra, will likely reappear as an over-the-air station in 2023.
Bally Sports North Extra made its debut in Spring 2021 when a CW-affiliated television station aired Minnesota Timberwolves games. A total of five games were broadcast in 2021 by WUCW, the over-the-air station that serves the Twin Cities TV market.
Can I get Bally Sports North on Hulu?
Hulu Live TV once carried FOX Sports North when the network was under different ownership. The live TV service currently does not have any of the 19 Bally Sports channels. Hulu Live TV has more than 75 live TV channels with coverage of MLB, NHL and NBA. You will find sports coverage through the ESPN networks and local broadcast channels.
Does YouTube TV have Bally Sports North?
YouTube TV currently does not have Bally Sports North. But it does carry live games of hometown teams on other networks such as FS1, ESPN and FOX that are part of the national broadcast schedule.
The streaming service currently does not have a long-term agreement with Sinclair Broadcast Group since the company took ownership of 21 regional Fox Sports networks in 2019. Sinclair renamed FOX Sports networks to Bally Sports shortly after the purchase.
Does Sling TV have Bally Sports North?
Sling TV has no regional sports networks. You can find national sports networks such as ESPN that carry MLB, NHL, NBA and college football games.
What’s the best way to watch Bally Sports North?
fubo has Bally Sports North, and comprehensive coverage of MLB, NHL and NBA games for the 2023 season. The Pro plan has 152 channels, including national sports networks, local channels and regional sports networks. The Pro plan costs $74.99 per month. The regional sports fee is $10.99 or $13.99 per month, depending on whether you get one or two RSNs.
You can look over fubo’s channel lineups, or get a free 7-day trial.
NOTE: This article was published on February 16, 2022, and has been updated to reflect new prices, and additional streaming services.
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