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Sports Blackout Restrictions by ZIP Code
Pick a league to see every team’s blackout territory, or enter your ZIP to see who’s blacked out where you are.
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Enter a ZIP to see whose games are blacked out there, and who carries them instead.
Which one’s yours?
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The rules
How sports blackouts work
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It’s where you are, not who you root for.
Blackouts follow your ZIP and your device’s location. Inside a team’s home territory, its games belong to the local network, so the league’s streaming package blacks them out.
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Out-of-market packages skip your local teams.
NBA League Pass, MLB.TV, ESPN+ for the NHL and WNBA League Pass carry out-of-market games only. Your local teams’ games are on their regional network or a local station.
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National games are their own thing.
Games on national TV are carried by that network, so they are not on the league’s package anywhere in the US.
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The NFL works differently.
There are no territory blackouts in the NFL. Your local CBS and FOX stations decide which Sunday afternoon games you get, and those games stream in your market.
Explained
In-market vs. out-of-market, explained
In-market means you live inside a team’s home TV territory. Its games air on the team’s regional network or a local station, so the league’s streaming package blacks them out for you.
Out-of-market means you’re outside that territory. Out-of-market games are the ones a league package like NBA League Pass, MLB.TV or ESPN+ for the NHL carries live.
National games are neither: a national network carries them everywhere, so no league package has them. The NFL works differently: your local CBS and FOX stations decide which Sunday games you get.
Common questions
How do I know if a game is blacked out in my area?
Enter your ZIP above. We match it to every team’s TV territory and show which teams are blacked out on their league’s streaming package where you are.
Why are local games blacked out on league streaming packages?
Each team sells its local TV rights to a regional network or a local station. League packages only carry out-of-market games, so inside a team’s territory its games stay with the local broadcaster.
Does a VPN get around blackouts?
It breaks the streaming services’ terms of use and can get your account closed.
Are NFL games blacked out?
Not by territory. Your local CBS and FOX stations decide which Sunday afternoon games air where you live. See this week’s NFL coverage map.