High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The New England Sports Network, or NESN , is a regional cable television network that covers the six New England states except Fairfield County, Connecticut and Southbury, Connecticut, a town in New Haven County, Connecticut which is covered by New York City sports networks. It is available on New England cable systems, and nationally (in both standard definition and high definition) through satellite TV providers DirecTV (Channel 628) and Dish Network (Channel 434). The network is a joint venture between Fenway Sports Group (owners of the Boston Red Sox and an 80% majority share in the network) and Delaware North (owners of the Boston Bruins, and the remaining share in the network)