What is the regional sports fee for

RSN are for in market pro sports teams all you need is the Choice channel package or above.

All TV providers charge for RSN most include it in the base cost for their channel package.  DTV decided to add it as a line item.

"Depends which Fox Sports you refer to if that is part of it."

@Juniper 

The regional sports fee shouldn't apply towards the Fox Sports channels. Fox sold their RSNs to Sinclair a few years ago, which then spun off (is that the right word?) a company known as Diamond Sports.

These channels are the Bally Sports channels. There may be some occasional confusion when people think that Bally owns these channels...they don't. Bally bought the naming rights (similar to how AT&T owns the naming rights to the NFL stadium in Dallas...but they don't own the stadium itself.)

It's about to get more confusing, because I think I heard the contract with Bally is just about to expire and the channels may take on a new name.

But I digress.

Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2 and Fox Deportes are all available nationally with the same programming to all customers. These channels should be part of regular tiers.

Yeah...the regional channels are Bally Sports __city/area_ , NBC Sports __city/area__, New England Sports Network, MSG, SNY, Marquee Sports Network, MASN and maybe 1-2 others.

FS1 and FS2 are national channels in direct competition with ESPN, ESPN2, etc.