Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review. Question: I moved about 50 miles north of Pittsburgh to New Galilee, Pa. Where I live, there is only one network/cable system available in that area through Windstream, and we have DISH Network. Last season, I was watching a Pirates game, and DISH just shut down AT&T SportsNet while I was watching a game. AT&T blamed DISH; DISH blamed AT&T. How can we get our channel back? - Rosemarie, New Galilee Rob: DISH has decided to compete on a lower price point rather than content. As long as that’s its strategy, DISH will not bring back any of the (more expensive) regional sports channels it dropped. Last year, when DISH permanently dropped AT&T SportsNet, I reported on the alternative options available to viewers who still want to see the channel. Those include switching to another cable/satellite provider (Comcast, Verizon, Armstrong, DirecTV) or to a streaming service (fuboTV or DirecTV Stream). If you’re still under contract with DISH, you may incur a significant penalty for early cancellation. Q: I have DISH Network. Since I can no longer watch any of the Pirates baseball games on AT&T SportsNet, I signed up for fuboTV. On May 18, the game was on YouTube. Another game is on Apple TV and another is on Peacock. Do you know why? Will any other games be on these channels? I do not have access to either one of them. - Sherry, Murrysville Q: What’s going on with Pirates baseball coverage? It seems that recent games that should have been televised on AT&T SportsNet have been shown on YouTube (of all places) and May 20 on Apple TV! Has AT&T SportsNet lost the franchise rights to televise Pirates games? Why isn’t this being reported on local news stations? It’s becoming impossible for those who don’t have access to YouTube or especially AppleTV to watch Pirates games. Will this continue and why is it happening? - Joe, Pittsburgh Rob: It’s happening because the only constant in this world is change. There is a long and complicated history of MLB TV rights being spread out among a number of players (AT&T SportsNet has never had exclusive game rights). That’s not new or news. In the past, that was usually among broadcasters and cable. But media companies have bet that the future of sports - like everything else in the entertainment world - is in streaming, not broadcast or cable. I reported in March that streaming service Apple TV made a deal to broadcast Friday night MLB games. The May 20 Pirates game fell under that deal. In addition, streaming service Peacock made a deal with MLB to be the home of Sunday morning games, which included the Pirates’ May 22 game. MLB also re-upped a deal for 15 games to stream exclusively on YouTube, one of which happened to be the May 18 Pirates game. The overwhelming majority of Pirates games continue to be available on AT&T SportsNet as shown in the MLB schedule. For the remainder of the current season, only games on July 30 (Fox) and Sept. 4 (Peacock) will be found elsewhere. Q: Did WTAE-TV hire a new sports anchor, Ashley Liotus? - David via email Rob: She’s a temporary fill-in, as Tim Benz and I discussed on a recent edition of the Pittsburgh Pop Podcast. This week, the station hired Emily Giangreco to fill the weekend sports anchor spot of the recently retired Guy Junker. Q: Has Norm Abram retired from "This Old House?” He hasn’t appeared in any of the episodes so far this season. - Mark, Squirrel Hill Rob: Basically, yes. It took almost five months of asking, but I finally got an answer to Mark’s question when "This Old House” announced plans to air a tribute special to Abram, "The House That Norm Built,” at 9 p.m. Oct. 3 on PBS. The special, marking Abram’s official retirement from the show, will chronicle his 43 years and more than 1,000 episodes of "This Old House.” You can reach TV writer Rob Owen at rowen@triblive.com or 412-380-8559. Follow Rob on Twitter or Facebook. Ask TV questions by email or phone. Please include your first name and location. and help us continue covering the stories that matter to you and your community.