The ongoing collapse with the business model for regional sports networks is a reality that almost all major sports leagues, teams, and consumers have to deal with changes.
Part of those changes hit Pittsburgh with the AT&T Sportsnet Pittsburgh channel going the way of the dodo bird, replaced by a channel owned by the Penguins that was simply dubbed Sportsnet Pittsburgh.
The new operation opted to change the look and feel of the broadcasts (which tended to rank in the lower quartile from Pens’ fans and league-wide observers alike) most noticeably by going with new broadcasters.