And with this, the employment options for Bud Mishkins of the future have become that much brighter.
(no studio anchors for SportsNet NY, just Herman Miller chairs looking snazzy).
From Bloomberg.com (link taken from Metsblog)
Cablevision Systems Corp., the New York-area’s No. 1 cable television operator, reached agreement to carry the network that shows Mets baseball games, people familiar with the negotiations said.
The accord between Bethpage, New York-based Cablevision and SportsNet New York ensures that the company’s 3 million customers will be able to see the Mets when they open the season April 3 against the Washington Nationals.
The agreement allows the sides to avoid a pricing standoff like the one in 2002 between Cablevision and Yankees Entertainment & Sports Network, which shows baseball’s Yankees.
I WANT TO KNOW IN WHAT CHANNEL WILL BE SNY IN CABLEVISION AND IF I COULD SEE SPRING TRAINING GAMES ON SNY
I’m sure your Cablevision customer service dept. can help with that.
or perhaps you’ll find an answer here :
http://www.sny.tv/index.jsp
supposedly, SNY will start showing Spring Training games on March 16
Cablevision seems to know nothing. I don’t understand what is going on.
The SNY Network premiers today. Cablevision customer service said they are still negotiating and the Mets pre-season game tonight will not air.
When are we going to get an announcement that the SNY will be on Cable? i am not going to go through what Yankee fans went through years ago! When can i expect to get SNY?
Knowing Cablevision’s total and complete disregard for their customers I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that this deal has “fallen through”. Either that or they’ll start broadcasting five minutes before Opening Day and not publicize where SNY will be located.
With little/no fanfair, they have already added SNY on Comcast in Central New Jersey.
er, FANFARE.
I’ve complained 3 times already. I’m dissapointed a bigger protest isn’t being put up since the cable companies defeated the ala cart measure which means they’re forcing bundle station packages on us, and how can cablevision blame the Mets, if cablevision was putting them on MSG and foxsports ny last year? Seems like the Mets were exploited to prop up FSNY and cablevision’s bad bussiness handling led to this mess. We’ve got to put up an intellectual protest to this unethical, cablevision bully empire.
It’s on channel 60 on my cablevision right now!! And, it is about time.
03/23/2006 1:54 PM ET
Cablevision, SportsNet New York announce carriage agreement
New 24-hour sports network featuring New York Mets baseball games to become available to Cablevision customers today
SportsNet New York
BETHPAGE, NY and NEW YORK — Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC) and SportsNet New York today announced a long-term agreement to provide the new regional sports network featuring the New York Mets and the New York Jets to Cablevision customers.
The new network will be added to Cablevision’s Family Cable (expanded basic) level of service today on channel 60, in time for tonight’s live pre-season game against the Florida Marlins. In Cablevision’s Litchfield, Connecticut service area, SportsNet New York will appear on channel 62. The agreement will also allow Cablevision to deliver to its HD customers a high-definition version of all regular season home Mets games carried by SportsNet New York.
“This is good news for our customers and a strong addition to our television service,†said Tom Rutledge, Cablevision’s Chief Operating Officer. “Cablevision offers our television, voice and Internet customers better service and more value than they can receive from any other cable or satellite provider, and we welcome SportsNet New York and its coverage of Mets games to a programming line-up that is second to none.â€
“Cablevision’s service area represents the heart of the Mets’ fan base, so this is a landmark agreement for our network and for New York sports fans,†said Jon Litner, president of SportsNet New York. “We look forward to providing Mets games and our compelling blend of 24/7 sports programming to Cablevision customers.â€
About SportsNet New York
SportsNet New York (SNY), which launched March 16, 2006, is New York’s new regional sports network founded by Sterling Entertainment Enterprises, Time Warner and Comcast. SNY is a 24/7 regional sports and entertainment television network that will feature up to 125 regular season New York Mets telecasts – as well as provide unparalleled live sports and local news coverage to the Tri-State area through three nightly “SportsNite†shows. SNY will be available to viewers in New York, Connecticut, most of New Jersey and northeastern Pennsylvania. In addition to Mets games, SNY is also the official year-round television home of the New York Jets, providing viewers the most exclusive coverage and access to the Jets organization and its players. SNY will also televise other professional and collegiate sports, including basketball and football games from the Big East and Big Ten conferences, as well as classic sports and event programming. SNY will also feature exclusive interview and magazine programs.
About Cablevision
Cablevision Systems Corporation is one of the nation’s leading entertainment and telecommunications companies. Its cable television operations serve more than 3 million households in the New York metropolitan area. The company’s advanced telecommunications offerings include its iO: Interactive Optimum digital television, Optimum Online high-speed Internet, Optimum Voice digital voice-over-cable, and its Optimum Lightpath integrated business communications services. Cablevision’s Rainbow Media Holdings LLC operates several successful programming businesses, including AMC, IFC, WE and other national and regional networks. In addition to its telecommunications and programming businesses, Cablevision owns Madison Square Garden and its sports teams, the New York Knicks, Rangers and Liberty. The company also operates New York’s famed Radio City Music Hall, and owns and operates Clearview Cinemas.
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SNY is on Channel 60 on Cablevision. Mets fan rejoice!