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New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
-based regional sports cable network which airs in the New York metro area
New York metropolitan area
The New York metropolitan area, also known as Greater New York, or the Tri-State area, is the region that composes of New York City and the surrounding region...
and all of New York state
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, and nationwide via satellite
Direct broadcast satellite
Direct broadcast satellite is a term used to refer to satellite television broadcasts intended for home reception.A designation broader than DBS would be direct-to-home signals, or DTH. This has initially distinguished the transmissions directly intended for home viewers from cable television...
. It is owned jointly by the New York Mets
New York Mets
The New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...
, Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable is an American cable television company that operates in 28 states and has 31 operating divisions...
, and NBCUniversal. Its primary programming is Mets and Big East Conference
Big East Conference
The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of sixteen universities in the eastern half of the United States. The conference's 17 members participate in 24 NCAA sports...
games, as well as supporting coverage of the Mets and the New York Jets
New York Jets
The New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
.
About
SNY was created in an effort for the New York MetsNew York Mets
The New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...
to better leverage their broadcasting rights, which were previously held by Cablevision on their MSG Network
MSG Network
The MSG Network, now shortened to simply MSG, is a regional cable television and radio network serving the Mid-Atlantic United States. It is focused on New York City sports teams...
and FSN New York
MSG Plus
MSG Plus is a regional sports network in the New York City metropolitan area, whose reach expands to cover the entire state of New York, Northern New Jersey, Southwestern Connecticut, and Northeastern Pennsylvania. The network was rebranded on March 10, 2008.Like its sister network, MSG, it is...
networks. From 1998 to 2002, Cablevision had a monopoly on all local professional sports franchises in the New York City market, participating in many unfair business practices like moving games to their MSG Metro Channels
MSG Metro Channels
MSG Metro Channels were a series of local-minded New York City cable networks which launched in 1998 and folded in late 2005. Owned by Rainbow Media, the Metro networks were founded as a spinoff of the MSG Sports networks. The network was originally split into three separate channels, MSG Metro...
with limited distribution. In 2002, the New York Yankees
New York Yankees
The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
and New Jersey Nets
New Jersey Nets
The New Jersey Nets are a professional basketball team based in Newark, New Jersey. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association...
broke the monopoly by starting the YES Network
YES Network
The Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network is a New York City-based, regional cable television channel; it broadcasts a variety of sports events, with an emphasis on New York Yankees baseball games, and New Jersey Nets basketball games. YES made its debut on March 19, 2002...
for their games, leaving the Mets in the Cablevision fold until their contract expired in 2005.
After discussions with potential broadcast partners including Cablevision and YES, the Mets decided to partner with cable providers Time Warner and Comcast to launch their own network in 2006. Unlike the Yankees, who brought the New Jersey Nets
New Jersey Nets
The New Jersey Nets are a professional basketball team based in Newark, New Jersey. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association...
with them to YES, the Mets could not find a winter pro team to take up time during their offseason, because the New York Rangers
New York Rangers
The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...
and New York Knicks
New York Knicks
The New York Knickerbockers, prominently known as the Knicks, are a professional basketball team based in New York City. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association...
are owned by Cablevision, and the New York Islanders
New York Islanders
The New York Islanders are a professional ice hockey team based in Uniondale, New York. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
and New Jersey Devils
New Jersey Devils
The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey, United States. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
have long-term contracts with Cablevision, likely so they wouldn't defect to YES or what became SNY. Whereas YES primarily focuses on the Yankees and Nets, SNY brands itself to focus on New York sports collectively, providing coverage on all local teams through its daily talk shows and newscasts.
High-definition simulcast
SNY produces all in-studio programs and all Mets games in 1080i1080i
1080i is the shorthand name for a high-definition television mode. The i means interlaced video; 1080i differs from 1080p, in which the p stands for progressive scan. The term 1080i assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a frame size of 1920×1080 pixels...
high-definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
format and in color. Since its inception, all in-studio programming was done in high-definition. In 2006 and 2007, only Mets home games and select limited road games were broadcast in high-definition. Starting with the 2008 season (March 31, 2008), all Mets games are now broadcast in high-definition.
Sports coverage
- Mets: SNY carries at least 120 Mets games per season (with the remainder airing on WPIXWPIXWPIX, channel 11, is a television station in New York City built, signed on, and owned by the Tribune Company. WPIX also serves as the flagship station of The CW Television Network...
, FOX, TBS, or ESPNESPN Major League BaseballESPN Major League Baseball is a promotion of Major League Baseball on ESPN and ESPN2, with simulcasts on ESPNHD or ESPN2HD. ESPN's MLB coverage debuted on April 9, 1990 with three Opening Day telecasts. ESPN Major League Baseball is guaranteed to remain on air until 2013.The title is derived from...
). Gregg Picker produces the games and Bill Webb, who directs the World SeriesWorld SeriesThe World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball, played between the American League and National League champions since 1903. The winner of the World Series championship is determined through a best-of-seven playoff and awarded the Commissioner's Trophy...
and the All-Star GameMajor League Baseball All-Star GameThe Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also known as the "Midsummer Classic", is an annual baseball game between players from the National League and the American League, currently selected by a combination of fans, players, coaches, and managers...
for FOX, is the director for Mets broadcasts on both SNY and WPIX.
- Jets: The New York JetsNew York JetsThe New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
signed a three-year television deal with SportsNet New York in November 2005, in which SNY carries more than 250 hours of Jets-related content each year. The programming includes both in-season and off-season shows with access to players, coaches and management.
- Big East: In July 2008, the Big East and SNY announced a multi-year deal which gives the channel 16 games of Big East college football and more than 100 games of men's and women's college basketball per season. SNY also produces pre-game, halftime, and post-game shows, as well as coach interviews, for these broadcasts. Additionally, SNY became "the exclusive home" of Rutgers UniversityRutgers UniversityRutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
athletics, which includes encore football game broadcasts (for games televised by ABC or one of ESPN's various channels), weekly coaches shows (for both football and basketball, see Inside Rutgers FootballInside Rutgers FootballInside Rutgers Football is the coach's show of Rutgers University's football team. The show, which debuted at the start of the 2001 season, is hosted by WNBC's Bruce Beck and features head coach Greg Schiano and is produced by Rutgers....
), and press conferences. Similar coaches shows also air for the Seton Hall UniversitySeton Hall UniversitySeton Hall University is a private Roman Catholic university in South Orange, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1856 by Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley, Seton Hall is the oldest diocesan university in the United States. Seton Hall is also the oldest and largest Catholic university in the...
and St. John's University basketball teams, and shows from other schools may also be carried. ESPN PlusESPN PlusESPN Plus, the popular name of ESPN Regional Television, is an American television program syndicator. ERT is based along with sister network ESPNU in Charlotte, North Carolina...
produces the Big East's regional game broadcasts, and coverage may be blacked-out beyond the New York City Nielsen DMA.
- UConn Huskies: In August 2010, the University of ConnecticutUniversity of ConnecticutThe admission rate to the University of Connecticut is about 50% and has been steadily decreasing, with about 28,000 prospective students applying for admission to the freshman class in recent years. Approximately 40,000 prospective students tour the main campus in Storrs annually...
and SNY announced a multi-year deal to make SNY "the official television home of the UConn Huskies football and men's basketball programs". SNY will feature 300 hours of UConn Huskies programming annually, including 120 hours of game coverage.
SNY originally carried Big Ten Conference games not on national TV, but the Big Ten's own network now airs those games. SNY also showed the Sun Belt Conference
Sun Belt Conference
The Sun Belt Conference is a college athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Its football teams participate in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , the higher of two levels of Division I football competition . The Sun Belt has member institutions...
through ESPN Plus, but no longer does so in order to focus on the Big East Conference.
Original programming
News
- Daily News Live!Daily News Live (SportsNet New York)Daily News Live is a live sports talk show which airs weeknights from 5:00PM to 5:30PM EST on SportsNet New York. The show's host is Jonas Schwartz and WFAN personality Joe Benigno, with many New York area newspaper writers and other guests...
: DNL is renowned for its fast-paced, roundtable discussions that focus on the hottest sports and entertainment topics meaningful to New Yorkers. Airing Monday-Friday, SNY’s DNL show features professional and collegiate athletes and coaches, commissioners, actors and actresses, sportscasters, musicians, and politicians who debate topical sports and entertainment issues. DNL also re-airs at 11 p.m & 1:30am Monday-Friday. Jonas Schwartz hosts the show, and longtime New York sports personality Joe BenignoJoe BenignoJoseph S. Benigno is an American sports radio personality. He co-hosts the 10am-1pm weekday show on WFAN in New York City.-Early Years:...
will appear regularly on the show alongside Daily NewsNew York Daily NewsThe Daily News of New York City is the fourth most widely circulated daily newspaper in the United States with a daily circulation of 605,677, as of November 1, 2011....
writers and special guests. - The WheelHouseThe WheelHouseThe WheelHouse is a daily Monday-Friday half-hour-long show on SportsNet New York airing from 5:30pm-6pm EST. This show which debuted on March 24, 2008 is hosted by Brian Custer and features WFAN's Marc Malusis debating the top nine sports topics of the day...
: half-hour-long show airing weekdays at 5:30 p.m hosted by Brian Custer, with panelists Brandon Tierney and Marc Malusis. The show incorporates nine innings of fast-paced debate, encompassing the nine most significant sports topics of the day. The Wheelhouse has a sleek on-air baseball-themed look and feel. The Wheelhouse also re-airs at 2am Monday-Friday.
- LoudmouthsLoudmouthsLoudmouths is a daily sports debate show on SportsNet New York hosted by Chris Carlin and Adam Schein. This show is similar to Pardon the Interruption, another sports show that airs daily on ESPN. It is the third show in the New York Sports Local on SNY. The show is presented by Citi and Geico...
: half-hour-long sports talk show airing weekdays at 6:00 p.m hosted by Chris CarlinChris CarlinChris Carlin is an American television and radio personality. Along with on-air partner Bob Ojeda, co-hosts pre- and post-game telecasts for New York Mets games on local New York television station SNY...
and Adam ScheinAdam ScheinAdam Schein co-hosts "Loud Mouths" with Chris Carlin on SNY weeknights at 6. Schein is also a member of the "Jets Post Game Live" and "Jets Nation" on-air team. He's been with SNY since 2006....
. The show features these two animated personalities facing off as they delve into the hottest sports topics of the day. Loud Mouths showcases various interactive features, including CarlinChris CarlinChris Carlin is an American television and radio personality. Along with on-air partner Bob Ojeda, co-hosts pre- and post-game telecasts for New York Mets games on local New York television station SNY...
and ScheinAdam ScheinAdam Schein co-hosts "Loud Mouths" with Chris Carlin on SNY weeknights at 6. Schein is also a member of the "Jets Post Game Live" and "Jets Nation" on-air team. He's been with SNY since 2006....
engaging with viewers via live phone calls, e-mails, webcam questions and text messages.
- Geico SportsNiteGeico SportsNiteGeico SportsNite is a late night sports show on SNY. It airs at 10:00 PM. If there is Mets game then SportsNite does not air. The show that precedes it is Mets Post-Game Live if there is a Mets game on.-References:*-External links:*...
: daily half-hour sports highlights show at 10:00 p.m. & 1:00 a.m. (repeated 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. & 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., the latter not on weekends or when there is an afternoon Mets game at 1:00 p.m. or earlier).
- Beer Money!Beer Money!Beer Money is a sports game show, when Amber Wilson and Dan Schachner go to quiz New Yorkers on their beloved New York sports teams, at local bars. In some episodes, they can be seen at Citi Field or outside of Madison Square Garden or New Meadowlands Stadium. The first question is worth $10...
: A half-hour-long game show airing every Sunday at 7:00 p.m. Hosts Amber Wilson and Dan Schachner go around New York and New Jersey asking questions pertaining to New York Sports. There are three rounds: $10, $20, and $100. The player can walk away with their earned money at any time, but if they keep going and get a question wrong, the contestant must return the money to the host. Also, a shootout mode in which the first contestant to answer a question wrong loses may be played by two contestants for $50. A similar show with the same title airs on SportsTime OhioSportsTime OhioSportsTime Ohio is a regional sports network in Cleveland and northern Ohio, launched in 2006. It was created to air Cleveland Indians games, and is owned by the family which owns the team. It is also the cable television home of the Cleveland Browns...
and a similar show called Pocket Money airs on New England Sports NetworkNew England Sports NetworkThe New England Sports Network, or NESN [NESS-en], 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...
.
- Mets ClassicsMets ClassicsMets Classics, also called UltiMET Classics is a program currently airing on SportsNet New York. It features New York Mets games which have been deemed 'classic' because of the actions or plays that took place during the game.-Background:...
: classic Mets games from past seasons and the current season (UltiMet Classics).
- Mets WeeklyMets Weekly-Background:The program provides an in-depth look at the lives of Mets players and coaches, as well as recaps of games from the previous week. It is hosted by Tiffany Simons. It premieres every Sunday at 6:00 PM...
: weekly half-hour Mets coverage, interviews, and stories; premieres Sundays at 6:00 p.m.
- Mets Hot StoveMets Hot StoveMets Hot Stove is a program airing of SportsNet New York which focuses on the offseason activities of the New York Mets. It is hosted by Mets sideline reporter Kevin Burkhardt, as well as many other baseball experts, writers, and players.-Background:...
: offseason hot stove discussion about the Mets hosted by Kevin Burkhardt with various local writers.
- Mets Pre-Game LiveMets Pre-Game LiveMets Pre-Game Live is a Pre-game show on SNY which recaps and previews upcoming New York Mets games and series. It is hosted by Chris Carlin and Bob Ojeda. It airs everyday at 6:30PM right before the Mets games only if there is a mets game. It's Post-game show is Mets Post-Game Live. If there is a...
: half hour-long program which previews the upcoming Mets Games/Series. - Mets Post-Game Live: half hour-long program which recaps and reviews recent Mets Games and take a look at ahead of upcoming series.
- Kids Clubhouse: weekly half-hour kids' baseball education and coverage; premieres Saturdays at 12:00 p.m. Hosted by Alissa Ali.
- Mets YearbookMets YearbookMets Yearbooks is a program currently airing on SportsNet New York. It is a series of episodes , running from 1962 until 1988.-Background:...
: half-hour program of past mets year in reviews from 1962 to 1988. - Mets Fast Forward: hour-long condensed version of the previous Mets game at 6:00 a.m. & 9:00 a.m. following a Mets game on SNY or PIX11.
- Mets Year in Review: a program recapping the mets season since 2009 hosted by Kevin Burkhardt.
- Jets Open Mic: Live coverage of head coach Rex Ryan's two weekly press conferences.
- Jets Nation: weekly half-hour Jets coverage and interviews hosted by Brian Custer, with analysts Greg ButtleGreg ButtleGregory Ellis Buttle is a retired American football linebacker for the New York Jets. He played college football at Penn State University. He was named a Consensus All-American in 1975. In 2005, he was inducted into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame.-High school:Buttle grew up in Linwood, New...
and Ray LucasRay LucasFor the baseball player of the same name, see Ray Lucas Ray Lucas is a studio analyst for the show Jets Nation on New York City-based sports network SportsNet New York...
; premieres Saturdays at 11:00 AM.
Current
- Gary CohenGary CohenGary Cohen is an American sportscaster, best known as a radio and television play-by-play announcer for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball....
- Mets play-by-play announcer - Ron DarlingRon DarlingRonald Maurice Darling, Jr. is an American former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Mets, Oakland Athletics and Montreal Expos...
- Mets color commentator/ game analyst - Keith HernandezKeith HernandezKeith Barlow Hernandez is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He is currently a baseball analyst working for the New York Mets, for whom he played from –, on SportsNet New York and WPIX television broadcasts...
- Mets color commentator/ game analyst - Kevin BurkhardtKevin BurkhardtKevin Burkhardt is a reporter who works for SNY. He is the field reporter during New York Mets telecasts. He joined the broadcast team at the beginning of the 2007 season, replacing Chris Cotter...
- Mets field reporter, Mets alternate play-by-play announcer, host of Mets Hot Stove - Chris CarlinChris CarlinChris Carlin is an American television and radio personality. Along with on-air partner Bob Ojeda, co-hosts pre- and post-game telecasts for New York Mets games on local New York television station SNY...
- Mets pre and post game studio host, Loudmouths co-host , Rutgers football and basketball - Bob OjedaBob OjedaRobert Michael Ojeda is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. Ojeda is best remembered as an anchor in the 1986 World Series Champion New York Mets starting rotation , and for being the lone survivor of a March 22, boating accident that killed fellow Cleveland Indians pitchers...
- Mets pre and post game studio analyst - Brian Custer- Jets post game studio host, host of The Wheelhouse, host of Jets Nation
- Adam ScheinAdam ScheinAdam Schein co-hosts "Loud Mouths" with Chris Carlin on SNY weeknights at 6. Schein is also a member of the "Jets Post Game Live" and "Jets Nation" on-air team. He's been with SNY since 2006....
- Loudmouths co-host, Jets post game studio analyst, Jets Nation analyst, NFL insider/analyst - Ray LucasRay LucasFor the baseball player of the same name, see Ray Lucas Ray Lucas is a studio analyst for the show Jets Nation on New York City-based sports network SportsNet New York...
- Jets post game studio analyst, Jets Nation analyst, NFL analyst - Joe KleckoJoe KleckoJoseph Edward Klecko is a former American football player as a defensive lineman best remembered for his days as a member of the New York Jets' famed "New York Sack Exchange."-Temple University Owls:...
- Jets post game studio analyst, Jets Nation analyst, NFL analyst - Jeane Coakley- Jets post game studio analyst, Jets Nation analyst, NFL analyst
- Amber Wilson- Beer Money! co host
- Dan Schachner- Beer Money! co host
- Evan Closky- SNY Intern
- Marc Malusis- The Wheelhouse panelist, GEICO SportsNite contributor
- Jonas SchwartzJonas SchwartzJonas Schwartz is the host of SportsNet New York’s Daily News Live show and joined the network in 2009. He formerly worked as a sports anchor for WNBC....
- Daily News Live host, studio host - Joe BenignoJoe BenignoJoseph S. Benigno is an American sports radio personality. He co-hosts the 10am-1pm weekday show on WFAN in New York City.-Early Years:...
- Daily News Live panelist - Gary Apple- GEICO SportsNite anchor, studio host
- Kirk Gimenez- GEICO SportsNite anchor/ reporter, studio host
- Michelle Yu- GEICO SportsNite anchor/ reporter
- Eamon McAnaney GEICO SportsNite anchor/ reporter
- Sweeny MurtiSweeny MurtiSweeny Murti is a sports reporter. He currently works for WFAN and SNY.-Early career:During his time at Penn State, he was an intern at WFAN. Upon graduating, he was hired by the FAN in 1993 as a producer for the network. After a one year absence, he was re-hired in 1995 as a 20-20 sports anchor,...
- Yankees beat reporter - Alissa Ali- Kids Clubhouse host
- Tiffany Simons- Mets Weekly host
Former
- Jon Litner (2005–2007): President of SportsNet New York, left to become president of Comcast Sportsnet
- Amanda Cole (2006–2007): Host of Kids Clubhouse
- Gabe Cohen (2008–2009): Host of Kids Clubhouse
- Caitlin Fichte (2008): Host of Kids Clubhouse
- Steve BerthiaumeSteve BerthiaumeSteve Berthiaume is an anchor on ESPN and a former sportscaster for SportsNet New York . He is married to current SportsCenter anchor Cindy Brunson...
(2006–2007): left network in January 2007 and rejoined ESPNESPNEntertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
. - Siafa Lewis (2006–2007): left network January 2008. Joined MLB.com in April 2008 is currently a host on WNBC-NewYork 4's LXTV. Working with WCBS-2 as a sideline reporter for New York Jets games.
- Julie DonaldsonJulie DonaldsonJulie Anne Donaldson is a beauty queen from Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. She has also worked as a sportscaster on the New York City based network SportsNet New York, Boston, Massachusetts television station WHDH-TV 7 and as an anchor for Comcast SportsNet’s...
(2006–2007): In February 2008, joined Boston NBC affiliate WHDHWHDH-TVWHDH, digital channel 42 , is an NBC-affiliated television station in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest NBC station not owned by the network. Owned by Sunbeam Television, WHDH is a sister station to CW affiliate WLVI...
7. Host of Mets Weekly. - Jocelyn Pierce (2008): Former Host of Mets Weekly.
- Julia Alexandria (2008–2010): Former Host of Mets Weekly and Beer Money.
- David Lee (2006): In September 2006 and joined Comcast SportsNet Mid-AtlanticComcast SportsNet Mid-AtlanticComcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic is a regional sports network that delivers live-game coverage and sports news and entertainment television programming to more than 4.7 million households throughout the Washington, D.C...
. - Matt YallofMatt YallofMatt Yallof is an American sportscaster for MLB Network, where he debuted June 3, 2009 as an update analyst.Previously, he was the lead host of the New York Mets pre- and post-game show as well as a fill-in host for The WheelHouse and Geico SportsNite on SportsNet New York...
(2006–2008): Host of Mets pre- and post-game shows, joined MLB Network in 2009. - Harold ReynoldsHarold ReynoldsHarold Craig Reynolds is a former Major League Baseball second baseman. He played from 1983–1994, primarily for the Seattle Mariners.-High school:...
(2008): Studio analyst on Mets pre- and post-game shows. In 2009, joined the MLB NetworkMLB NetworkMLB Network is an American television specialty channel dedicated to professional baseball. It is primarily owned by Major League Baseball. Comcast, DirecTV, Time Warner Cable and Cox Communications have minority ownership of the new network, with MLB retaining a controlling two-thirds share...
. - Lee MazzilliLee MazzilliLee Louis Mazzilli, , is a former Major League Baseball player, coach, and manager. On December 11, 2006, he was hired as the lead studio analyst for SportsNet New York, the New York Mets' cable television network...
(2007–2008): Studio analyst on Mets pre- and post-game shows. - Lou TilleyLou TilleyLou Tilley is a freelance anchor, reporter, and producer in multi-media.He recently partnered with Martin E Judge to form "Lou Tilley Media Enterprises" based in Conshohoken, Pa. "LTM" develops original visual content onall media platforms including traditional TV, internet, and digital display...
(2006–2007): In 2007, joined Comcast SportsNet Mid-AtlanticComcast SportsNet Mid-AtlanticComcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic is a regional sports network that delivers live-game coverage and sports news and entertainment television programming to more than 4.7 million households throughout the Washington, D.C...
. - Chris Cotter (2006–2008): lead Host of Daily News Live, left network in December 2008 and joined Fox Business NetworkFox Business NetworkFox Business Network is an American cable news and satellite news television channel that began broadcasting on October 15, 2007. It is owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation...
. - Scott FerrallScott FerrallScott Ferrall is an American sports talk radio personality who currently broadcasts for Sirius XM Radio on Howard 101. His voice is easily recognizable by his crackling....
(2007–2009): Former Daily News Live and Wheelhouse personality. - Brandon Tierney (2008–2011): Former Wheelhouse panelist.
- Kenny Choi (2006–2008): SportsNite anchor.
- Alexi PanosAlexi PanosAlexi Panos is a Greek-American television presenter, actress, model, author, producer and philanthropist well known for her appearances as a host of HGTV's "Run My Makeover" and co-host of SportsNet New York's sports trivia show Beer Money!.- Early life:...
(2009–2010): Former Co-Host of Beer Money.
Distribution
SNY is currently fully distributed. That said, the network had been expected to have problems being carried by Cablevision, as Mets games were moved off of Cablevision-owned networks (MSG Network and FSN New York, since renamed MSG Plus). This is similar to the situation when the newly-formed YES Network took the Yankees off of Cablevision's channels. Cablevision sued on the grounds that the Mets might have violated their contract, under which Cablevision theoretically had a year left on the deal, as well as last-refusal rights. However, a Judge ruled in favor of SportsNet New York, essentially holding the Mets had voided their deal with Cablevision entirely by paying a specified buyout fee, believed to exceed $50 million.Comcast did not launch the network in the Hartford area until March 31, 2008, two years after launch, while Cox Communications systems in central and eastern Connecticut still do not carry the network in any tier of service. Cox Communications recently added SNY on cable 62 in all areas in Connecticut just days after UCONN signed a deal with SNY.
It was announced on August 29, 2011 that SNY added a second feed for Connecticut branded SNY-CT.
See also
- Media of New York CityMedia of New York CityThe media of New York City are internationally influential, and include some of the most important newspapers, largest publishing houses, most prolific television studios, and biggest record companies in the world...
- List of New York City sports teams
- New York JetsNew York JetsThe New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
- New York MetsNew York MetsThe New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...