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SportsNet New York
SportsNet New York logo
Launched 2006-03-16
Owned by New York Mets
Time Warner
Comcast
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Slogan Get Your New York Sports Here!
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language American English
Broadcast area NY metro area
nationwide via satellite
Website SNY.tv
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV 625
Dish Network 438 (SD)
388 (HD)
Cable
Available on select cable systems Check local listings for channels

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About

SNY began transmission at 5:00 p. m. EST on March 16, 2006, airing the show Daily News Live!. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. SNY studios are located at the former CNN studios at 110 West 51st Street in the Time-Life Building in Midtown Manhattan, with their offices also located at 75 Rockefeller Center (CNN is fully owned by SNY's part-owners Time Warner, which once owned Time-Life as well). Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner 51st Street is a 19 mile long one-way Street traveling east to west across Midtown Manhattan. The Time-Life Building, located at 1271 Avenue of the Americas (6th Avenue in Rockefeller Center in New York opened in 1959 and designed by the Rockefeller See also Manhattan Midtown Manhattan, or simply Midtown, is an area of Manhattan, New York City home to world-famous commercial Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres between 48th and 51st streets in New York City. The Time-Life company was founded by Time Incorporated in 1961 as a book marketing division

It has drawn comparison to other team-owned stations, particularly the MSG Network, YES Network and NESN. The Madison Square Garden Network, now shortened to simply MSG, is a regional cable television and radio network serving the Mid-Atlantic and focused on New York The Yankees Entertainment and Sports (YES Network is a New York City regional Cable TV channel dedicated to broadcasting Baseball games of the The New England Sports Network, or NESN, is a regional Cable television network that covers the six New England states except Fairfield County Connecticut

Unlike the YES Network, which only produces live studio-shows centered on Yankees and Nets games, SNY has a regular sports-news program built on the same model as the other Comcast-owned Comcast SportsNet regional sports networks in Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington DC/Baltimore, Northern California, and soon Portland, OR. The New Jersey Nets are a professional Basketball team in the National Basketball Association that plays in the Eastern Conference 's Atlantic Comcast SportsNet (or CSN) is a group of Regional sports networks The group is primarily owned by the Comcast Cable television company Comcast SportsNet (or CSN) is a group of Regional sports networks The group is primarily owned by the Comcast Cable television company Comcast SportsNet (or CSN) is a group of Regional sports networks The group is primarily owned by the Comcast Cable television company Comcast SportsNet (or CSN) is a group of Regional sports networks The group is primarily owned by the Comcast Cable television company Comcast SportsNet (or CSN) is a group of Regional sports networks The group is primarily owned by the Comcast Cable television company Comcast SportsNet (or CSN) is a group of Regional sports networks The group is primarily owned by the Comcast Cable television company This provides the basis for one of SNY's slogans: "The Home of All Things New York Sports. "

SNY is a non-union operation, with the exception of those technicians that produce the Mets games at Shea Stadium. William A Shea Municipal Stadium, usually shortened to Shea Stadium or just Shea (ʃeɪ̪ is a Stadium located in the New York City borough SNY gets around that by hiring an outside company to crew the Shea games. Broadcast labor unions such as NABET, IBEW, and IATSE have been looking into organizing the SNY staff. The National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians, or NABET is a Labor union. Template talkInfobox Union for usage -->The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW is a labor union Template talkInfobox Union for usage --> The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes,

Difficulties

High-definition simulcast

SNY produces all in-studio programs and all Mets games in 1080i high-definition format. High-definition television (HDTV is a Digital television Broadcasting system with higher resolution than traditional television systems (standard-definition Since its inception, all in-studio programming was done in high-definition. In 2006 and 2007, only Mets home games were broadcast in high-definition. Starting with the 2008 season, all Mets games will be broadcast in high-definition.

Sports coverage

Original programming

Personalities

Current

Former

Controversy

The network had been expected to have problems being carried by cable systems owned by Cablevision, as Mets games were moved to the network from FSN New York (now MSG Plus) and the MSG Network, both of which are owned by Cablevision, similar to the situation that the Yankees and Cablevision had with the launch of the YES Network. Julie Anne Donaldson is a Beauty queen from Ponte Vedra Beach Florida who has competed in the Miss USA pageant in addition to working as a Sportscaster Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic ( CSN Mid-Atlantic) is a Regional sports network in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Lou Tilley is a freelance anchor and reporter for Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, which is based in Bethesda Maryland. Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic ( CSN Mid-Atlantic) is a Regional sports network in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Cablevision Systems Corporation ( is an American Cable television company MSG Plus ( MSG+) is a Regional sports network in the New York City metropolitan area, whose reach expands to cover the entire state of New York The Madison Square Garden Network, now shortened to simply MSG, is a regional cable television and radio network serving the Mid-Atlantic and focused on New York The Yankees Entertainment and Sports (YES Network is a New York City regional Cable TV channel dedicated to broadcasting Baseball games of the 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. [2]

On March 31, 2008, Comcast systems in the Hartford area added the network to channel 98. Cox Communications systems in central and eastern Connecticut still continue to refuse to carry the network in any tier of service as of March 31, 2008. No reason has been given for this exclusion.

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See also

References

  1. ^ a b Raissman, Bob. The media of New York City are internationally influential and include some of the most important newspapers largest publishing houses most prolific television studios and This is a list of professional sports teams based in and around New York City. The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. "Mets" redirects here For the medical term see Metastasis. "SNY raises voice, profile with two new shows that debut Monday", Daily News, 2008-03-24. The Daily News of New York City is the fifth most-widely circulated daily Newspaper in the United States with a daily circulation of 703137 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland Retrieved on 2008-03-24. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland  

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