SportsNet New York
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| SportsNet New York | |
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| 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 |  United States |
| Language | American English |
| Broadcast area | NY metro area nationwide via satellite |
| Website | SNY.tv |
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| Satellite | |
| DirecTV | 625 |
| Dish Network | 438 (SD) 388 (HD) |
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| Available on select cable systems | Check local listings for channels |
SportsNet New York (SNY) is a New York City-based sports cable network which airs in the New York metro area and all of New York state, and nationwide via satellite. It is owned jointly by the New York Mets, Time Warner, and Comcast.
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[edit] About
SNY began transmission at 5:00 p.m. EST on March 16, 2006, airing the show Daily News Live!. 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).
It has drawn comparison to other team-owned stations, particularly the MSG Network, YES Network and NESN.
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. 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. 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.
[edit] Difficulties
- During the network's very first program, Daily News Live!, there were technical difficulties with the audio. WOR-TV, which had also carried Mets games during its history, had similar problems when it signed on back in 1949.
- The first regular season baseball game carried by SNY on April 3, 2006, experienced technical difficulties that knocked out the broadcast during the third inning for nearly twenty minutes. This was attributed to an electrical spike.
[edit] High-definition simulcast
SNY produces all in-studio programs and all Mets games in 1080i high-definition format. 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.
[edit] Sports coverage
- Mets: SNY will carry 120 Mets games during 2008 season (with the remainder airing on WPIX, FOX, or ESPN). Bill Webb, who directs the World Series and the All-Star Game for FOX, is the director for Mets broadcasts on both SNY and WPIX.
- Jets: The New York Jets signed a three-year television deal with SportsNet New York in November 2005, in which SNY carries more than 230 hours of Jets-related content each year. The programming includes both in-season and off-season shows with access to players, coaches and management.
- College Sports: SNY carries Big East college sports and Sun Belt Conference football (from ESPN Plus). SNY also carries college basketball and hockey from various other conferences, and selected coaches' shows from Seton Hall University and Syracuse University. Many of these college games are from upstate New York and are produced in conjunction with half-sister station Time Warner Sports 26. [1] Live Syracuse University games and coaches shows are subject to blackout outside the NYC metropolitan area.
- CFL: SNY broadcasts Canadian Football League games distributed by the America One network. Some air live if the Mets are not playing; others air on tape-delay.
[edit] Original programming
- 1st and Goal with Mike Tannenbaum: A weekly show featuring the Jets General Manager, in which analysts review the Jets' last game.
- Daily News Live!: half-hour-long show with sports writers and celebrities, produced in cooperation with the Daily News, hosted by Chris Cotter weekdays at 5:00 p.m., with encores at 11:00 p.m. & 1:30 p.m.
- SportsNite: 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)
- Jets Open Mic: Live coverage of head coach Eric Mangini's two weekly press conferences.
- Jets Nation: weekly half-hour Jets coverage and interviews hosted by Brian Custer, with analysts Greg Buttle and Ray Lucas; premieres Saturdays at 11:00 AM
- Kids Clubhouse: weekly half-hour kids' baseball education and coverage; premieres Saturdays at 12:00 p.m.
- Loud Mouths:[1] half-hour-long sports talk show airing weekdays at 6:00 p.m. hosted by Chris Carlin and Adam Schein
- Mets Classics: classic Mets games from past seasons and the current season (UltiMet Classics)
- Mets Hot Stove: offseason hot stove discussion about the Mets hosted by Kevin Burkhardt with various local writers
- 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 CW11
- Mets Weekly: weekly half-hour Mets coverage, interviews, and stories; premieres Saturdays at 12:30 p.m. unless there is a Mets game on SNY at 1:00 p.m.
- The Wheelhouse:[1] half-hour-long show airing weekdays at 5:30 p.m. featuring a nine-inning debate of sports topics by Scott Ferrall and Brandon Tierney, moderated by Brian Custer
- Beer Money:half-hour-long game show airing at 11 p.m. Hosts Chris Carlin and Julie Alexandria go around New York and New Jersey asking questions pretaining 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 they get a question wrong, the money must be returned.
[edit] Personalities
[edit] Current
- Julie Alexandria (2008–) Beer Money co-host
- Gary Apple (2006–): SportsNite anchor; College basketball studio host
- Joe Benigno (2008–): Daily News Live lead panelist
- Kevin Burkhardt (2007–): Mets game sideline reporter & pre- and post-game reporter; SportsNite reporter, and host of Mets Hot Stove
- Greg Buttle (2006–): analyst on Jets programming
- Chris Carlin (2008–): Loud Mouths and Beer Money co-host
- John Celestand (2007–): College basketball studio analyst
- Kenny Choi (2006–): SportsNite reporter
- Gary Cohen (2006–): Mets play-by-play announcer
- Chris Cotter (2006–): Lead host of Daily News Live; UltiMet Classics host
- Brian Custer (2006–): host of Jets Nation and The Wheelhouse; SportsNite anchor
- Ron Darling (2006–): Mets color and studio analyst
- Scott Ferrall (2007–): The Wheelhouse panelist
- Kirk Gimenez (2007–): SportsNite anchor
- Keith Hernandez (2006–): Mets game analyst
- Ralph Kiner (2006–): Mets game analyst
- Ray Lucas (2006–): Studio analyst on Jets Nation.
- Marc Malusis (2008–): SportsNite panelist
- Lee Mazzilli (2007–): Lead studio analyst on Mets pre- and post-game shows.
- Steve Overmyer (2006–):SportsNite anchor on weekends
- Harold Reynolds (2008–): Studio analyst on Mets pre- and post-game shows.
- Howie Rose (2006–): Fill-in Mets play-by-play announcer
- Adam Schein (2007–): Loud Mouths co-host; analyst on Jets programming; NFL insider
- Jonas Schwartz (2007–): Sportsnite anchor and reporter
- Darryl Strawberry (2007–): Secondary studio analyst on Mets pre- and post-game shows.
- Brandon Tierney (2008–): The Wheelhouse panelist
- Matt Yallof (2006–): Host of Mets pre- and post-game shows; SportsNite anchor
[edit] Former
- Amanda Cole (2006-2007): Host of Kids Clubhouse
- Steve Berthiaume (2006–2007): left network in January 2007 and rejoined ESPN
- Siafa Lewis (2006–): left network in January 2008 and joined MLB.com. May 2008 became host of NBC-4 New York's "I Do".
- Julie Donaldson (2006–2008): left network in February 2008 and joined Boston NBC affiliate WHDH 7
- David Lee (2006): left network in September 2006 and joined CSN Mid-Atlantic
- Lou Tilley (2006–2007): left network in September 2007 and joined CSN Mid-Atlantic
[edit] 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. 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.
[edit] Notes
- Mets games on SNY and post-games delay other programming, such as the 10:00 SportsNite, and preempt all or parts of shows at midnight when a 7:00 game runs long.
- There is no 10:00 SportsNite when the Mets play a game on SNY starting at 8:00 or later.
- Mets games on WPIX (and simulcast on other stations) are produced by SNY.
- All times given in Eastern Time Zone, as SportsNet New York is based in New York City.
- As of the start of the 2007 Mets season, SNY debuted a new set of graphics for both their Mets telecasts and SportsNite telecasts. These graphics include a new scoreboard which goes along the entire top portion of the screen as well as a new sports ticker on the bottom portion of the screen. The ticker now provides more stats including wins, losses, and saves, much like the ESPN Bottom Line ticker. SNY features a "SNY HD" logo in the scoreboard for games that are available in high-definition on both the HD and SD feeds. Games shown on WPIX replace the SNY logo with the CW11 logo.
- None of the programming on SNY is closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. The FCC gives new stations four years before they are required to begin captioning.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b Raissman, Bob. "SNY raises voice, profile with two new shows that debut Monday", Daily News, 2008-03-24. Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
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