SportsNet New York

Type	Regional sports network
Country	United States
Availability	NY metro area; nationwide
Slogan	Get Your New York Sports Here!
Owner	New York Mets, Time Warner, Comcast
Launch date	March 16, 2006
Website SNY.tv

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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. EST is UTC-5 The North American Eastern Standard Time Zone (abbreviated EST) is a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting five hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) resulting in UTC-5. ... is the 75th day of the year (76th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... The Time-Life Building, located at 1271 Avenue of the Americas in Rockefeller Center in New York is an historically important building opened in 1958 and designed by Wallace Harrison of Harrison, Abramovitz, and Harris. ... Midtown Manhattan viewed from the World Trade Center. ... Lower Plaza at Rockefeller Center. ...

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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." The New Jersey Nets are a professional basketball team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. ... Comcast SportsNet (or CSN) is a group of regional sports networks. ... Comcast SportsNet (or CSN) is a group of regional sports networks. ... Comcast SportsNet (or CSN) is a group of regional sports networks. ... Comcast SportsNet (or CSN) is a group of regional sports networks. ... Comcast SportsNet (or CSN) is a group of regional sports networks. ... Comcast SportsNet (or CSN) is a group of regional sports networks. ...

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. William A. Shea Municipal Stadium, usually shortened to Shea Stadium, is an American baseball stadium in New York City. ... The National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians, or N.A.B.E.T. is a labor union. ... The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) is a labor union which represents workers in the electrical industry in the United States and Canada, particularly electricians in the construction industry and linemen and other employees of public utilities. ... The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes, or I.A.T.S.E., (Full name: International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada) is a labor union. ...

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.

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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. 1080i is a shorthand name for a category of video modes. ... High-definition television (HDTV) is a digital television broadcasting system with greater resolution than traditional television systems (NTSC, SECAM, PAL). ...

With a staggered rollout, Comcast will add SNY-HD to all of it's Northern New Jersey lineups starting 3/25 in Comcast of New Jersey II systems, and on 3/27 for Central New Jersey, Ocean County, Monmouth County, and Toms River/LBI.

Sports coverage

• Mets: SNY will carry 120 Mets games during 2008 season (with the remainder airing on WPIX, TBS, 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.

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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.. Formerly hosted by Gary Apple. Cotter, who formerly anchored Sportsnite, switched positions with Apple, reportedly in an effort to draw a younger audience to the program.^{[citation needed]}
• SportsNite: daily half-hour sports highlights show at 6:30 p.m., 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 night's Mets game at 5:00 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

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Personalities

Current

• Gary Apple (2006–): SportsNite anchor; College basketball studio host; former Daily News Live 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–): Studio analyst on Jets Nation
• Chris Carlin (2008–): Loud Mouths 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; former Mets sideline reporter & pre- and post-game reporter
• 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.
• Lee Mazzilli (2007–): Studio analyst on Mets pre- and post-game shows.
• Steve Overmyer (2006–):SportsNite anchor on weekends
• Howie Rose (2006–): Fill-in Mets play-by-play announcer
• Adam Schein (2007–): Loud Mouths co-host; MLB insider
• Jonas Schwartz (2007–): Sportsnite anchor and reporter
• Brandon Tierney (2008–): The Wheelhouse panelist
• Matt Yallof (2006–): Host of Mets pre- and post-game shows; SportsNite anchor

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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 January 2008...freelancing
• 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

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Best Coverage in Baseball

On September 26, 2007 an article on ESPN.com reports that SNY has the best Baseball Broadcast Team in Major League Baseball. This team includes Play by Play announcer Gary Cohen, and color commentary announcers Keith Hernandez, and Ron Darling.[2]

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 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.[3] For other uses, see Cablevision (disambiguation). ... FSN New York (often abbreviated as FSNY, or more appropriately, FSNNY), previously known as Fox Sports Net New York (or Fox Sports New York) and SportsChannel New York, is a regional sports network in the New York City metropolitan area, whose reach expands to cover the entire state of New... The Madison Square Garden Network, now shortened to simply MSG, is a regional cable television and radio network serving the New York City area. ... The Yankees Entertainment and Sports (YES) Network is a New York City regional cable TV channel dedicated to broadcasting baseball games of the New York Yankees, and basketball games of the New Jersey Nets. ...

Comcast, along with Cox Communications systems in central and eastern Connecticut as of 2008, continue to refuse to carry the network in any tier of service. No reason has been given for this exclusion.

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 three years before they are required to begin captioning.

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See also

• Media of New York City
• List of New York City sports teams
• New York Jets
• New York Mets

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References

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External links

• Official Site
• Comcast
• Time Warner