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Cablevision Reaches Agreement to Show NY Mets; People Say
Topic Started: Feb 27 2006, 12:20 AM (86 Views)
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Feb. 26 (Bloomberg) -- 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.

``We fully expect to carry Mets games this season and beyond,'' Cablevision spokesman Jim Maiella said in a telephone interview, declining to say whether an agreement had been reached. Andrew Fegyveresi, a spokesman for SportsNet New York, which is scheduled to go on the air March 16, said ``we're in discussions with all cable and satellite providers.''

SportsNet New York is jointly owned by Comcast, the world's largest cable-TV operator; Time Warner Inc., the world's largest media company; and Sterling Entertainment Enterprises LCC, a company formed by the Mets. SportsNet New York also will be carried on Time Warner and Comcast cable systems.

There is no timetable for an announcement, said the people, who were granted anonymity because the contract isn't signed.


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Mets network, Cablevision reach deal

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BY NEIL BEST. STAFF WRITER

February 26, 2006, 11:35 PM EST

SportsNet New York and Cablevision have reached a tentative agreement for the cable giant to carry the Mets' new regional sports network, a person familiar with the negotiations said Sunday night.

No contract has been signed, and it is not clear precisely when one will be, but it appears almost certain that when SNY launches March 16, Cablevision's 3 million customers, most of them on Long Island, will have access to the channel.

The March 16 fare will feature a Mets-Braves spring training game. Opening Day is April 3.

It had been believed that SNY was closer to a deal with DirecTV than with Cablevision, but in recent days, it became increasingly evident that there would be nothing like the 2002 battle between Cablevision and YES that kept the Yankees off Cablevision for an entire season.

YES set a precedent by getting placed on expanded basic cable in 2003. Three years later, SNY and Cablevision primarily were left to haggle over money rather than any fundamental issues.

SNY is partly owned by Comcast and Time Warner, so it immediately could count on distribution from those outlets.

Cablevision, which until last year showed the Mets on its MSG and FSNY channels, would have risked alienating the many Mets fans in its market if it did not carry SNY from the start.

DirecTV most likely will fall into place once the Cablevision agreement is finalized. Customers of the other major satellite service, Dish Network, might have a longer wait.

There now will be four regional sports networks in Cablevision's expanded basic package -- YES, SNY, MSG and FSNY.
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I don't know how many of you live in Somerset County NJ, but Patriot Media will not carry the new Mets channel this year.
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I hate the Dolans :furious:
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I'm hoping Directv picks this channel up, I'm sure they will. They are the ultimate when it comes to carrying all the sports networks!
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YES is still better :rock: :rock: :rock: :rock:
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Mar 1 2006, 12:10 AM
YES is still better :rock: :rock: :rock: :rock:

No doubt about that. The thing I like to hear is that they are going to show a lot of Jets sh*t as well, that will rock my world!
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