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{{Short description|Regional sports network}}
{{About|the New York television channel|other uses of SNY|SNY (disambiguation)}}
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| type = [[Regional sports network]]
| country = [[United States]]
| area = [[New York (state)|New York]]<br>[[Connecticut]] (except Northeastern Areas)<br>[[North Jersey|North]] and [[Central Jersey]]<br>[[Northeastern Pennsylvania]]<br>Nationwide (via satellite)
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| headquarters = [[4 World Trade Center]], [[Lower Manhattan]], [[New York City]]
| language = [[American English|English]]
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| picture_format = [[1080i]] ([[High-definition television|HDTV]])<br>[[480i]] ([[Standard-definition television|SDTV]])
| owner = Sterling Entertainment Enterprises
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*[[Sterling Equities]] 65%
*[[Charter Communications]] 27%
*[[NBC Sports Group]] 8%<ref name="TWCComcastNix">{{cite web |title=Time Warner Cable, Comcast may nix Mets' SNY sale: report|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-baseball-mets-madoff-idUSTRE72I2SQ20110319|author=Suzanne Cosgrove |work=[[Reuters]]|date=March 19, 2011}}</ref>}}
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| sister_channels = [[Spectrum Sports]]<br>[[NBC Sports Regional Networks]]
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| founder = [[Fred Wilpon]]
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'''SportsNet New York''' ('''SNY''') is an American [[regional sports network]] owned by Sterling Entertainment Enterprises, LLC, itself a [[joint venture]] between [[Fred Wilpon]]'s [[Sterling Equities]] (which owns a controlling 65% interest), [[Charter Communications]] through its acquisition of [[Time Warner Cable]] in May 2016 (which owns 27%) and [[Comcast]], through its [[NBC Sports Group]] subsidiary (which owns 8%). The channel primarily broadcasts games and related programming involving the [[New York Mets]], but also carries supplementary coverage of the Mets and the [[New York Jets]] as well as college sports events.

SNY maintains business operations and studio facilities at [[4 World Trade Center]]. SportsNet New York is available on [[cable television|cable]] and [[optical fiber|fiber optic]] television providers throughout the [[New York metropolitan area]] and the state of [[New York (state)|New York]]; it is also available nationwide on [[Satellite television|satellite]] via [[DirecTV]].

==History==

SportsNet New York was created in order for the New York Mets to better leverage the team's television broadcasting rights, which were previously held by [[Cablevision]].

From 1998 to 2002, Cablevision had a monopoly on the cable television rights to all local professional sports franchises in the New York City market through [[FSN New York]] and [[MSG Network]]. The company used those rights for various business practices (some controversial among viewers and local media analysts) such as moving certain games to its [[MSG Metro Channels]], a group of locally based services that had limited distribution on most cable providers in the New York City metropolitan area.

In 2002, [[Yankee Global Enterprises|YankeeNets]] – then the corporate entity which owned both the [[New York Yankees]] and [[Brooklyn Nets|New Jersey Nets]] – ended the monopoly by launching the [[YES Network]] to serve as the local cable broadcaster of their games. The Mets continued in the Cablevision fold until that team's contract with the company (the dominant cable provider outside of Manhattan and the adjacent [[Boroughs of New York City|boroughs]]) expired in 2005.

On March 16, 2006, the [[New York Mets]] launched SportsNet New York in partnership with cable television providers [[Comcast]] and [[Time Warner Cable]]. 

By 2011, through its majority ownership, the Mets received $68 million in revenue from SportsNet New York for the broadcast rights to its games.<ref>{{cite web|title=Einhorn Offer Suggests Mets Deal With SportsNet New York Is Undervalued|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2011/05/29/einhorn-offer-suggests-mets-deal-with-sportsnet-new-york-is-undervalued/|author=Mike Ozanian|website=[[Forbes]] (Sportsmoney)|date=May 29, 2011|access-date=June 28, 2012}}</ref> In 2013, [[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]] estimated that $1.2 billion of the Mets' $2.1 billion value came from SNY.<ref name=bloomberg-valuations>{{cite web|title=Major League Baseball Franchise Valuations|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/infographics/2013-10-23/mlb-team-values.html|website=[[Bloomberg L.P.]]|date=October 23, 2013|access-date=February 13, 2014}}</ref>

From the network's founding until 2017, its headquarters was located in the [[1271 Avenue of the Americas|Time-Life Building]] at [[Rockefeller Center]], on the corner of [[Sixth Avenue|Avenue of the Americas]] and West 51st Street in [[Manhattan]] (in the former home of the now-defunct [[CNN]] news program ''[[American Morning]]''). In March 2017, the network relocated to [[4 World Trade Center]]. From 2018 to 2024, [[NFL Network]]'s morning show ''[[Good Morning Football]]'' was produced from SNY's studios.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dachman |first1=Jason |date=October 26, 2018 |title=NFL Media Ramps Up for Exclusive London Broadcast; Good Morning Football Preps for Move to SNY |url=https://www.sportsvideo.org/2018/10/26/nfl-media-ramps-up-for-exclusive-london-broadcast-good-morning-football-preps-for-move-to-sny/ |access-date=5 November 2018 |website=Sports Video Group}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-06 |title='Good Morning Football' moving from N.Y. to L.A. |url=https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/03/06/good-morning-football-moving-ny-to-la |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Sports Business Journal |language=en}}</ref>

In 2025, SNY announced an agreement with [[Major League Baseball]] to launch a [[direct-to-consumer]] streaming service for SNY through [[MLB.com]] and the [[MLB.com#MLB.com At Bat|MLB app]]. The agreement includes a tie-in with MLB.tv which will allow users to subscribe to a bundle including both services. Cable subscribers will be able to use [[TV Everywhere]] to stream SNY through MLB.com.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 18, 2025 |title=FAQs: SNY streaming has a new home on the MLB App |url=https://sny.tv/articles/sny-mlb-streaming-faq |access-date=February 18, 2025 |website=SNY |language=en}}</ref>

==Sports coverage==
===New York Mets===
SNY serves as the primary local broadcaster of the [[New York Mets]]. It carries at least 120 games involving the team each season not televised on a national network ([[MLB on Fox|Fox]], [[MLB on TBS|TBS]] or [[ESPN Major League Baseball|ESPN]]) or streamed exclusively through a streaming service ([[Apple TV+]] or [[The Roku Channel|Roku Channel]]). SNY also produces a smaller broadcast schedule of games for local broadcast on [[Nexstar Media Group|Nexstar]]'s [[The CW|CW]] affiliate [[WPIX]] (channel 11), which distributes those games to other broadcast stations in the Mets' broadcast territory. Gregg Picker serves as producer for the games. Mets game telecasts and [[post-game show]]s on SNY delay other programming, such as the 11:00&nbsp;p.m. edition of ''SportsNite'', and preempt all or portions of shows starting at midnight in the event a game with a 7:00&nbsp;p.m. start time runs over its scheduled time period.

===New York Jets===
In November 2005, the [[New York Jets]] signed a broadcasting agreement with SportsNet New York to carry programs relating to the [[National Football League|NFL]] franchise for three years. SNY carries more than 250 hours of Jets-related content annually, including both regular season and off-season shows with access to players, coaches and management.

=== New York Yankees ===
Although the local rights for [[New York Yankees]] broadcasts belong exclusively to [[YES Network]], SNY operates a Twitter account dedicated to Yankees highlights.<ref>{{cite web|title=SNY Yankees on Twitter|url=https://twitter.com/snyyankees|access-date=8 June 2021}}</ref> Game highlights on the account are typically clips from the YES broadcast, sourced from the official Yankees Twitter account. SNY uploads their own recordings of post-game interviews to the account. The Yankees are also frequently covered on the primary SNY Twitter account.<ref>{{cite web|title=SNY on Twitter|url=https://twitter.com/snytv|access-date=8 June 2021}}</ref>

===Other professional sports===
On October 1, 2014, SNY signed an agreement with the [[Fall Experimental Football League]] to carry some of the league's inaugural regular season games in October and November of that year.<ref name=nrn>{{cite press release|title=FXFL To Be Carried on ESPN3|url=http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/26681849/fxfl-to-be-carried-on-espn3|agency=[[PR Newswire]]|publisher=[[Fall Experimental Football League]]|via=NBC Right Now|date=October 1, 2014|access-date=October 20, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021025920/http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/26681849/fxfl-to-be-carried-on-espn3|archive-date=October 21, 2014}}</ref>

On December 20, 2018, SNY and [[Rugby New York|Rugby United New York]] of [[Major League Rugby]] announced a partnership where SNY would televise nine of the team's inaugural season games.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sny.tv/more-sports/news/sny-and-rugby-united-new-york-have-tv-partnership/302075240 |title=SNY and Rugby United New York have TV partnership |publisher=SportsNet New York |date=December 20, 2018 |access-date=March 3, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044815/https://www.sny.tv/more-sports/news/sny-and-rugby-united-new-york-have-tv-partnership/302075240 |archive-date= Mar 6, 2019 }}</ref>

In June 2021, SNY announced an agreement with the [[New York Racing Association]] to air 15 weekends of [[horse racing]] from [[Belmont Park]] and [[Saratoga Race Course]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sny.tv/articles/sny-nyra-tv-horse-racing-live-stream |title=SNY and NYRA announce partnership |publisher=SportsNet New York |date=June 24, 2021 |access-date=August 3, 2024 }}</ref>

In 2024, SNY announced a broadcast agreement with the [[Binghamton Rumble Ponies]], the Mets Double-A affiliate.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.milb.com/binghamton/news/sny-to-broadcast-binghamton-rumble-ponies-games-again-on-television-in-2025 |title=SNY to Broadcast Binghamton Rumble Ponies Games Again on Television in 2025 |publisher=Binghamton Rumble Ponies |date=April 8, 2025 |access-date=April 13, 2025 }}</ref>

===College sports===
Currently SNY airs women's [[college basketball]] from the [[University of Connecticut]], college basketball and [[College football|football]] games from [[Fordham University]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Fordham Football Partners with SNY|url=https://fordhamsports.com/news/2022/9/23/fordham-football-partners-with-sny.aspx|publisher=Fordham University Athletics |date=September 23, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128042354/https://fordhamsports.com/news/2022/9/23/fordham-football-partners-with-sny.aspx |archive-date= Nov 28, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fordham Basketball: Television Deal a Slam Dunk for Program and School|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2210531|publisher=Bleacher Report|date=September 25, 2014 |first1=Charles |last1=Costello |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717034813/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2210531 |archive-date= Jul 17, 2023 }}</ref> college football and college basketball games from [[Columbia University]],<ref>{{cite web|title=SNY to Televise Five Columbia Football Games in 2017|url=https://gocolumbialions.com/news/2017/9/8/211666195|publisher=Columbia University Athletics |date=September 8, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717034941/https://gocolumbialions.com/news/2017/9/8/211666195 |archive-date= Jul 17, 2023 }}</ref> college football and college basketball games from [[Stony Brook University]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Stony Brook Athletics signs deal to air basketball games on SNY|url=https://www.sbstatesman.com/2021/11/16/stony-brook-athletics-signs-deal-to-air-basketball-games-on-sny/|publisher=The Statesman|date=November 16, 2021 |first1=Ethan |last1=Tam |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926065828/https://www.sbstatesman.com/2021/11/16/stony-brook-athletics-signs-deal-to-air-basketball-games-on-sny/ |archive-date= Sep 26, 2022 }}</ref> college basketball and football from [[Monmouth University]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Monmouth announces linear television clearances for football |url=https://monmouthhawks.com/news/2022/9/2/football-monmouth-announces-linear-television-clearances-for-football.aspx|publisher=Monmouth University Athletics |date=September 2, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221128043746/https://monmouthhawks.com/news/2022/9/2/football-monmouth-announces-linear-television-clearances-for-football.aspx |archive-date= Nov 28, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Eight men's hoops games to air on SNY this season |url=https://monmouthhawks.com/news/2022/10/4/mens-basketball-eight-mens-hoops-games-to-air-on-sny-this-season.aspx|publisher=Monmouth University Athletics |date=October 4, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128041254/https://monmouthhawks.com/news/2022/10/4/mens-basketball-eight-mens-hoops-games-to-air-on-sny-this-season.aspx |archive-date= Nov 28, 2022 }}</ref> [[College ice hockey|college hockey]], [[college soccer]], college football and college basketball from [[Long Island University]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Rubin|first=Adam|title=SNY Partners with LIU Athletics; 7 Sharks Games Initially Selected for Regional Network|url=https://www.liuathletics.com/news/2023/9/11/mens-soccer-sny-partners-with-liu-athletics-7-sharks-games-initially-selected-for-regional-network.aspx|date=September 11, 2023|access-date=November 19, 2023}}</ref> and college hockey and college basketball games from [[Sacred Heart University]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Conn|first=Steve|title=SNY, Sacred Heart Partnering Again|url=https://sacredheartpioneers.com/news/2023/9/21/general-sny-sacred-heart-partner-again-in-2023-24.aspx|date=September 21, 2023|access-date=November 19, 2023}}</ref> SNY also has a package of eight nationally televised college basketball games from the [[Northeast Conference]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Northeast Conference Announces 2022-23 Basketball Television Schedule|url=https://northeastconference.org/news/2022/11/9/MBB_WBB_TV_Release_2223.aspx|publisher=Northeast Conference|date=November 10, 2022}}</ref> and annually airs the [[Connecticut Ice]] college hockey tournament.<ref>{{cite web|title=CT Ice tournament returning for 2023-24 season, will again include UConn, Quinnipiac, Sacred Heart, Yale|url=https://www.uscho.com/2023/08/11/ct-ice-tournament-returning-for-2023-24-season-will-again-include-uconn-quinnipiac-sacred-heart-yale/|publisher=USCHO|date=August 11, 2023|access-date=November 19, 2023}}</ref>

On July 23, 2008, SNY reached an agreement with [[Rutgers University]] to become "the exclusive home" of the university's athletics program; the deal includes the rights to air encore presentations of the team's football telecasts (involving games televised by [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] or any of the [[ESPN]] networks), weekly coaches shows (for both football and basketball, such as ''[[Rutgers Scarlet Knights football|Inside Rutgers Football]]'') and [[press conference]]s.<ref>{{cite web|title=SNY to Become Official Home of Rutgers Athletics|url=http://scarletknights.com/football/news/release.asp?prID=6729|work=Rutgers University Athletic Department|date=July 23, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214005419/http://scarletknights.com/football/news/release.asp?prID=6729|archive-date=February 14, 2012}}</ref>

Beginning in 2008, SNY carried football and basketball games involving the [[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East Conference]]; the network lost the rights to [[Fox Sports 1]] (through an agreement with [[Fox Sports (United States)|Fox Sports]]) when that network launched in August 2013. The network also carried coaches shows focusing on the [[Seton Hall University]] and [[St. John's University (New York City)|St. John's University]] basketball teams, both members of the old Big East.<ref>{{cite web|title=SNY Scores Big East Football, Basketball Rights|url=http://www.multichannel.com/news/content/sny-scores-big-east-football-basketball-rights/371167|author=Mike Reynolds|periodical=[[Multichannel News]]|publisher=[[Reed Business Information]]|date=July 23, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New Big East and Fox Team Up|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/sports/ncaabasketball/fox-sports-and-new-big-east-are-teaming-up.html?_r=0|author=Richard Sandomir|author-link=Richard Sandomir|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 11, 2013|access-date=March 12, 2013}}</ref> From its launch, SNY also carried football and basketball games from the [[Big Ten Conference]] that were not scheduled to be televised on a national network; the network lost these games to the [[Big Ten Network]] when it launched in 2007. SNY also televised college basketball games from the [[Sun Belt Conference]] through [[ESPN Events|ESPN Plus]], later dropping these events in 2008, in order to focus its college sports coverage on the Big East Conference.

In August 2010, the [[University of Connecticut]] announced a multi-year deal with SportsNet New York to become "the official television home" of [[UConn Huskies]] football and men's basketball. SNY will feature 300 hours of Huskies-related programming annually, including 120 hours of game coverage.<ref>{{cite web|title=SNY to become the official TV home of UConn football and men's basketball|url=http://web.sny.tv/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100804&content_id=13028970&vkey=2|website=SportsNet New York|date=August 5, 2010|access-date=September 14, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003173804/http://web.sny.tv/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100804&content_id=13028970&vkey=2|archive-date=October 3, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> In May 2012, SNY signed a four-year agreement with the university to become the exclusive broadcaster of the Huskies women's basketball team (assuming the regional rights from [[Connecticut Public Television]]), agreeing to air a minimum of 17 games per year.<ref>{{cite web|title=SNY new TV partner for UConn women, to CPTV's dismay|url=http://www.ctpost.com/uconn/article/SNY-new-TV-partner-for-UConn-women-to-CPTV-s-3543333.php|author=Rich Elliott|newspaper=[[Connecticut Post]]|publisher=[[Hearst Corporation]]|date=May 9, 2012|access-date=July 31, 2012}}</ref> However, as of 2020 only women's basketball still airs on the network.

On October 31, 2013, SportsNet New York signed a broadcasting agreement with the [[Atlantic 10 Conference]] to televise the conference's [[college basketball]] games; under the initial deal, the network carried 43 Atlantic 10 basketball games during the 2013–14 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Atlantic 10 Partners with SNY for 43-Game Television Partnership|url=http://www.atlantic10.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31600&ATCLID=209295307|publisher=Atlantic 10 Conference|date=October 31, 2013}}</ref>

Until 2023, SNY also broadcast college lacrosse, college football and college basketball from [[Hofstra University]]. Those games have since moved to [[MSG Network]].<ref>{{cite web|title=MLAX: Saturday's Hofstra Game To Air On SNY; Package Includes Multiple Hofstra Athletic Contests In 21-22|url=https://gohofstra.com/news/2021/4/13/mens-lacrosse-mlax-saturdays-hofstra-game-to-air-on-sny-package-includes-multiple-hofstra-athletic-contests-in-21-22|publisher=Hofstra University|date=April 14, 2021}}</ref>

==Original programming==
[[File:Sny-broadcast.jpg|thumb|300px|Broadcast as seen through the window of SNY's street-level studio in the Time-Life Building.]]

===News and debate programs===
* ''The Thread'' – A show introduced in March 2019, showing a social media lens on New York Sports at 5 p.m. The program features contributors from entertainment fields and popular New York radio show commentators. It is hosted by Justine Ward, with various SNY contributors.
* ''Honda SportsNite'' – A daily half-hour sports highlights show airing at 11:00&nbsp;p.m. and throughout the night (with a rebroadcast from 6:00 to 9:00&nbsp;a.m. and 12:00 to 1:00&nbsp;p.m., the latter not airing on weekends or on days when a Mets game is scheduled for 1:00&nbsp;p.m. or earlier start). The 11:00 edition is pre-empted on nights when a Mets telecast starts at or after 8:00&nbsp;p.m.
* ''Loudmouths'' – A half-hour sports talk show (airing weeknights at 5:30&nbsp;p.m.), in which host [[Jon Hein]] and various SNY panelists debate the top sports topics of the day. Occasionally, the hosts have themed broadcasts and predict the winners for future NFL games for the coming week.
* ''Baseball Night New York'' - a primetime baseball-related program that airs on 6:00 pm weekdays hosted by Sal Licata, focused on news and insights of New York City's two baseball teams.
* ''Carton and Roberts'' - SNY simulcast of [[WFAN (AM)|WFAN-AM]] and [[WFAN-FM]] afternoon drive radio program hosted by [[Craig Carton]] and [[Evan Roberts (sportscaster)|Evan Roberts]] (airing weekday afternoons from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm beginning in May 2021, head to head with [[YES Network]]'s simulcast of ''The Michael Kay Show'').

===Entertainment programs===
* ''Beer Money!'' – A half-hour game show (airing Sundays at 7:00&nbsp;p.m.), in which hosts Amber Wilson and Dan Schachner visit bars throughout New York and New Jersey asking contestants questions pertaining to New York sports, in three rounds (with prize amounts of $10, $20, and $100); contestants choose to leave the game with their existing prize total at any time, or continue on, risking losing the money if they give a wrong answer. The program also features a two-contestant shootout round for a $50 prize, in which the first contestant to answer a question wrong loses. A similar program with the same title airs on [[SportsTime Ohio]], while [[NESN|New England Sports Network]] (NESN) carried a similarly formatted program, ''Pocket Money''.

===Mets-related programs===
* ''Mets Classics'' – Broadcasts of archived Mets games from past seasons and the current season (''UltiMet Classics'').
* ''Mets Fast Forward'' – A condensed one-hour replay of the previous day's Mets game telecast on SNY or [[WPIX]] (airing at 6:00 and 9:00&nbsp;a.m. following a Mets game).
* ''Mets Insider'' – A bi-weekly, half-hour magazine-style program geared towards a diverse range of Mets topics.
* ''Mets Kids Clubhouse'' – A weekly half-hour baseball edutainment program for children, hosted by Neha Joy (airing Saturdays at 12:00&nbsp;p.m.).
* ''Mets Hot Stove'' – An offseason "hot stove" discussion about the Mets, hosted by Gary Apple with various local writers.
* ''Mets Pre-Game Live'' – A half-hour program previewing the upcoming Mets game/series.
* ''Mets Post-Game Live'' – A half-hour program providing recaps and analysis of the day's Mets game and previews of upcoming matchups.
* ''Mets Weekly'' – A weekly half-hour magazine program featuring team coverage, interviews, and stories on the Mets (airing Sundays at 6:00&nbsp;p.m.).
* ''Mets Yearbook'' – A half-hour program of past Mets year in reviews from 1962 to 1988.
* ''Mets Year in Review'' – A program recapping the Mets season since 2009.
* ''Mets Amazin' Finishes'' - A program recapping the best games in various seasons in a countdown list. Frequently played during rain delays.

==On-air staff==
===Current on-air staff===
====Hosts and analysts====
* [[Joe Benigno]] – ''Daily News Live'' panelist
* [[Ray Lucas]] – Jets post-game studio analyst; ''Jets Nation'' and NFL analyst
* [[Willie Colon (American football)|Willie Colon]] – Jets post-game studio analyst; ''Jets Nation'' and NFL analyst
* [[Bart Scott]] – Jets post-game studio analyst; ''Jets Nation'' and NFL analyst
* Eamon McAnaney – ''Honda SportsNite'' anchor and reporter; ''Loudmouths'' and ''Daily News Live'' co-host; fill-in Mets pre-game and post-game studio analyst
* Sweeny Murti – Yankees beat reporter
* [[Jon Hein]] – ''Loudmouths'' co-host
* Jonas Schwartz – ''Daily News Live'' host and studio host
* [[Michelle Yu]] – ''Honda SportsNite'' anchor and reporter; ''Daily News Live'' co-host.

====New York Mets telecasts====
[[File:Keith and Ron in the SNY Booth (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|300px|Hernandez and Darling broadcasting a Mets game for SNY from the booth at [[Citi Field]] in 2010]]
* Gary Apple – Mets pre-game and post-game studio host, host of ''Mets Hot Stove,'' fill-in play-by-play announcer
* [[Gary Cohen]] – Mets play-by-play announcer
* [[Ron Darling]] – Mets color commentator/game analyst
* [[Jim Duquette]] – fill-in Mets pre-game and post-game studio analyst
* [[Jerry Blevins]] – fill-in Mets pre-game and post-game studio analyst
* [[Terry Collins]] –  fill-in Mets pre-game and post-game studio analyst
* [[Steve Gelbs]] – Mets field reporter and fill-in play-by-play announcer, host of ''Mets Amazin' Finishes''
* [[Keith Hernandez]] – Mets color commentator/game analyst
* [[Todd Zeile]] – Mets pre-game/post-game studio analyst and fill-in Mets color commentator
* Michelle Margaux – Mets fill-in field reporter

===Notable former on-air staff===
* [[Steve Berthiaume]] – ''SportsNite'' anchor (2006–2007; left network in January 2007 and rejoined [[ESPN]], now the lead broadcaster for the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]])
* [[Kevin Burkhardt]] – Mets field reporter and alternate play-by-play announcer; host of ''Mets Hot Stove'' (2007–2014; now play-by-play broadcaster and studio host for [[Fox Sports]])
* Chris Carlin – ''GEICO SportsNite'' anchor; ''Loudmouths'' co-host; and ''Mets Pre Game'' and ''Post Game Live'' host and Rutgers football and basketball analyst
* [[Julie Donaldson]] – host of ''Mets Weekly'' (2006–2007; now anchor/reporter at [[Monumental Sports Network|NBC Sports Washington]])
* [[Scott Ferrall]] – ''Daily News Live'' and ''Wheelhouse'' personality (2007–2009; now host of nationally syndicated radio show for [[Infinity Sports Network|CBS Sports Radio]])
* [[Nelson Figueroa]] - Mets pre and post-game analyst (2015–2019) 
* [[Ralph Kiner]] – fill-in Mets color commentator/game analyst (2006–2013) (deceased)
* [[Lee Mazzilli]] – studio analyst on Mets pre and post-game shows (2007–2008)
* [[Bob Ojeda]] – Mets pre-game and post-game studio analyst (2009–2014)
* [[Meredith Marakovits]] – ''GEICO SportsNite'' anchor and reporter; ''Daily News Live'' co-host (2009–2011; now at [[YES Network]])
* [[Kaitlin Monte]] – ''Mets Insider'' host (2013–2014; now at [[KRIV (TV)|KRIV]] in Houston)
* [[Harold Reynolds]] – studio analyst on Mets pre-game and post-game shows (2008; joined the [[MLB Network]] in 2009)
* [[Wayne Randazzo]] - Mets alternate play-by-play announcer (now lead play-by-play broadcaster for the [[Los Angeles Angels]] and [[Friday Night Baseball|Apple TV+]])
* [[Gary Thorne]] - Mets alternate play-by-play announcer
* [[Matt Yallof]] – host of Mets pre-game and post-game shows (2006–2008; joined MLB Network in 2009)
* [[Bobby Valentine]] – fill-in Mets pre-game and post-game studio analyst

==Availability==
At its launch, it was originally expected that SNY would experience issues with trying to gain carriage on [[Cablevision]], as the Mets moved their game telecasts from that company's two regional sports networks, [[MSG Network]] and FSN New York (now [[MSG Sportsnet|MSG Plus]]). The situation was similar to that experienced by the [[YES Network]], the Yankees ended its broadcasting agreement with Cablevision. Cablevision filed a lawsuit against Sterling Entertainment Enterprises on the grounds that the franchise might have violated their contract, which theoretically had one year left to run, as well as the [[right of first refusal|right of last refusal]]. However, a judge ruled in favor of Sterling Entertainment, essentially stating that the Mets had voided their deal with Cablevision entirely by paying a specified buyout fee, believed to have exceeded $50 million.

Comcast began carrying the network on its [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]] area systems on March 31, 2008. Then in July 2008, just days after the University of Connecticut signed its broadcast deal with SNY, [[Cox Communications]] began carrying SportsNet New York on channel 62 throughout its Connecticut service area. On August 29, 2011, the network launched a secondary feed for Connecticut, SNY-CT.<ref>{{cite web|title=SNY adds second feed for Connecticut|url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2011/08/29/Media/SNY.aspx|author=John Ourand|periodical=Sports Business Journal|publisher=Advance Publications|date=August 29, 2011}}</ref>

SNY is also available on Comcast systems in [[Palm Beach County, Florida]] and nationally on [[Verizon FiOS|Verizon Fios]]. However, due to broadcasting rules imposed by [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) that restrict local telecasts to within their designated broadcast territory, Mets games televised by the network are [[blackout (broadcasting)|blacked out]], although [[pre-game show|pre-game]] and post-game shows and other non-event programming is cleared for broadcast in Palm Beach County.

Beginning in 2017, SNY made Mets games available for live [[Internet]] streaming to subscribers via its website and the [[NBC Sports]] app but has been yet to be made authorizable to Comcast Xfinity subscribers though [[Comcast]] is the owner of the NBC Sports app and is part owner of SNY.<ref>{{cite web|title=SNY to deliver live streaming of Mets baseball during 2017 season|url=https://www.sny.tv/press-releases/news/sny-to-deliver-live-streaming-of-mets-baseball-during-2017-season/214875498|author=John Ourand|website=SportsNet New York|date=February 1, 2017}}</ref> In 2022, SNY launched its own app, serving much the same purpose with much the same availability.<ref>{{cite web |title=SNY app features live New York Mets games, livestream of TV network |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/amphtml/sny-app-features-live-york-195832360.html |website=Yahoo! Sports |access-date=April 7, 2022 |date=March 24, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505235910/https://sports.yahoo.com/amphtml/sny-app-features-live-york-195832360.html |archive-date=May 5, 2022}}</ref>

On February 18, 2025, SNY announced that they have partnered with MLB, making streaming (such as Mets games or other media) now available on the MLB app.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Svoboda |first=Dylan |date=2025-02-19 |title=SNY to stream Mets games on MLB app — here's how much it costs |url=https://nypost.com/2025/02/18/sports/sny-to-stream-mets-games-on-mlb-app-heres-how-much-it-costs/ |access-date=2025-03-26 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=How to Watch SNY |url=https://sny.tv/how-to-watch |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=sny.tv}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Media of New York City]]
* [[List of New York City sports teams]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://web.sny.tv/index.jsp}}

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