In an email to its subscribers , YouTube TV said the network would be taken off its service on 11:59 p.m. on June 30. It didn’t offer any explanation and suggested that subscribers interested in watching Mets games could simply tune into national ones shown by Fox, ESPN or TBS, all of which are remaining on YouTube TV.
SNY tweeted that the end of the line on YouTube TV came “despite our best efforts” and urged viewers who watch via YouTube to “find another provider.”Pay-TV Will Dip To 38% Of U.S. Homes By 2027 As Exodus Continues; Streamers Facing Saturated U.S. Market, "Tectonic" AVOD Shift - PwC Forecast SNY, short for SportsNet New York, is controlled by Sterling Equities , with Charter and Comcast holding minority stakes. It says it reaches 8 million households in the New York area and another 12 million nationally. YouTube TV said last summer it had passed 5 million subscribers, making it one of the largest pay-TV operators in the U.S.
Because sports rights are expensive, and therefore RSNs must charge operators high fees, the networks have had spotty coverage on internet-based platforms, going missing on Hulu + Live TV and Sling TV. Fubo, which has marketed itself as a sports-first internet bundle, carries RSNs but reached an impasse with WarnerMedia’s networks in 2020, meaning NBA games and other sports aren’t offered on the service.
Wilpon led the launch of SNY in 2006 after the Mets became enmeshed in a dispute with Cablevision , which owned MSG Network. At the time, the number of pay-TV subscribers was increasing, making it easier to achieve scale with a regional sports network., NBA and NHL games. SNY also airs college sports and other minor draws and covers the NFL’s New York Jets outside of game broadcasts.