DIRECTV adds SportsNET New York to lineup New network offered as part of Total Choice, Sports Pack programming SportsNet New York NEW YORK -- SportsNet New York and DIRECTV today announced a long-term agreement to provide the new regional sports network featuring the New York Mets and the New York Jets to DIRECTV customers. The new network will be available this Wednesday to DIRECTV customers within the SportsNet New York footprint who subscribe to any DIRECTV TOTAL CHOICE? programming package. DIRECTV will also offer SNY as part of its SPORTS Pack, which is available a la carte throughout the United States to all DIRECTV customers. The network will debut on channel 625. The agreement will also allow DIRECTV to deliver to its high-definition (HD) customers an HD version of select home Mets games produced by SNY. "We are thrilled to announce that SportsNet New York will be available to DIRECTV customers," said Jon Litner, President of SportsNet New York. "We look forward to providing Mets games, extensive coverage of the Jets as well as our compelling blend of 24/7 sports programming to DIRECTV customers." "We appreciate the patience of the many Mets fans who were eagerly waiting to watch an exciting Mets team on SportsNet New York via DIRECTV," said Dan Fawcett, executive vice president, Programming Acquisition, DIRECTV, Inc. "As the nation's premiere sports programming provider, we could not let these fans down." About SportsNet New York SportsNet New York (SNY), which launched on March 16, 2006, is New York's new regional sports network founded by Sterling Entertainment Enterprises, Time Warner and Comcast. SNY is a 24/7 regional sports and entertainment television network that will feature up to 125 regular season New York Mets telecasts -- as well as provide unparalleled live sports and local news coverage to the Tri-State area through three nightly "SportsNite" shows. SNY will be available to viewers in New York, Connecticut, most of New Jersey and northeastern Pennsylvania. In addition to Mets games, SNY is also the official year-round television home of the New York Jets, providing viewers the most exclusive coverage and access to the Jets organization and its players. SNY will also televise other professional and collegiate sports, including basketball and football games from the Big East and Big Ten conferences, as well as classic sports and event programming. SNY will also feature exclusive interview and magazine programs.
As of 10 minutes ago it still wasn't uploaded but SNY is all set on channel 625. Hopefully it will be up tonight.
I hope this will be part of the "Extra Innings" package, I live out of state and missed a whole lot of Mets games last year because WPIX wasn't part of the package.
Thank god. I'm already missing Jets programming and I'm not happy about it. Will the hd version of the channel be free or part of extra innings?
:up: bravo, direct tv. up here in rochester, we get msg, yes, and fsny as part of standard total choice package. so, they will just add sny to it. :grin:
I'm in Maryland too, but from my understanding, if you just order the sports package, you should be good. Guess who will be on the phone with Direct TV today?
The Mets games will be blacked out, but the Jets content should always be on if you live outside the NY area. They will do that to protect their MLB Extra Innings Package outside the NY area
I wonder if it will broadcast the Jets games. Here up in school in oswego we get the crappy bills games on cbs, and I already get SNY so maybe I'll finally be free of this bills bondage.
No, they cannot broadcast Jet games. The Jets programming will be weekly shows about the current team and some historical programming.
All AFC v AFC games on Sunday afternoon are broadcast by CBS. All AFC at NFC games on Sunday afternoon are also on CBS NFC v NFC and NFC at AFC are on FOX on Sunday Afternoon Under no circumstances will current Jets games be on SNY
WPIX will televise 25 games this year. I actually get the WPIX Met home games in HD from an over the air antenna. WPIX is not part of the MLB package so you will probably miss some games. DirecTv in NY area show the Yankee home games in HD, hope the Mets will get the same amount of HD broadcasts from SNY. I complained about the blackout of Met home opener yesterady, threatened to go to cable and cancel the MLB package. They gave me a 39.00 credit so I missed one Met game and got a 39.00 credit.
for those who have already been watching on cable,has any jet programming been on yet?? or just baseball stuff
