Comcast and Yes Network are fighting

[Don CT]

Yankees games to air on Comcast Xfinity this weekend as warring sides agree to extend YES blackout deadline

YES and Comcast reached agreement to extend the deadline to 11:59 p.m. ET on March 31, delaying the removal of YES Network from Comcast’s lineup.

nypost.com

Let’s see who blinks first.

 

[TheBigA]

Today, the Yes Network CEO made the unusual decision to take his case to the viewers. He came on the air during the Yankees broadcast to blast Comcast for refusing to negotiate. He also said they are treating their owned sports network SNY differently:

YES Network CEO skewers Comcast on-air amid carriage dispute

YES Network CEO Jon Litner appeared on a New York Yankees broadcast Sunday to attack Comcast over an ongoing carriage dispute.

awfulannouncing.com

 

[Don CT]

To be fair, Comcast should put all the sports content on a higher tier not pick and choose. ESPN is the most expensive of them all.

 

[KML0224]

I seem to remember Com-crap doing this to YES in Connecticut before. My mother had Frontier at the time, so I could still see the Yanks if I had stopped by.

 

[luperm]

Optimum/Altice just had a prolonged outage with MSG. It was recently resolved.

 

[Don CT]

I seem to remember Com-crap doing this to YES in Connecticut before. My mother had Frontier at the time, so I could still see the Yanks if I had stopped by.

2 years dark.

 

[Don CT]

Hmm it’s midnight and YES is still on Comcast.

Last minute deal reached.

Comcast, YES Network Reach Last-Minute Deal to Avoid Blackout

Jazz Chisholm and the Yanks won't be bidding farewell to Comcast subscribers, as the operator and YES Network reached a new carriage deal.

www.sportico.com

 

[NYAZSporty]

Hmm it’s midnight and YES is still on Comcast.

That's because YES & Comcast have settled.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1906897610847514861

https://twitter.com/x/status/1906913901079363903

 

[Don CT]

That's because YES & Comcast have settled.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1906897610847514861

I did not see that one coming.

 

[TheBigA]

It sounded to me like the biggest sticking point was being kicked to a higher priced tier while SNY remained in the cheaper tier. By continuing the previous deal, they will stay where they've been.

YES Network, Comcast reach 11th-hour deal to avoid blackout

Yankees fans in the tri-state area breathed a sigh of relief after YES Network and Comcast came to an 11th-hour deal to avert a blackout.

nypost.com

 

[Don CT]

It sounded to me like the biggest sticking point was being kicked to a higher priced tier while SNY remained in the cheaper tier. By continuing the previous deal, they will stay where they've been.

So this might be just another extension, we don’t know how long. Like usual these deals are cryptic.

 

[radiofan2023]

When I heard this news:

 

[Don CT]

YES Network-Comcast 'continued distribution' is not a new deal, per source

The new "continued distribution" agreement between Comcast and YES Network is not a long-term distribution deal, per an industry source.

awfulannouncing.com

 

[Don CT]

A deal has finally been reached.

YES Network, Comcast reach carriage agreement

amp.awfulannouncing.com

According to a report by Eric Fisher in Front Office Sports, YES Network, the television home of the New York Yankees, and Comcast have agreed to a new distribution deal that runs “at least into 2027” and will keep the regional sports network on expanded basic cable in the New York area. Comcast, as it has done with most other regional sports networks across the country, sought to place YES Network in a higher, more expensive tier, which the network rebuffed. At the end of the day, YES Network got its wish.