march 16 2006 2006 03 16 network comcast sportsnet owned by sterling entertainment enterprises new york mets 65 % charter communications 27 % nbc sports group 8 % 1 picture format 1080i hdtv 480i sdtv slogan tv home of all things new york sports country united states language english broadcast area new york metropolitan area nationwide via satellite headquarters time life building new york city sister channel s cable satellite ny1 through time warner cable broadcast wnbc new york city wnju linden new jersey website sny.tv availability satellite directv 639 hd sd dish network tba cable time warner cable manhattan brooklyn queens and staten island 26 sd cablevision 60 rcn manhattan brooklyn and queens 370 comcast new york metropolitan area 843 hd 73 sd ; most systems verizon fios ny nj ct 577 hd 77 sd verizon fios all other areas 96 sd blue ridge digital cable pa 2 43 sd iptv frontier u verse 1704 hd 704 sd sportsnet new york sny is an american regional sports network that is owned by sterling entertainment enterprises llc itself a joint venture between the new york mets which owns a controlling 65 % interest charter communications through its acquisition of time warner cable in may 2016 which owns 27 % and comcast which owns 8 % . the channel primarily broadcasts games and related programming involving the 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 street level studio facilities located in the time life building at rockefeller center on the corner of avenue of the americas and west 51st street in manhattan in the former home of the now defunct cnn news program american morning . sportsnet new york is available on cable and fiber optic television providers throughout the new york metropolitan area and new york state ; it is also available nationwide on satellite via directv . contents 1 history 2 sports coverage 2.1 new york mets 2.2 new york jets 2.3 other professional sports 2.4 college sports 3 original programming 3.1 news and debate programs 3.2 entertainment programs 3.3 mets related programs 4 on air staff 4.1 current on air staff 4.1.1 hosts and analysts 4.1.2 new york mets telecasts 4.2 notable former on air staff 5 availability 6 similar name 7 see also 8 references 9 external links history edit sportsnet new york was launched on march 16 2006 . the network was created in order for the new york mets to better leverage the team s television broadcasting rights which were previously held by cablevision for its regional sports networks msg and fsn new york . 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 which resulted in the company using 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 . citation needed in 2002 yankeenets then the corporate entity which owned both the new york yankees and new jersey nets ended the monopoly by launching the yes network to serve as the local cable broadcaster of their games leaving the mets in the cablevision fold until that team s contract with the company the dominant cable provider outside of manhattan and the adjacent boroughs expired in 2005 . by 2011 through its majority ownership the mets received 68 million in revenue from sportsnet new york for the broadcast rights to its games . 3 in 2013 bloomberg estimated that 1.2 billion of the mets 2.1 billion value came from sny . 4 sports coverage edit new york mets edit sportsnet new york through its majority ownership by the team 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 fox tbs or espn . sny also produces a somewhat reduced schedule of games for local broadcast on cw affiliate wpix channel 11 which are simulcast on other stations within the team s broadcast territory . gregg picker serves as producer for the games and bill webb who also serves as the broadcast director for the world series and the all star game for fox directing the mets broadcasts for both sny and wpix . mets game telecasts and post game shows on sny delay other programming such as the 10 00 p.m. edition of sportsnite and preempt all or portions of shows starting at midnight in the event a game with a 7 00 p.m. start time runs over its scheduled time period . new york jets edit in november 2005 the new york jets signed a broadcasting agreement with sportsnet new york to carry programs relating to the 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 . other professional sports edit 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 . 5 college sports edit 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 abc or any of the espn networks weekly coaches shows for both football and basketball such as inside rutgers football and press conferences . 6 beginning in 2008 sny carried football and basketball games involving the big east conference ; the network lost the rights to fox sports 1 through an agreement with 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 basketball teams both members of the old big east . 7 8 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 2010 . sny also televised college basketball games from the sun belt conference through 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 . 9 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 . 10 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 . 11 original programming edit 12 broadcast as seen through the window of sny s street level studio in the time life building . news and debate programs edit covino and rich debuted in october 2013 a half hour program with a light format airing weeknights at 6 00 p.m. with a rebroadcast at 10 00 p.m. incorporating pop culture topics social media discussion and trending topics and viewer participation with less of a focus on statistics and analysis . daily news live a fast paced roundtable discussion program focusing on top sports and entertainment topics of importance to new yorkers airing weeknights at 11 00 p.m. with a rebroadcast at 1 30 a.m. . produced in partnership with the new york daily news the program features a panel of various sports including professional and collegiate athletes and coaches and commissioners entertainment including actors and actresses sportscasters and musicians and political figures debating sports and entertainment topicas . it is hosted by jonas schwartz with longtime new york sports personality joe benigno as a regular contributor ; writers from the daily news writers and special guests also contribute . geico sportsnite a daily half hour sports highlights show airing at 10 30 p.m. and 12 30 a.m. with a rebroadcast from 6 00 to 9 00 a.m. and 12 00 to 1 00 p.m. the latter not airing on weekends or on days when a mets game is scheduled for 1 00 p.m. or earlier start . the 10 30 edition is pre empted on nights when a mets telecast starts at or after 8 00 p.m. loudmouths a half hour sports talk show airing weeknights at 5 30 p.m. in which hosts chris carlin and adam schein debate the top sports topics of the day . the program showcases various interactive features including carlin and schein engaging in viewer debates and answering questions and opinions via live phone calls web conferencing e mails and text messages . the wheelhouse running from 2006 to march 29 2013 it is a half hour program which aired weeknights at 5 30 p.m. with a rebroadcast at 2 00 a.m. hosted by brian custer with panelists brandon tierney and marc malusis . the show was composed of nine innings segments featuring fast paced debates on major sports topics of the day and incorporated a sleek on air baseball themed look and feel . entertainment programs edit beer money a half hour game show airing sundays at 7 00 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 new england sports network nesn carried a similarly formatted program pocket money . mets related programs edit 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 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 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 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 hosted by kevin burkhardt . on air staff edit