MSG Sports Channel Leaves Comcast's Xfinity Amid Negotiation Impasse -- Update
02 October 2021 - 2:20AM
Dow Jones News
By Matt Grossman
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. said Friday that its
MSG Network sports programming would no longer be available via
Comcast Corp.'s Xfinity cable-TV service to some cable subscribers
primarily in New Jersey and Connecticut amid a negotiating impasse
between the companies.
The MSG Network airs National Basketball Association and
National Hockey League games played by teams based in New York and
New Jersey along with other sports programming. MSG Entertainment
said that Comcast rejected negotiation proposals that were
consistent with MSG's deals with other major cable providers.
A Comcast spokesman said that most of its customers watch little
MSG programming.
"We don't believe that our customers should have to pay the
millions of dollars in fees that MSG is demanding for some of the
most expensive sports content in the country with extremely low
viewership in our markets," a spokesman for Comcast said, citing
its data. He added that Comcast is "disappointed that MSG decided
to pull their content rather than reach a fair agreement."
Write to Matt Grossman at matt.grossman@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 01, 2021 12:05 ET (16:05 GMT)
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