NEW
YORK, Jan. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- MSG Networks
released the following statement regarding their carriage dispute
with Altice USA:
"New Jersey Attorney General
Matt Platkin joins New York Attorney General Letitia James, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, and a bipartisan group of federal,
state, and local government officials in imploring Altice
USA and MSG Networks to reach a
deal that results in the immediate return of MSG Networks' local
Knicks, Rangers, Islanders, and Devils games to Optimum's lineup
and its more than 1 million tri-state area subscribers.
MSG Networks agrees with the Attorneys General. We don't want
Optimum subscribers to miss another Knicks, Rangers, Islanders, or
Devils game – that's why we offered to submit the matter to binding
arbitration. If Altice USA agrees,
MSG Networks can immediately bring back the games Optimum
subscribers are desperately missing while MSG Networks remains off
the air."
Click here to view Attorney General Platkin's X post.
About MSG Networks
MSG Networks, a pioneer in sports
media, owns and operates two award-winning regional sports and
entertainment networks (MSG and MSG Sportsnet) and MSG+, a
direct-to-consumer and authenticated
streaming offering (included in the Gotham Sports
App), that serve the nation's number one media market, the New
York DMA, as well as other portions of New York, New
Jersey, Connecticut and
Pennsylvania. The networks feature
a wide range of compelling sports content, including exclusive live
local games and other programming of the New York Knicks, New York
Rangers, New York Islanders, New Jersey Devils and Buffalo Sabres,
as well as significant coverage of the New York Giants and Buffalo
Bills. This content, in addition to a diverse array of other
sporting events and critically acclaimed original programming, has
established MSG Networks as the gold standard in regional sports.
MSG Networks is part of the Sphere Entertainment Co. (NYSE:
SPHR).
Contact:
Dan
Schoenberg (dan.schoenberg@msg.com)
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