YES Network

{{Short description|American regional sports network}} {{For|the Canadian broadcast network|Yes TV}} {{Use American English|date=April 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox television channel | name = YES Network | logo = YES Network logo.svg | logo_size = 200px | logo_alt = | logo_caption = Primary logo with navy blue background, currently used for [[New York Yankees]] broadcasts. A variation with a black background is used for [[Brooklyn Nets]] broadcasts. | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | alt = | caption = | type = [[Regional sports network]] | country = United States | area = [[New York (state)|New York]] [[North Jersey|North]] and [[Central Jersey]] [[Connecticut]] [[Northeastern Pennsylvania]] Nationwide (via satellite and select cable providers) | sister_channels = {{Plainlist| * [[MGM+]] * [[MGM+#ScreenPix|ScreenPix]] * [[FanDuel Sports Network]] }} | headquarters = [[Stamford, Connecticut]] | language = [[English language|English]] | languages = | picture_format = [[720p]] ([[High-definition television|HDTV]]) (downscaled to [[Letterboxing (filming)|letterboxed]] [[480i]] for the [[Standard-definition television|SDTV]] feed) | owner = [[Yankee Global Enterprises]] (46%) [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] (15%) [[The Blackstone Group]] (13%) [[RedBird Capital Partners]] (13%) [[Mubadala Investment Company]] (13%)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sinclair-amazon-back-35b-yankees-deal-take-full-control-yes-network-1193246 |title=Sinclair, Amazon Back $3.5B Yankees Deal to Take Full Control of YES Network – The Hollywood Reporter |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=29 August 2019 |access-date=2019-08-30 |archive-date=2019-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830190143/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sinclair-amazon-back-35b-yankees-deal-take-full-control-yes-network-1193246 |url-status=live }}</ref> | parent = | key_people = | founded = | founder = | launch_date = {{Start date and age|2002|03|19}} | replaced = | closed_date =  | replaced_by = | former_names = | terr_serv_1 = [[DirecTV]] | terr_chan_1 = 631 631-1 ([[YES Network#YES2|YES2]]) | terr_serv_2 = [[Charter Spectrum]] | terr_chan_2 = 53 (54 St Lawrence County, NY) or 321 371 ([[YES Network#YES2|YES2]]) | terr_serv_3 = [[Optimum (cable brand)|Optimum]] | terr_chan_3 = 70 or 201 60 or 202 ([[YES Network#YES2|YES2]]) | terr_serv_4 = [[Verizon Fios]] | terr_chan_4 = 576 598 ([[YES Network#YES2|YES2]]) | online_serv_1 = The Gotham Sports App | online_chan_1 = {{URL|https://gothamsports.com/}} {{small|(Requires a Gotham Sports account or existing YES Network account, and a login from participating providers or a subscription to stream content)}} | online_serv_2 = [[DirecTV Stream]] | online_chan_2 = [[Internet Protocol Television]] | online_serv_3 = [[FuboTV]] | online_chan_3 = [[Internet Protocol Television]] | availability_note = (Live games are only available in-market, alternate programming is shown on national feed) | website = {{URL|yesnetwork.com}} | webcast = }}

The '''Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network''' ('''YES''') is an American [[pay television]] [[regional sports network]] owned by [[Yankee Global Enterprises]] (the largest shareholder with 46%), [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] (which owns 15%), and [[Blackstone Inc.|the Blackstone Group]], RedBird Capital and [[Mubadala Investment Company]], which each own 13% as of April 21, 2026.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Baysinger |first1=Tim |title=Yankees Buy Back the Rest of YES Network From Disney for $3.47 Billion |url=https://www.thewrap.com/yankees-buy-back-the-rest-of-yes-network-from-disney-for-3-47-billion/ |access-date=January 8, 2020 |work=TheWrap |date=August 29, 2019 |archive-date=December 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206090100/https://www.thewrap.com/yankees-buy-back-the-rest-of-yes-network-from-disney-for-3-47-billion/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hayes |first1=Dade |title=YES Network, Former Fox RSNs Go Dark On Dish And Sling In Latest Carriage Schism |url=https://deadline.com/2019/07/yes-network-former-fox-rsns-go-dark-on-dish-and-sling-in-latest-carriage-schism-1202654841/ |access-date=January 8, 2020 |work=Deadline |date=July 26, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=November 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115053748/https://deadline.com/2019/07/yes-network-former-fox-rsns-go-dark-on-dish-and-sling-in-latest-carriage-schism-1202654841/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Primarily serving [[New York City]], New York, and the [[New York metropolitan area|surrounding metropolitan area]], it broadcasts a variety of sports events, as well as magazine, documentary and discussion programs; however, its main emphasis is focused on games and team-related programs involving the [[New York Yankees]] of [[Major League Baseball]] (owned by minority partner Yankee Global), and the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]]'s [[Brooklyn Nets]].

YES Network's offices are based at the [[MetLife Building]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]]. YES programs, including Yankees and Nets pre- and post-game shows, are produced in studios that are located in [[Stamford, Connecticut]].<ref>{{cite web|title=We Are the Champions|url=http://www.conntact.com/article_page.lasso?id=39355|newspaper=Business New Haven|date=October 17, 2005|access-date=2005-11-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619150249/http://www.conntact.com/article_page.lasso?id=39355|archive-date=2006-06-19|url-status=dead}}</ref> The channel is available on cable and [[Internet Protocol television|IPTV]] providers in New York, [[New Jersey]], [[Connecticut]] and parts of [[Pennsylvania]]; it is available nationally on some cable systems (as part of a designated sports tier), via [[satellite television|satellite]] on [[DirecTV]], and regionally on [[Frontier Communications|Frontier]], [[AT&T U-verse]], [[Verizon Fios]], and [[Cox Communications]].

==History==

===Beginnings=== YES is the product of a [[holding company]] founded in 1999 called [[YankeeNets]], created out of a merger of the business operations of the Yankees and the New Jersey Nets. One of the reasons behind the operational merger was to allow both teams to gain better leverage over their own broadcast rights; each party believed that it would obtain better individual deals, if they negotiated the rights collectively.

Two years earlier in 1997, [[Cablevision]] – which at the time had owned the Nets' television broadcaster, SportsChannel New York (later known as Fox Sports Net New York, and now known as [[MSG Sportsnet]]) – became the sole owner to the television rights of all seven Major League Baseball, NBA and [[National Hockey League|NHL]] teams in the New York City [[media market|market]] when it acquired the competing [[MSG (TV network)|MSG Network]] (previously owned by [[Viacom (1952–2005)|Viacom]] through its 1994 purchase of the network's former parent [[Gulf and Western Industries|Paramount Communications]]), which had held the broadcast rights to the Yankees since 1989. This led to [[monopoly]]-like tactics, including the shift of some games to the cable-exclusive [[MSG Metro Channels]], which had very limited distribution as Cablevision, [[Comcast]] and [[Time Warner Cable]] routinely fought over carriage agreements. Cablevision attempted to buy the Yankees outright, but could not agree to acceptable terms with [[George Steinbrenner]] and his partners.

To exit its MSG/Cablevision deal, the Yankees would have to give them the right to match any new right agreement and show a judge that a third party was willing to purchase their rights and launch a channel. Thus, new YankeeNets CEO [[Harvey Schiller]] hired [[IMG (company)|IMG]] to provide a valuation for the prospective YankeeNets sport channel. IMG came back with an offer to partner on the channel with a guaranteed rights fees of $838 million.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mickle |first1=Tripp |title=An American Original |url=https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/03/11/Champions/Harvey-Schiller.aspx |access-date=July 2, 2018 |work=Sports Business Journal |date=March 11, 2013 |language=en |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305203451/http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/03/11/Champions/Harvey-Schiller.aspx/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2000, YankeeNets and IMG proposed forming a sports channel valued as high as $2.4 billion. Cablevision sued considering its valuing as "outlandish" to block the channel. In April 2001, the suit was settled such that in June 2001, YankeeNets paid MSG to take the Yankees' TV rights in-house. IMG had been replaced by other investors, [[Goldman Sachs|Goldman, Sachs & Company]], the [[Quadrangle Group]], [[Leo Hindery Jr.]], chief executive of the network, and Amos Hostetter Jr., a billionaire cable veteran, who in total had a 40% share of the channel.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sandomir |first1=Richard |author-link=Richard Sandomir |date=September 11, 2001 |title=YankeeNets Getting Own Cable Network |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/11/sports/sports-business-yankeenets-getting-own-cable-network.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703023620/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/11/sports/sports-business-yankeenets-getting-own-cable-network.html |archive-date=July 3, 2018 |access-date=July 2, 2018 |work=The New York Times |language=en}}</ref>

===Launch of a new network=== [[File:Michael Kay's intro on YES' first game broadcast on March 19th, 2002.webm|thumb|right|[[Michael Kay (sports broadcaster)|Michael Kay]]'s introduction on YES' first game broadcast on March 19, 2002]] The YES Network launched at noon on March 19, 2002, with a half-hour introductory show. The first game broadcast on YES was an exhibition game between the [[New York Yankees]] and the [[Cincinnati Reds]] at 7 PM on the same day. At its launch, YES was available on DirecTV and to subscribers of all major New York area cable providers except Cablevision which would refuse to add the network for the 2002 season (see below).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sandomir |first1=Richard |title=Now on YES, It's Dynasty, For Those Not in the Dark (Published 2002) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/19/sports/now-on-yes-it-s-dynasty-for-those-not-in-the-dark.html |access-date=18 March 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=19 March 2002 |archive-date=5 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205130413/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/19/sports/now-on-yes-it-s-dynasty-for-those-not-in-the-dark.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The first regular season game broadcast on YES was played on April 1 against the [[Baltimore Orioles]].<ref>{{cite web |title=About YES Network |url=https://www.yesnetwork.com/info/about |website=yesnetwork.com |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en |archive-date=5 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305002114/https://www.yesnetwork.com/info/about |url-status=live }}</ref>

In late 2003, the Yankees and Nets decided to part ways, with the Nets being sold to a group led by [[real estate]] developer [[Bruce Ratner]]. The sale did not include the Nets' ownership stake in YES (NJ Holdings), which remained with the pre-merger owners of the team. As part of the sale, the Nets signed a long-term deal to keep the team's game telecasts on YES. In 2004, YankeeNets was renamed Yankee Global Enterprises, which owns the Yankees and the minority share in YES as separate companies.<ref name=espn>{{cite news |title=YankeeNets owners complete deal to separate |url=http://www.espn.com/espn/sportsbusiness/news/story?id=1766675 |access-date=July 2, 2018 |work=ESPN.com |agency=AP |date=March 24, 2004 |archive-date=July 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703021925/http://www.espn.com/espn/sportsbusiness/news/story?id=1766675 |url-status=live }}</ref> Therefore, the Yankees technically do not own YES. The Yankees, however, receive a rights fee from YES that is somewhat higher than MSG previously paid.

===Fox ownership, FSN affiliation=== In 2007, Goldman Sachs' and former Nets owner Ray Chambers' share in the network was put up for sale.<ref>{{cite news |author=Birger |first=Jon |date=August 2, 2007 |title=The dismantling of the Yankee empire |url=https://money.cnn.com/2007/08/01/news/companies/yes_sale.fortune/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121150041/https://money.cnn.com/2007/08/01/news/companies/yes_sale.fortune/index.htm |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |access-date=August 3, 2020 |website=[[CNN Money]]}}</ref> In November 2012, [[News Corporation]] agreed to terms on acquiring a 49% stake in YES. As a consequence, each of the network's previous owners had their ownership stakes reduced. As a result of the sale to Fox, the Yankees agreed to keep their games on the network through 2041, which would be the network's 40th year of existence.<ref>{{cite news |author=Rovell |first=Darren |author-link=Darren Rovell |date=November 20, 2012 |title=News Corp. acquires stake in YES |url=http://www.espn.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/8654665/news-corp-acquires-49-percent-stake-yes-network |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821213013/http://www.espn.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/8654665/news-corp-acquires-49-percent-stake-yes-network |archive-date=August 21, 2017 |access-date=August 21, 2017 |website=[[ESPN]] |publisher=[[ESPN]]}}</ref> News Corporation's interest in YES was transferred to [[21st Century Fox]] (owned by [[Rupert Murdoch]], who also remained the owner of News Corporation), when the former company [[corporate spin-off|spun off]] its U.S. entertainment holdings into a separate company in July 2013.

In September 2013, rights to [[Fox Sports Networks]]' national programming (previously held by [[MSG Plus]], which had previously operated as FSN New York) were transferred to YES. On January 25, 2014, 21st Century Fox became the network's majority owner by purchasing an additional 31% share of YES Network from someone, increasing the company's ownership interest from 49% to 80%.<ref>{{cite web|title=21st Century Fox Acquires Majority Control of YES Network|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/currency/21st-century-fox-acquires-majority-control-yes-network/128714|periodical=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=January 25, 2014|access-date=January 25, 2014|archive-date=November 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111041552/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/currency/21st-century-fox-acquires-majority-control-yes-network/128714|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2014, the YES Network announced an average 223,000 households in Yankees game broadcasts.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2014/10/yankees_games_get_15_increase_in_viewership_on_yes_network_derek_jeter_to_thank.html |title=Yankees games get 15% increase in viewership on YES Network; Derek Jeter to thank? |work=NJ.com |date=2014-10-08 |access-date=2018-07-03 |archive-date=2018-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704011459/https://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2014/10/yankees_games_get_15_increase_in_viewership_on_yes_network_derek_jeter_to_thank.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On May 14, 2017, YES Network aired [[Derek Jeter]]'s number retirement ceremony. It got an average 724,000 viewers and a 5.79 rating in the New York City area, the highest non-game program for the network.<ref>{{cite news |date=2017-05-15 |title=Nearly 1 million tune in to watch Derek Jeter's speech |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2017/05/15/nearly-1-million-tune-in-to-watch-derek-jeters-speech/101720188/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703223253/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2017/05/15/nearly-1-million-tune-in-to-watch-derek-jeters-speech/101720188/ |archive-date=2018-07-03 |access-date=2018-07-03 |work=USA Today |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>

=== Disney/Fox acquisition, reacquisition by the Yankees === On December 14, 2017, [[the Walt Disney Company]] (which owned [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] owned-and operated station [[WABC-TV]]) announced [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|plans to acquire 21st Century Fox]] following the divestiture of certain assets.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gartland |first1=Dan |title=ESPN Acquires Regional Sports Networks in Fox-Disney Deal |url=https://www.si.com/media/2017/12/14/espn-disney-fox-sports-regional-networks |website=Sports Illustrated |access-date=25 March 2023 |language=en |date=Dec 14, 2017}}</ref> While it originally included the Fox Sports Networks chain and YES Network, the [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]] ordered that they be sold on antitrust grounds due to Disney's ownership of [[ESPN]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-11/fight-for-fox-local-sports-channels-could-shake-up-broadcasting|title=Fight for Fox Local Sports Channels Could Shake Up Broadcasting|last1=Smith|first1=Gerry|last2=Ahmed|first2=Nablia|work=Bloomberg|date=August 11, 2018|access-date=August 17, 2018|archive-date=August 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818052301/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-11/fight-for-fox-local-sports-channels-could-shake-up-broadcasting|url-status=live}}</ref>

''[[Bloomberg News]]'' reported that the sale of stakes in YES to Fox contained a clause giving the Yankees rights to buy them back in the event of a change in ownership.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-14/yankees-are-said-to-want-yes-network-back-if-fox-sells-assets|title=Yankees Consider Buying Back YES If Fox Sells Assets|date=2018-06-14|work=Bloomberg.com|access-date=2018-06-15|language=en|archive-date=2018-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615200550/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-14/yankees-are-said-to-want-yes-network-back-if-fox-sells-assets|url-status=live}}</ref> On November 11, 2018, the ''[[New York Post]]'' reported that the Yankees had invoked the right of first refusal to acquire YES in the event that the sale of Fox Sports Networks to was successful,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morgan |first1=Richard |title=Yankees looking to buy back YES from 21st Century Fox |url=https://nypost.com/2018/11/11/yankees-looking-to-buy-back-yes-from-21st-century-fox/ |publisher=New York Post |access-date=November 12, 2018 |date=November 11, 2018 |archive-date=November 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112060545/https://nypost.com/2018/11/11/yankees-looking-to-buy-back-yes-from-21st-century-fox/ |url-status=live }}</ref> formally bidding 9 days later in a joint deal with [[Blackstone Inc.|Blackstone Group]] to get the 80% stake back.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2018/11/20/amazon-said-to-bid-on-disneys-regional-sports-networks/|title=Amazon said to be in talks to buy most of YES network|last1=Kosman|first1=Josh|last2=Morgan|first2=Richard|date=2018-11-20|website=New York Post|language=en|access-date=2019-07-23|archive-date=2018-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120221226/https://nypost.com/2018/11/20/amazon-said-to-bid-on-disneys-regional-sports-networks/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Yankees also appointed the [[Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan]], [[RedBird Capital Partners]], and [[Mubadala Investment Company]] to assist with their bid for the network.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-21/yankees-tv-deal-said-to-attract-ontario-fund-mubadala-amazon|title=Yankees TV Deal Attracts Ontario Fund, Mubadala, Amazon|date=2019-07-22|access-date=2019-07-23|language=en|archive-date=2018-11-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122051729/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-21/yankees-tv-deal-said-to-attract-ontario-fund-mubadala-amazon|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], who was expected to bid for other FSN networks, instead bid for the 80% stake that Yankees want back, desiring to provide streaming services for the network.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-21/yankees-tv-deal-said-to-attract-ontario-fund-mubadala-amazon|title=Yankees TV Deal Attracts Ontario Fund, Mubadala, Amazon|last=Soshnick|first=Scott|work=Bloomberg|date=November 21, 2018|access-date=November 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122051729/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-21/yankees-tv-deal-said-to-attract-ontario-fund-mubadala-amazon|archive-date=November 22, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Disney plans to split up Fox's local sports networks to sell |url=https://nypost.com/2018/12/10/disney-plans-to-split-up-foxs-local-sports-networks-to-sell/ |publisher=New York Post |access-date=December 12, 2018 |date=December 10, 2018 |archive-date=December 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211115810/https://nypost.com/2018/12/10/disney-plans-to-split-up-foxs-local-sports-networks-to-sell/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

On March 8, 2019, Fox News reported that the Yankees had reached a deal to re-purchase Fox's share in the network for $3.5 billion, with Sinclair (who ended up being the final suitor for Fox Sports Networks, and is also collaborating with the [[Chicago Cubs]] on a [[Marquee Sports Network|new regional network]]), [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], and [[Blackstone Inc.|the Blackstone Group]] holding minority shares.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/sports/yankees-buy-back-yes-network-from-disney-in-3-5b-deal|title=Yankees buy back YES network from Disney in $3.5B deal|last=Gasparino|first=Charlie|date=2019-03-08|website=Fox News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-08|archive-date=2019-03-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317024932/https://www.foxnews.com/sports/yankees-buy-back-yes-network-from-disney-in-3-5b-deal|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Mubadala Investment Company|Mubadala Development Company]], a United Arab Emirates’ sovereign wealth fund, and [[RedBird Capital Partners]] were reported as minority investors. The deal closed on August 29, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/08/yes-network-amazon-new-york-yankees-sinclair-broadcast-group-disney-fox-1202707647/|title=YES Network Finalizes $3.5B Sale To New York Yankees, Sinclair And Amazon|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=August 29, 2019|last=Hayes|first=Dade|access-date=August 29, 2019|archive-date=August 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829225846/https://deadline.com/2019/08/yes-network-amazon-new-york-yankees-sinclair-broadcast-group-disney-fox-1202707647/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 2020 during the early onset of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in New York City]], [[WCBS-TV]] briefly broadcast its local newscasts from the YES Network studio set due to the unavailability of the [[CBS Broadcast Center]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Malone|first=Michael|date=March 20, 2020|title=CBS' Owned Stations Pitch In with National Newscasts|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/cbs-owned-stations-pitch-in-with-national-newscasts|access-date=March 21, 2020|archive-date=April 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422231213/https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/cbs-owned-stations-pitch-in-with-national-newscasts|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Programming==

===Original programming=== In addition to live coverage of Yankees and Nets games, their respective [[pre-game show|pre-game]] and [[post-game show]]s and (as circumstances warrant) live [[press conference]]s, YES has produced various original programs, some of which have won local New York [[Emmy Award]]s. Other original programming featured on YES includes: * ''Boston vs. New York Poker Challenge'' – a [[poker]] tournament matching Yankee fans against [[Boston Red Sox]] fans. Airing for two seasons, it was a co-production of YES and [[Boston]]-based regional sports channel [[New England Sports Network]] (NESN). * ''[[CenterStage (YES Network)|CenterStage]]'' – a weekly program hosted by Yankees play-by-play announcer [[Michael Kay (sports broadcaster)|Michael Kay]], featuring in-depth interviews with various celebrities. * ''[[The Michael Kay Show]]'' – a video simulcast of the radio show from [[ESPN Radio]] affiliate [[WEPN-FM]] (98.7 FM), featuring Michael Kay, [[Don La Greca]], and [[Peter Rosenberg]]. * ''The Feed'' – Athletes share the stories behind their social media posts. ''The Feed'' won a New York Emmy Award for best Sports Interview/Discussion show in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=YES Network wins eight New York Emmys {{!}} YES Network|url=https://www.yesnetwork.com/news/yes-network-wins-eight-new-york-emmys|access-date=2020-09-20|website=yesnetwork.com|language=en|archive-date=2021-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125041551/https://www.yesnetwork.com/news/yes-network-wins-eight-new-york-emmys|url-status=live}}</ref> * ''Forbes SportsMoney'' – a financial magazine program produced as a joint venture between YES and ''[[Forbes]]'', focusing on the financial aspects of the sports industry. * ''Homegrown: The Path to Pinstripes'' – a reality show that showcases the development of future Yankees players on their Class-AAA team, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. As of 2019 the series has expanded with the addition of a spinoff, ''Homegrown: The Bridge to Brooklyn'', a look into the lives of the players of the Nets' [[NBA G League]] team the [[Long Island Nets]]. * ''[[Mike's On|The Mike Francesa Show]]'' – a video simulcast of the popular [[WFAN (AM)|WFAN]] (660 AM) radio show ''[[Mike's On]]'' with host [[Mike Francesa]] (2008–2014). YES also simulcasted Francesa's nationally syndicated radio show ''The NFL Now'' under the title ''Football Sunday with Mike Francesa''. * ''Nets Magazine'' – a weekly program featuring news, analysis and feature segments focusing on the Brooklyn Nets. * ''[[Yankees Classics]]'' – rebroadcasts of marquee New York Yankees games from previous years. * ''Yankees Magazine'' – a weekly program featuring news, analysis and feature segments focusing on the Yankees. * ''[[Yankeeography]]'' – a ''[[Biography (TV series)|Biography]]''-style program focusing on notable current and former Yankees personalities. * ''Yankees on Deck'' (formerly ''Kids on Deck'') – a children's program in which younger Yankee fans are given an inside look at what it is like to be a member of the Yankee organization. * ''Yankees-Steiner: Memories of the Game'' – a [[reality television|reality series]] based around Yankee-related, and other baseball and sports memorabilia; co-produced by Yankees-Steiner Collectibles, a joint venture of the Yankees and Steiner Sports Marketing and Memorabilia. * ''YES' Ultimate Road Trip'' (2005–2007) – a reality show that combined elements of ''[[The Real World (TV series)|The Real World]]'' and ''[[Road Rules]]'', following a group of Yankee fans following the team around the country throughout an entire 162-game season. * ''Yogi and a Movie'' – A showcase of sports movies featuring wraparound commentary segments hosted by Yankee [[Baseball Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] catcher [[Yogi Berra]].

==Minor league baseball and college sports== Since the network's debut, YES has aired select telecasts of the Yankees' [[minor league baseball|minor league]] farm teams, primarily the Class-A (short season) [[Staten Island Yankees]] of the [[New York–Penn League]]. Those games are produced by YES, utilizing the same graphics and announcers as seen during game telecasts of the major league Yankees.

From 2002 to 2006, YES also broadcast games from the Yankees' former Class-AAA team, the [[Columbus Clippers]] of the [[International League]]. Those games were produced locally in [[Columbus, Ohio]]. After the 2006 season, the Yankees ended their affiliation with the Clippers, and became affiliated with the [[Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders]] (formerly the Yankees and Red Barons). Until 2024, YES had only televised one RailRiders game, Masahiro Tanaka's minor league rehab start, the team also has local coverage within its [[Scranton, Pennsylvania|Scranton]]/[[Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania|Wilkes-Barre]] market. However, since 2024, YES airs a limited amount of RailRiders games.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 13, 2024|title=SWB on YES: RailRiders battle Bisons Thursday on Yankees' flagship|url=https://www.milb.com/news/swb-on-yes-railriders-battle-bisons-thursday-on-yankees-flagship|website=Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders|access-date=May 24, 2025}}</ref>

Currently YES Network airs college athletic events from the [[Northeast Conference]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Fairleigh Dickinson lands YES Network rights deal after Cinderella NCAA Tournament run|url=https://awfulannouncing.com/local-networks/fairleigh-dickinson-lands-yes-network-rights-cinderella.html|publisher=Awful Announcing|date=October 31, 2023|access-date=November 19, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Northeast Conference Announces 2023-24 Basketball Television Schedule |url=https://northeastconference.org/news/2023/12/1/MBB_WBB_TV_Release_2324.aspx |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=northeastconference.org |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, YES also acquired rights to [[St. Bonaventure University]] [[St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball|men's]] and [[St. Bonaventure Bonnies women's basketball|women's basketball]], airing nine games split between the two squads on YES during the 2024–25 season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Bonaventure basketball coming to YES Network, Gotham Sports App. See broadcast schedule |url=https://www.eveningtribune.com/story/sports/2024/10/11/st-bonaventure-basketball-airing-on-yes-network-gotham-sports-app/75620221007/ |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=Hornell Evening Tribune}}</ref> Previously, the network has also broadcast various college sports events including football and basketball games from the [[Ivy League]], basketball games from the [[Big 12 Conference]] (through [[ESPN Plus]]) and rebroadcasts of [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football]] games. It also carried the coaches' shows of Notre Dame and the [[Penn State Nittany Lions]]. In 2011, YES aired live broadcasts of college basketball games involving the [[Fordham University]]. YES also aired college football and basketball games from the [[ACC on Regional Sports Networks]] produced by [[Raycom Sports]].

===Relationships with New York Giants and Manchester United=== In 2000, YankeeNets entered into a marketing agreement with the [[New York Giants]]; this included awarding YES the exclusive rights to the [[National Football League|NFL]] franchise's magazine programs (including ''Giants Online'' and ''Giants on Deck'', which continued to air on the network after the YankeeNets breakup). The Giants' relationship with YES Network ended in 2007, at which time its team-related programming moved to [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] [[owned-and-operated station]] [[WNYW]] (channel 5) and [[MyNetworkTV]] owned-and-operated station [[WWOR-TV]] (channel 9), a [[duopoly (broadcasting)|duopoly]] owned by [[Fox Television Stations]] (whose sister company, the Fox network, owns broadcast rights to most games from the Giants home conference, the [[National Football Conference]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=Special Features – Story – 8.2 Fox 5 and My9 Expand Relationship – Giants.com|url=http://www.giants.com/news/special_features/story.asp?story_id=25713|website=[[New York Giants]]|access-date=2007-08-18|archive-date=2007-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929083505/http://www.giants.com/news/special_features/story.asp?story_id=25713|url-status=live}}</ref>

YankeeNets also maintained a similar relationship with English [[football (soccer)|football]] club [[Manchester United]]. YES broadcast [[broadcast delay|tape-delayed]] and classic United games produced by the team-owned [[Manchester United TV]] in the network's earlier days.

===Other sports programming=== The YES Network also produces Yankees game broadcasts shown on [[Amazon Prime Video]] using the same on-air talent seen on the cable network. From 2002 to 2004, [[WCBS-TV]] carried the Yankees broadcasts, with [[WWOR-TV|WWOR]] taking over those rights later. [[WLNY-TV]] held the local broadcast television rights to the Nets but no longer does. The Yankees package was also simulcast on other television stations in the team's designated market region.

YES also offers a Spanish-language feed of all of its Yankees game telecasts through the [[second audio program]]; this feed can also be heard on New York radio station [[WADO]] (AM), which current holds the contract to carry the Yankees' Spanish-language broadcasts.

The network attempted to secure television rights to the [[New Jersey Devils]], formerly owned by an affiliate of YankeeNets; after the team was sold to a different ownership group, the Devils opted to renew their contract with MSG Network and FSN New York in 2005, under a long-term agreement.

YES broadcasts [[NBA TV]]'s daily news and fantasy basketball shows (usually in the form of rebroadcasts, but occasionally showing live telecasts in the early morning drive time hours) and ''[[Marv Albert|The Marv Albert Show]]''. For a couple of years during the early 2000s, YES and NBA TV also both aired reruns of the basketball-centered drama series ''[[The White Shadow (TV series)|The White Shadow]]''. The network also previously aired ''[[This Week in Baseball]]'' during the week throughout the Major League Baseball regular season, following each episode's original Saturday broadcast on Fox. The network had previously carried ''[[Major League Baseball: An Inside Look]]'' during the week throughout the league's regular season.

As part of a multi-year agreement with MP & Silva, YES aired tape delayed broadcasts of [[Premier League]], [[FA Cup]] and [[UEFA Champions League]] matches involving [[Arsenal F.C.]] In addition to airing Arsenal matches, the network aired select archived match telecasts, as well as the team's magazine shows, ''Arsenal World'' and ''Arsenal 360''. This agreement ended at the start of the 2012–13 Premier League season. Arsenal would get picked up by [[ONE World Sports]] while YES would gain partnership with [[Manchester City FC]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}

In December 2014, YES announced it had acquired local broadcast rights to [[New York City FC]] of [[Major League Soccer]], a subsidiary of Manchester City FC. Yankee Global Enterprises owns a 20% minority stake in the club, which is majority-owned by [[City Football Group]].<ref name=yes-nycfc>{{cite web|title=New York City Football Club and YES Network reach multi-year agreement|url=http://web.yesnetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20141218&content_id=104390598|website=YES Network|access-date=8 June 2015|archive-date=20 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620044832/http://web.yesnetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20141218&content_id=104390598|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=New York City FC matches televised on YES Network? Yankees ownership stake will bring synergies|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/05/21/new-york-city-fc-matches-televised-yes-network-yankees-ownership-stake-will-|publisher=[[Major League Soccer]]|date=May 21, 2013|access-date=May 22, 2013|archive-date=June 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607231037/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/05/21/new-york-city-fc-matches-televised-yes-network-yankees-ownership-stake-will-|url-status=live}}</ref> This continued until 2023, when all regional MLS broadcasts were abolished as part of the league's agreement with [[Apple Inc.]]<ref name="Atlantic-2022">{{cite web |date=October 27, 2022 |title=MLS faces race against time to build broadcast operation ahead of Apple TV deal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/3736063/2022/10/27/mls-apple-tv-broadcasts/ |website=[[The Athletic]]}}</ref>

YES also acquired the local broadcast rights to the [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]]'s [[New York Liberty]] in 2019 after the team was sold by the [[Madison Square Garden Company]] to Brooklyn Nets minority owner [[Joseph Tsai]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dixon |first1=Ed |title=New York Liberty makes YES Network their first local TV partner |url=http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/new-york-liberty-yes-network-local-tv-partner |access-date=June 17, 2019 |work=SportsPro Media |date=May 23, 2019 |archive-date=June 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617140346/http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/new-york-liberty-yes-network-local-tv-partner |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2024 Liberty rights moved to WWOR and WNYW.<ref>{{cite press release|title=WNYW FOX5 New York Named Official TV Partner of the New York Liberty |url=https://liberty.wnba.com/news/wnyw-fox5-new-york-named-official-tv-partner-of-the-new-york-liberty |access-date=December 21, 2024 |work=New York Liberty|date=March 12, 2024}}</ref>

In August 2022, it was announced that the YES Network would start airing [[AC Milan]] soccer matches in [[Serie A]], [[Coppa Italia]] and [[The UEFA Champions League]] as a result of RedBird Capital Partners along with Yankee Global Enterprises acquiring the club on August 30, 2022.<ref>{{cite press release|title=AC MILAN ENTERS NEW AGREEMENT WITH YES NETWORK |url=https://www.acmilan.com/en/news/articles/club/2022-09-02/ac-milan-enters-new-agreement-with-yes-network |access-date=November 19, 2023 |work=AC Milan|date=September 2, 2022}}</ref>

In June 2024, [[Willow (TV channel)|Willow]] announced that it had sublicensed [[MI New York]] [[Major League Cricket]] matches to YES Network for the 2024 season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-12 |title=Team USA's T20 cricket story shines light on sport's hope to grow in the U.S. |url=https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/06/12/cricket-t20-world-cup-united-states-growth |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=Sports Business Journal |language=en}}</ref>

In March 2025 [[Sport management|sports business]] publication ''[[Penske Media Corporation|Sportico]]'' announced a monthly series on YES Network, ''Sportico Sports Business presented by [[Genius Sports]]'', hosted by [[Bob Lorenz]] and featuring appearances by ''Sportico'' writers and analysts, and interviews with sports figures.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Sportico |date=2025-03-13 |title=YES Network and Sportico Launch Sports Business TV Series |url=https://www.sportico.com/business/media/2025/yes-sportico-sports-business-show-1234842827/ |access-date=2026-05-09 |website=Sportico.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

==On-air staff==

===Current on-air staff=== * [[Dellin Betances]] - Yankees studio analyst * [[Vince Carter]] – Brooklyn Nets game analyst * [[David Cone]] – lead Yankees game analyst * [[Jack Curry]] – Yankees studio analyst/fill-in clubhouse reporter * [[Chris Carrino]] – alternate play-by-play broadcaster for Nets * [[Ian Eagle]] – lead play-by-play broadcaster for Nets games * [[Noah Eagle]] - alternate play-by-play broadcaster for Nets games * [[Todd Frazier]] - Yankees studio analyst * [[Joe Girardi]] – Yankees game/studio analyst * [[Richard Jefferson]] — Nets game analyst * [[Michael Kay (announcer)|Michael Kay]] – lead play-by-play broadcaster for Yankees games; host of ''CenterStage''; host of "The Michael Kay Show" which was formerly simulcast on YES * [[Sarah Kustok]] – Brooklyn Nets primary game analyst * [[Bob Lorenz]] – lead studio host/fill-in play-by-play * [[Meredith Marakovits]] – Yankees sideline and clubhouse reporter * [[Nancy Newman]] – studio host and host of ''Yankees Magazine'' * [[Paul O'Neill (baseball)|Paul O'Neill]] – lead Yankees game analyst * [[Ryan Ruocco]] – host of ''This Week in Football''; alternate play-by-play voice for both the Yankees and the Brooklyn Nets; back-up Yankees studio host/sideline and clubhouse reporter. * [[Justin Shackil]] - lead play-by-play for some Yankees games * Chris Shearn – producer/on-air wrap-around host of ''The Michael Kay Show''; host of ''Yankees Batting Practice Today''; sideline reporter for college game broadcasts; Liberty play-by-play

Since the network's launch in 2002, longtime [[Yankee Stadium]] public address announcer [[Bob Sheppard]] has served as a [[continuity announcer]] for YES' [[station identification|network identifications]] and programming schedules. Recordings of Sheppard are still used occasionally even though Sheppard died in 2010. Ian Eagle also sometimes provides continuity for on-air promotions during the Nets season, beginning in 2019, he was joined by Joe Tolleson, who until 2022 provided network continuity during NYCFC's season.

===Former on-air staff=== * [[Marv Albert]] – lead play-by-play broadcaster for Nets games (2005–2011; previously worked at [[NBC Sports]], [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]], [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]] & [[CBS Sports]]. Retired) * [[Greg Anthony]] – Brooklyn Nets game analyst. Now at [[NBC Sports]], [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]], [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]], [[CBS Sports]] & [[NBA TV]] * [[Michelle Beadle]] – Nets sideline reporter, correspondent, ''Yankees on Deck'', host, ''YES' Ultimate Road Trip'' (2005–2009; now a part of the [[San Antonio Spurs]] broadcast team * [[Keith Byars]] – co-host of ''This Week in Football'' * [[Tim Capstraw]] – Nets game analyst; now analyst for Nets games on radio and was an analyst for some Nets games on YES in 2023–24 and 2024–25 seasons, primarily preseason contests * [[John Flaherty]] – Yankees studio/game analyst * [[Mike Francesa]] – former co-presenter of ''Mike and the Mad Dog'' (2002–2008), former presenter of ''The Mike Francesa Show'' * [[Mike Fratello]] – Nets studio analyst * [[Fred Hickman]] – studio host (2002–2004; former sports director at [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[WVUE-DT]] in New Orleans; died November 9, 2022) * [[Mark Jackson (basketball)|Mark Jackson]] – Nets game analyst (2005–2008; now at [[ESPN]]) * [[Kimberly Jones (reporter)|Kimberly Jones]] – Yankees sideline/clubhouse reporter (2005–2012; was at [[NFL Network]]) * [[Ian Joy]] – NYCFC game analyst * [[David Justice]] – Yankees studio analyst; host of ''Yankees on Deck'' (2005–2007) * [[Jim Kaat]] – Yankees game analyst (2002–2006) * [[Don La Greca]] - former co-host of "The Michael Kay Show" simulcast on YES * [[Al Leiter]] – Yankees game analyst (2006–2018; left the booth to focus on his family, including highly rated pitching prospect son, [[Jack Leiter|Jack]]) * [[Donny Marshall]] – Nets game analyst * [[Tino Martinez]] – Yankees game analyst (2010; served as hitting coach for the [[Miami Marlins]] for part of the 2013 season) * [[Bobby Murcer]] – Yankees game analyst/studio analyst (2002–2008; died on July 12, 2008) * [[Jeff Nelson (pitcher)|Jeff Nelson]] — fill-in Yankees game analyst * [[Lou Piniella]] – Yankees game analyst * [[Peter Rosenberg]] - former co-host of "The Michael Kay Show" simulcast on YES * [[Jen Royle]] – Yankees sideline/clubhouse reporter (2003–2006; now a private chef) * [[Chris Russo]] – former co-presenter of ''Mike and the Mad Dog'' (2002–2008) * [[Charley Steiner]] – occasional host of Yankees-related programs (2002–2004; now a radio play-by-play broadcaster for the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]]) * [[Buck Showalter]] – Yankees studio analyst * [[Ken Singleton]] – Yankees game analyst/alternate play-by-play * [[John Sterling (sportscaster)|John Sterling]] – host of ''Yankeeography'' and ''Yankees Classics'' * [[Joe Tolleson]] – lead play-by-play broadcaster for NYCFC matches * [[Kelly Tripucka]] – Nets game analyst (2003–2005; now a [[New York Knicks]] studio analyst on [[MSG (TV network)|MSG Network]]) * [[Suzyn Waldman]] – Yankees clubhouse reporter (2002–2004; now the game analyst for [[WFAN (AM)|WFAN-AM]]/[[WFAN-FM|FM]] radio)

==Related services==

===YES2=== '''YES2''' was a gametime-only overflow feed of YES Network, which broadcast select Nets games on rare occasions when the Nets and Yankees are scheduled to play at the same time. The feed was carried in both standard and high definition on most cable providers in the New York metropolitan area and nationwide on DirecTV and Charter Spectrum.<ref>{{Cite web|title=YES YES2 Broadcast Advisory {{!}} YES Network|url=https://www.yesnetwork.com/info/yes2-broadcast-advisory|access-date=2020-08-07|website=yesnetwork.com|language=en|archive-date=2020-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809085039/https://www.yesnetwork.com/info/yes2-broadcast-advisory|url-status=live}}</ref> Nets games conflicting with the Yankees' schedule are now broadcast on an over-the-air Fox or MyNetwork local affiliate.

===YES Network HD=== [[Image:YES HD.jpg|right|145px]] '''YES Network HD''' is a [[1080i]] [[High-definition television|high definition]] simulcast feed of the network, which is carried on select cable providers (including [[Comcast]], [[Altice USA]], [[DirecTV]], [[RCN Corporation|RCN]], [[Charter Communications|Charter Spectrum]] and [[Verizon FiOS]]). {{As of|2019}}, YES is currently owned by YES majority owner [[Yankee Global Enterprises]] and before the Disney acquisition (Fox's SportsTime Ohio and other networks; all of those were acquisitions rather than Fox-launched networks) that transmitted their HD simulcasts in 1080i, rather than the company's preferred [[720p]] format.

When it launched in mid-July 2004, YES HD initially only televised all Yankees home games, as well as away games involving the [[New York Mets]] and [[Boston Red Sox]], in high definition. In 2005, YES began televising all Yankees games played east of the [[Mississippi River]] in high definition, with the network's HD telecasts expanding to encompass virtually all of the Yankees and Nets games in 2006. In addition to game telecasts, the network now also broadcasts all of its studio shows in HD. All YES-produced Yankees and Nets game telecasts aired on WWOR-TV began broadcasting in HD in September 2006; however while the HD feed of the games is available to these outlets, the HD telecasts were not necessarily distributed to television stations outside of the New York City area that simulcast WWOR's game broadcasts.

In April 2007, YES converted the [[aspect ratio (image)|aspect ratio]] of its primary [[standard-definition television|standard definition]] feed from full-screen to a [[letterboxed]] [[4:3]] format, which is a downconversion from the [[16:9]] high definition feed. The network's use of the [[Active Format Description|AFD]] #10 broadcast flag to transmit its HD feed in this manner for broadcast in SD predates its use by other national cable networks such as [[Fox News Channel]], [[ESPN]] and [[CNN]].

YES Network borrowed time on Cablevision's "iO TV 1300" service and on DirecTV to carry the first baseball game ever transmitted in [[3D television|3D]] on July 10 and 11, 2010, when the Yankees faced the [[Seattle Mariners]]; the 3D telecast of the game was also distributed to other cable providers.

===National feed=== YES Network maintains a national feed available to select cable providers outside of the New York City market – including [[Charter Communications|Spectrum]] (as well as areas once served by [[Bright House Networks]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Yankee Global YES Network comes to Bright House Networks|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2009/03/30/daily39.html|newspaper=Tampa Bay Business Journal|date=April 1, 2009|access-date=April 13, 2009|archive-date=April 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150422013326/http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2009/03/30/daily39.html|url-status=live}}</ref> (on its systems in [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]] and [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]]), Verizon FiOS (in certain markets). The feed does not include the network's live game telecasts (with alternate programming airing in their place), however it does carry the pre-game and post-game shows that bookend Yankees and Nets games aired by YES within the market. This feed differs from the satellite feed of the network available on [[DirecTV]], in which Yankees and/or Nets games can be viewed outside of the teams' markets through a subscription to [[MLB Extra Innings]] and/or [[NBA League Pass]] and the rest of the YES schedule can be viewed through a subscription to the DirecTV Sports Pack. The YES national feed was launched on July 31, 2003, on cable systems in [[Miami]], [[Dallas–Fort Worth]], [[Chicago]] and [[Los Angeles]].

===YES in Connecticut=== In 2009, the network launched a feed for Connecticut: YES-CT.

===Direct-to-consumer streaming service=== In March 2023, YES launched a direct-to-consumer streaming service that included access to a 24/7 feed of YES Network and all New York Yankees, Brooklyn Nets and New York Liberty games appearing on YES. The service is only available in areas where YES is also featured on local cable. The service costs $24.99 per month or $239.99 a year, but was initially offered for an introductory price of $19.99 a month or $199.99 a year.<ref name="DTC">{{cite press release |title=YES Network Introducing Direct-To-Consumer Subscription Product Today |date=March 29, 2023 |url=https://www.yesnetwork.com/news/yes-network-introducing-direct-to-consumer-subscription-product-today |newspaper=YES Network}}</ref>

In January 2024, YES Network established a streaming joint venture with the rival MSG Network known as Gotham Advanced Media and Entertainment (GAME); in August 2024, GAME announced a new streaming platform known as ''The Gotham Sports App,'' which subsumes the existing streaming platforms of both MSG and YES. Both the YES DTC service and MSG Network's MSG+ are carried via the platform as individual subscriptions, with bundle offers for both to also be available.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Feldman |first=Jacob |date=August 28, 2024 |title=MSG, YES Launch Combo Streaming App for New York-Area Sports |url=https://www.sportico.com/business/media/2024/yankees-knicks-rangers-streaming-msg-yes-gotham-price-1234795005/ |access-date=August 28, 2024 |work=Sportico}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Frankelpublished |first=Daniel |date=2024-08-28 |title=Gotham Sports App Unites Yankees, Knicks, Nets, Devils, Islanders and Sabres Under One $42-a-Month DTC Home |url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/gotham-sports-app-unites-yankees-knicks-nets-devils-islanders-and-sabres-under-one-dollar42-a-month-dtc-home |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=NextTV |language=en}}</ref>

==Controversies==

===Carriage disputes=== At its launch, YES became embroiled in a [[carriage dispute]] with Cablevision (which attempted to purchase the Yankees in 1998 and carried the team's games on MSG Network at the time of the channel's launch), leaving the Yankees' game telecasts not available to the provider's game telecasts for an entire year; this led the [[Government of New York (state)|New York state government]] to intervene and serve as negotiator for a temporary carriage agreement between YES and Cablevision. In 2003,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/13/sports/baseball-cablevision-agrees-to-carry-the-yes-network.html|title=BASEBALL; Cablevision Agrees to Carry the YES Network|newspaper=The New York Times|date=13 March 2003|last1=Sandomir|first1=Richard}}</ref> the two sides eventually signed a long-term contract to carry the network on Cablevision's New York area systems. This situation was very similar to another lengthy dispute that Cablevision entered into with MSG Network, after that network assumed the regional cable television rights to the Yankees in [[1989 New York Yankees season|1989]] from Cablevision-owned SportsChannel New York.

[[Dish Network]] is the only pay television provider available in the New York City area that does not carry YES Network. The satellite provider has indicated that it would not offer the network unless it negotiates a lower per-channel subscriber fee due to concerns that the rates the network offered could force the provider to increase the pricing of its programming packages.<ref>{{cite news|title=Echostar's Dish Network is lone holdout in Cablevision, YES Network|url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4189/is_20030328/ai_n10166462|newspaper=Long Island Business News|via=FindArticles.com|date=March 28, 2003|access-date=August 12, 2006|archive-date=May 14, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060514091828/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4189/is_20030328/ai_n10166462|url-status=live}}</ref> YES, however, has a [[most favored nation]] clause with all of its cable and satellite providers, in which all of the network's other carriage agreements would be voided if it lowered its subscriber rate for a single provider. Former YES minority owner Goldman Sachs also maintains an ownership stake in Dish Network parent [[Echostar]].

Time Warner Cable relocated YES from channel 30 to channel 53 on its New York City area systems in March 2008, soon after the New York City Council approved a measure to provide the Yankees public funding to build a new stadium. Simultaneously, Time Warner Cable moved business news channel [[Bloomberg Television]] to YES' former channel 30 slot, all while renegotiating its ten-year contract with Mayor [[Michael Bloomberg]] (owner of Bloomberg Television parent [[Bloomberg L.P.]]) and the city of New York.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bloomberg Keeps His Billions Separate From His Mayoral Obligations? Yeah, Right!|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-09-01/news/bloomberg-keeps-his-billions-separate-from-his-mayoral-obligations-yeah-right/2,|author=Wayne Barrett|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|date=September 1, 2009|access-date=March 27, 2010|archive-date=November 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108101745/http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-09-01/news/bloomberg-keeps-his-billions-separate-from-his-mayoral-obligations-yeah-right/2,/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2016, [[Comcast]] (who are part owners of Sportsnet New York) dropped the YES Network.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lieberman |first=David |url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/comcast-yes-network-dispute-cable-sports-price-1201717948/ |title=Comcast And YES Network Play Hardball As Baseball Season Approaches |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=2016-03-10 |access-date=2018-07-03 |archive-date=2018-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704034946/https://deadline.com/2016/03/comcast-yes-network-dispute-cable-sports-price-1201717948/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The blackout ended on March 31, 2017, just in time for the start of the [[2017 New York Yankees season]].<ref>[http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/yes-network-officially-return-date-comcast-article-1.2985328 YES Network officially has a return date to Comcast after long blackout] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324092907/http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/yes-network-officially-return-date-comcast-article-1.2985328 |date=2017-03-24 }} New York Daily News, February 28, 2017</ref>

===Coverage issues=== In 2003, [[Don Zimmer]] (then employed with the Yankees as a [[bench coach]]) expressed criticism of team owner [[George Steinbrenner]] in interviews with certain local media outlets. After this came to light, it was later rumored that, in response, Steinbrenner ordered YES not to show Zimmer on-camera during its Yankee telecasts.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kepner |first=Tyler |date=2003-11-07 |title=BASEBALL; Yankees Coaches Are Practiced in Upheaval |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/07/sports/baseball-yankees-coaches-are-practiced-in-upheaval.html |access-date=2026-02-17 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In April 2005, YES declined to broadcast pre-game Opening Day festivities celebrating the Boston Red Sox' [[2004 World Series]] championship win prior to its telecast of a Red Sox home game against the Yankees at [[Fenway Park]]. YES was roundly criticized for this move, including its decision to use a fixed camera shot focused tightly on correspondent [[Kim Jones (reporter)|Kimberly Jones]] as she described the events surrounding her in general terms. Yankees players not only witnessed the ceremonies, but graciously applauded them from the top steps of their dugout.<ref>{{cite news |author=Sandomir |first=Richard |date=April 12, 2005 |title=Boston Holds Its Party, but YES Just Says No |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/12/sports/baseball/12tv.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print&position= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027213721/https://www.nytimes.com/vi-assets/static-assets/global-2c70a72e6a867f256c6ccdf508c13728.css |archive-date=October 27, 2021 |access-date=March 27, 2010 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Perhaps due to this incident, YES broadcast the majority of the ceremonies honoring the Red Sox' celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Fenway Park in 2012.

During the 2005 season, New York City area newspapers reported that the post-game questions asked to Yankees manager [[Joe Torre]] by Kimberly Jones were being sent to her by top-level team executives (possibly on directives from George Steinbrenner), and that Torre did not feel comfortable answering them. Torre, who had been paid by YES to give exclusive interviews after each Yankees game, ended his agreement with the network.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |last2= |last3= |date=2009-02-03 |title=Joe Torre On Life With The Yankees |url=https://www.npr.org/2009/02/03/100180413/joe-torre-on-life-with-the-yankees |access-date=2026-02-17 |work=NPR |language=en}}</ref> YES now sends its reporter to the regular pre-game and post-game media sessions with other broadcast outlets.

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==External links== {{commons category}} * {{Official website|http://web.yesnetwork.com/index.jsp}} *[http://www.yesnetwork.org/ Official Information On YES HD] *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060506125036/http://www.lyngsat-address.com/uz/Yes-Network.html LyngSat Entry]}}

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