Baseball fans around the country are enjoying the start of the 2016 season, however roughly 900,000 Yankees aficionados in three states hoping to catch the team take on the Houston Astros Monday afternoon are striking out.
A dispute between Philadelphia-based Comcast and the YES Network, which televises Yankees, Nets and New York FC soccer club games, is continuing – a battle that began in November with a disagreement over fees.
Dropping YES in November, Comcast subscribers in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut were no longer able to watch the New York teams.
Last year the two broadcast companies agreed to a series of extensions, allowing Yankees games to air on Comcast through 2015 before the cable giant cut YES off at the end of season, according to NJ.com.
As of right now, the two sides haven't made any progress in reaching a deal. A YES executive recently told NJ Advance Media that it's likely no agreement will be made all year, and on Friday that person confirmed no new negotiations.
Several months ago, Comcast explained poor viewership as the reason it cut YES, saying it refused to give in to YES' demands for a 33 percent increase in subscriber fees for the network, which leans heavily on its Yankees programming for viewers.
The squabble has even led YES, which is partially owned by the Yankees, to enlist players to draw attention to its fight.
--Alison Burdo
Posted By: Miral Gothi
Wednesday, April 13th 2016 at 10:19PM
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