17 Facts About MSG Network

MSG Network is an American regional cable and satellite television network, and radio service owned by MSG Entertainment, Inc —a spin-off of the main Madison Square Garden Company operation.

In December 1988, MSG Network became the first cable network to secure all local television rights to a Major League Baseball team's game, signing a 12-year deal with the New York Yankees that would give it exclusive rights to 150 games per season from 1991 through 2000.

On October 5,2006, MSG underwent an extensive rebrand with the introduction of a new logo and graphics package, and the removal of the word "Network" from the channel's promotions.

MSG Network was split further in April 2020, with the sports properties operating as Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.

Since 2013, MSG Network has aired games from the Hartford Wolf Pack, the New York Rangers' farm club in the AHL.

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MSG Network holds television rights to MLS's New York Red Bulls, and, beginning in 2017, the NASL's New York Cosmos.

In 2010, MSG Network began broadcasting exclusive content from the NFL's New York Giants.

MSG Network owns the television rights to the NHL's Buffalo Sabres, New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders and the AHL's Bridgeport Islanders and Rochester Americans.

Additionally, MSG Network offers locally produced games from Hofstra University and other area colleges.

MSG Network formerly carried games from the Big East Conference, along with the coaches shows for Rutgers and St John's University.

However, MSG Network retains rights to a reduced schedule of Big East games, including any St John's basketball games played at Madison Square Garden.

MSG Network, NY was taped inside a street-level studio, with a window overlooking Madison Square Garden across the street.

MSG Network produced radio broadcasts of Yankees games from 1994 to 2001, which aired on WABC.

MSG Network held the over-the-air broadcast rights to Yankee games, which it sold to longtime broadcaster, independent station WPIX channel 11 from 1989 to 1998 and Fox owned-and-operated station WNYW from 1999 to 2001.

From 2002 to 2005, MSG Network held rights to Tuesday and Wednesday night games from the New York Mets, obtaining the rights from Fox Sports Net New York.

Any sports event to which MSG Network holds the broadcast rights could air on either channel.

On March 24,2010, MSG Network launched a 3D feed, MSG 3D, available only to Cablevision subscribers in the New York City area on channel 1300; its inaugural broadcast was a game between the New York Rangers and the New York Islanders.