20 Facts About MSG Networks

In December 1988, MSG Networks 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 Networks 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.

In September 2015, the MSG Networks division was spun out into a separate company, with The Madison Square Garden Company maintaining ownership of the venue and related properties.

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

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

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

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

MSG Networks 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 Networks offers locally produced games from Hofstra University and other area colleges.

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

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

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

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

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

MSG Networks was dropped from Dish Network due to a contract dispute in October 2010; the dispute remains unresolved.

MSG Networks was removed from Time Warner Cable at midnight on December 31,2011 as the two companies could not agree on a new carriage contract; the network was restored on all TWC systems on February 17,2012.

MSG Networks HD was not available on Verizon FiOS until several months after a court order forced MSG Networks to provide the network's HD feed to that provider.

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

On March 24,2010, MSG Networks Network launched a 3D feed, MSG Networks 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.