YES Network
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The Yankee Entertainment and Sports Network (YES) is an American pay television regional sports network owned by Yankee Global Enterprises (the largest shareholder with 26%), Diamond Sports Group (which owns 20%), Amazon (which owns 15%), and The Blackstone Group, RedBird Capital and Mubadala Investment Company, which each own 13%.[2][3] Primarily serving New York City, New York and the 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 NBA's Brooklyn Nets.
Type | Regional sports network |
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Country | United States |
Broadcast area | New York North and Central Jersey Southwestern Connecticut Northeastern Pennsylvania Nationwide (via satellite and select cable providers) |
Headquarters | Stamford, Connecticut |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 720p (HDTV) (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Yankee Global Enterprises (26%) Diamond Sports Group (20%) Amazon (15%) The Blackstone Group (13%) RedBird Capital Partners (13%) Mubadala Investment Company (13%)[1] |
Sister channels | Bally Sports |
History | |
Launched | March 19, 2002; 22 years ago (2002-03-19) |
Links | |
Website | yesnetwork |
Availability (Live games are only available in-market, alternate programming is shown on national feed) | |
Terrestrial | |
DirecTV | 631 631-1 (YES2) |
Streaming media | |
The YES app | watchyesnetwork (Requires a YES Network account, and a login from participating providers or a subscription to stream content) |
DirecTV Stream | Internet Protocol Television |
FuboTV | Internet Protocol Television |
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.[4] The channel is available on cable and 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 on DirecTV, and regionally on Frontier, AT&T U-verse, Verizon Fios, and Cox Communications.