YouTube TV is losing SNY, the home of New York Mets and Jets games

As of July 1, YouTube TV will lose one other native sports activities community for the New York City space as SNY, the home of Mets and Jets games, is getting ready to depart.

SNY introduced on Twitter as we speak and in communications with its clients that the community will go darkish on YouTube TV as of July 1. The community says this is regardless of “our good faith efforts” to barter a brand new cope with Google’s reside TV streaming platform.

In a press release through TVAnswerMan, YouTube TV stated:

We sadly haven’t been in a position to attain a brand new settlement with SNY. We’re open to persevering with conversations with SNY & the MLB in the hope of restoring their content material on YouTube TV! You’ll nonetheless have the ability to watch Mets games on nationally televised channels like FOX, ESPN & TBS.

SNY notes that the community will nonetheless be out there by way of comparable companies equivalent to Fubo and Hulu + Live TV.

SNY is greatest identified for its protection of games from the New York Mets and New York Jets, but it surely additionally broadcasts games from different New York-based sports activities, together with at the faculty degree.

It’s unclear what’s happening behind the scenes between SNY and YouTube TV, however the sentiment right here very a lot matches what was happening when YouTube TV misplaced YES, the comparable sports activities community for Yankees games. With that loss in 2020, YES aggressively stated that YouTube TV “refused to pay the market rate” for the community “for its own selfish reasons,” although that was regarded by many as a false narrative given YES had additionally been dropped by different suppliers round the similar time.

YouTube TV additionally misplaced the MLB Network earlier this 12 months simply earlier than Opening Day and has additionally raised its costs this 12 months for the first time in three years however continues to herald subscribers.

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