With the curtain set to go up on the NBA and NHL season, MSG Network is alerting viewers that it is nearing a potential blackout on Comcast Xfinity cable systems in New Jersey and Connecticut.Comcast, though it is the No.
1 U.S. cable operator, has virtually no customers in New York City, but a healthy six-figure number of them in the suburbs are at risk of losing service.
The regional sports network airs New York Knicks NBA games as well as New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers and Islanders NHL contests and Major League Soccer’s New York Red Bulls.
The NHL season is due to start October 12 and the NBA on October 19, and pre-season telecasts of both sports have already begun.The deadline for the current carriage agreement is Thursday at
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