New York Mets pay-TV network SNY has been dropped by YouTube TV in the latest sign of decline for the traditional regional sports network model.
In an email to its subscribers (with the ominous subject line “Service Update on SNY”), YouTube TV said the network would be taken off its service on 11:59 p.m.
on June 30. It didn’t offer any explanation and suggested that subscribers interested in watching Mets games could simply tune into national ones shown by Fox, ESPN or TBS, all of which are remaining on YouTube TV.
SNY tweeted that the end of the line on YouTube TV came “despite our best efforts” and urged viewers who watch via YouTube to “find another provider.” SNY, short for SportsNet New York, is controlled by Sterling Equities (former Mets owner Fred Wilpon’s private firm), with Charter and Comcast holding minority stakes.
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