With Addition of SNY, New York Fans Can Now Stream Every Local Sports Team on FuboTV
fuboTV Among the First OTT Services to Launch SNY, adding Unparalleled New York Mets Coverage to its Channel Lineup in Time for Opening Day
NEW YORK(28 Mar 2018)
Sports-first live streaming TV service fuboTV has today added SNY, making it available to new and existing “Fubo Premier” subscribers at no additional cost. With the official television home of the New York Mets, Jets and all things New York sports now part of its lineup, fuboTV becomes the only OTT provider to offer all three NY regional sports networks (RSNs) in its base package – and is among the first to launch SNY.
Via fuboTV, SNY can be streamed on desktop computers, mobile phones, tablets and TV connected devices including Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast and Roku.
“We are excited to team up with fuboTV and to have our Emmy award winning programming available to its subscribers,” said Steve Raab, President, SNY. “It is important for us to continue to enhance our offerings so that the sports fans we serve have choices and access to the teams and athletes they follow when they need it.”
Bringing fans the most sports for the least money, Fubo Premier offers a growing number of local TV stations, RSNs and national channels – with more that carry sports than any competitor’s base package – along with leading entertainment and news programming. This includes more than 30,000 sporting events per year and some of the most popular shows on television. Following a free seven-day trial, Fubo Premier is available at $19.99 for the first month, and $44.99 per month thereafter, with no long-term contracts or set-top-boxes required. Personal cloud DVR and two simultaneous streams are included in this subscription, with options to upgrade with the Cloud DVR Plus or Family Share add-ons.
“For passionate New York sports fans, it is now easier than ever to root for their home teams on fuboTV – which is the only streaming package to offer all three NY regional sports networks, including SNY,” said fuboTV Head of Content Strategy & Acquisition Ben Grad. “With SNY now part of the fuboTV lineup, we are giving fans more control to watch the network’s exclusive Mets, Jets and UConn Huskies basketball coverage, and more, at home or on the go, and on their favorite devices.”
For the 2018 season, SNY is the exclusive home of 127 live New York Mets games, as well as pre- and post-game shows, with its Emmy Award-winning Mets broadcast returning when the New York Mets host the St. Louis Cardinals at Citi Field on Thursday, March 29 at 1:10 p.m. ET. Opening Day coverage on SNY begins at 5:00 a.m., and runs before, during and after the match-up, with programming including classic Opening Day games, new documentary “Kid: A Gary Carter Story,” hours of pre- and post-game analysis, and wrapping up with the network’s daily GEICO SportsNite in its new 11:00 p.m. time slot.
Throughout the year, SNY also has hundreds of hours of exclusive programming featuring the New York Jets and UConn Huskies Men’s and Women’s basketball, as well as comprehensive coverage of the Tri-State area’s professional and collegiate sports teams.
Beginning this week, fuboTV subscribers will also have authenticated, TV Everywhere access to SNY content through SNY.tv or the NBC Sports app by signing in with a fuboTV username and password.
As of Opening Day 2018, fuboTV brings subscribers access to 70 percent of all Major League Baseball games and 80 percent of RSNs in the U.S.
About SNY
SNY is the official television home of the New York Mets, Jets and all things New York sports. SNY features unparalleled, exclusive access to the New York Mets with more than 125 live telecasts each season as well as other Emmy Award winning Mets entertainment programming. As the official TV home of the New York Jets, SNY delivers more than 150 hours of exclusive year-round content devoted to Gang Green. SNY is also the official TV home of the UConn Huskies Men's and Women's basketball programs, televising over 350 hours of UConn programming annually, including more than 20 live games. As New York's leader in local sports TV coverage, SNY delivers the most comprehensive access to all of the Tri-State area's professional and collegiate sports teams through nightly sports and entertainment programs from SNY's state-of-the-art studio located high above the city at 4 World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan. SNY's programming roster also includes classic sports programming, critically acclaimed original entertainment shows, and exclusive interview and magazine programs. Owned by Sterling Entertainment Enterprises, Charter Communications and Comcast, SNY is available to viewers throughout New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, and northeastern Pennsylvania, and nationally on DIRECTV, Verizon FiOS, Comcast Cable, Frontier Communications and AT&T U-Verse. For additional details on the network, visit www.sny.tv.
About fuboTV
fuboTV is a sports-first streaming TV service that offers the most sports for the least money. This includes over-the-top (OTT) access to a growing line-up of national channels, local broadcasters and regional sports networks (RSNs) that hold rights to the most popular sports in the world. Officially launched in January 2015 as a streaming soccer service, fuboTV has evolved into one of the leading virtual MVPDs in the U.S. that brings fans more than 30,000 sporting events per year. Its entry-level Fubo Premier bundle features more than 70 channels,including up to 38 that carry sports, and gives subscribers access to popular entertainment, news and information content that complements its core sports offering - including thousands of titles available on-demand. It is available on desktop via www.fubo.tv; Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick; Android and iOS devices; Apple TV; Chromecast; Roku; and through T-Mobile’s Binge On.
The company has raised more than $75 million in funding to date, including a $55 million Series C round that closed in June 2017, led by Northzone, and including 21st Century Fox, Sky and Scripps Networks Interactive. Investors also include DCM Ventures, i2bf, Luminari Capital, LionTree Partners, Univision Communications Inc., Edgar Bronfman, Jr. (former Chairman and CEO of Warner Music Group), Chris Silbermann (founding partner, ICM Partners) and former NBA Commissioner David Stern.