YES Network
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%), Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios (which owns 20%), Amazon (which owns 15%), and The Blackstone Group, RedBird Capital and Mubadala Investment Company, which each own 13%. 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), the NBA's Brooklyn Nets, the WNBA's New York Liberty and New York City FC of Major League Soccer.
Primary logo with navy blue background, currently used for New York Yankees broadcasts. A variation with a black background is used for Brooklyn Nets and New York Liberty broadcasts. | |
| Type | Regional sports network |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Broadcast area | New York North and Central Jersey Southwestern Connecticut Northeastern Pennsylvania Nationwide (via satellite and select cable providers) |
| Network | Bally Sports |
| 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 (13%) Mubadala Investment Company (13%) |
| History | |
| Launched | March 19, 2002 |
| 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 |
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. 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.