YES Network’s and MSG Networks’ GAME To Launch The Gotham Sports App This Fall

Gotham Advanced Media and Entertainment (“GAME”), the digital joint venture between MSG Networks and the YES Network formed earlier this year, will launch The Gotham Sports App this fall prior to the NBA and NHL regular seasons. 

The app will house MSG+ and the YES App under one roof – becoming the exclusive regional TV Everywhere and direct-to-consumer streaming home of each programming service, featuring the New York Knicks, New York Rangers, New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders, Buffalo Sabres, Brooklyn Nets and New York Yankees.

Fans within MSG Networks’ and YES’ respective regional coverage territories (New York State, Connecticut, north and central New Jersey and northeastern Pennsylvania) who are authenticated MSG Networks and YES subscribers through their respective traditional pay TV providers will receive The Gotham Sports App at no additional cost.

Fans tuning into live games on The Gotham Sports App will enjoy numerous innovative enhancements including the most advanced app-based live stats package, free-to-play real-time games, a loyalty program featuring rewards points, and convenient one-stop access to their favorite teams.

The app will be available on a variety of devices and platforms at launch, including Amazon Fire TV, iOS, Android, Apple TV, Android TV, Roku and the Web, with additional platforms expected to be added in the near future.

For those customers who do not subscribe to a traditional TV service, The Gotham Sports App will offer for purchase the existing MSG+ and YES App services, as well as a combination Gotham Sports package that includes both services:

                                                                        ANNUAL            MONTHLY              GAMEPASS

MSG+                                                             $279.99             $29.99                      $9.99

YES App                                                        $239.99             $24.99

Gotham Package (MSG+ and YES)         $359.99             $41.99

Andrea Greenberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of MSG Networks, says: “We are excited through GAME to bring New York area fans their favorite teams in one state-of-the-art app.  With the increased fragmentation of outlets carrying fan favorite sports programming, The Gotham Sports App allows fans of our teams one easy access point for New York area sporting events from MSG Networks and the YES Network.”

“The new Gotham Sports App will deploy GAME’s best-in-class technology to deliver a greatly enhanced fan experience, showcasing the best in New York sports all in one place,” says Jon Litner, CEO, YES Network. “The app, which will be free to our distributors’ authenticated customers, will provide one convenient digital destination for our programming services and for fans of some of the most iconic teams in all of sports.”

In January, MSG Networks and the YES Network announce GAME, a 50/50 joint venture to capitalize on technical and operational synergies associated with MSGN’s and YES’ streaming services.  GAME also offers turn-key digital content distribution services, including platform technology, operational support and comprehensive data analytics to third parties, utilizing the combined technical and operational expertise each company has garnered from the respective successful launch and operation of the MSG+ and the YES App.