SportsChannel New York
| MSG Plus | |
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| Launched | 1976 |
| Owned by | MSG Networks |
| Picture format |
1080i (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | State of New York New York metropolitan area Nationwide (via satellite) |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York |
| Formerly called | Cablevision Sports 3 (1976–1979) SportsChannel New York (1979–1998) Fox Sports New York (1998–2000) Fox Sports Net New York (2000–2004) FSN New York (2004–2008) |
| Sister channel(s) | MSG, MSG Western New York |
| Website | www |
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Availability
(some events may air on overflow feed MSG Plus 2 due to event conflicts) |
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| Satellite | |
| DirecTV | 635 (HD/SD) MSG Plus 2: 637-1 (HD) 637 (SD) |
| Cable | |
| Altice Optimum (Most Areas) | 72 (SD/HD) |
| Altice Optimum (Brooklyn and The Bronx) | 88 (SD/HD) |
| Charter Communications (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island) | 48 (SD) 319 (HD) |
| RCN (Manhattan and Queens) |
MSG Plus: 374 (SD) 688 (HD) MSG Plus 2: 31 (SD) 679 (HD) |
| Verizon Fios (New York City) |
MSG Plus: 580 (HD) 80 (SD) MSG Plus 2: no HD 81 (SD) |
| Available on most other cable systems in designated broadcast area | Consult your local cable provider or program listings source for channel availability |
MSG Plus (visually branded on-air as MSG+) is an American regional sports network owned by MSG Networks; it operates as a sister channel to MSG Network. The network serves the New York City metropolitan area, whose reach expands to cover the entire state of New York, Northern New Jersey, Southwestern Connecticut and Northeastern Pennsylvania; MSG Plus carries sports events from several of the New York area's professional sports franchises, as well as college sports events.
MSG+ originally launched in 1976 as Cablevision Sports 3, a local sports network owned by Cablevision (the "3" referenced the network's channel slot on Cablevision, where it remained through the 1990s). The service was renamed SportsChannel New York in March 1979. Along with carrying New Jersey Devils and New York Islanders hockey (the only teams that it has carried since its launch that remain on the network to this day as MSG Plus), the network carried sports events featuring the New York Yankees and New York Mets Major League Baseball teams as well as the NBA's New Jersey Nets.
As the original SportsChannel was growing in popularity in New York City, Cablevision (through its then-broadcasting unit, Rainbow Media) eventually decided to form a new group of regional sports networks under the SportsChannel brand, with SportsChannel New York serving as the flagship charter affiliate. The expansion began with Cablevision's purchase of PRISM New England, a Boston-based premium channel previously owned by Spectacor, which was rechristened as SportsChannel New England on January 1, 1983. Other SportsChannel networks launched between 1984 and 1990 in markets such as San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia and Los Angeles.
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