Is there any hope they broadcast some games on this channel? I thought the Yankees had a deal with ManU.
YES broadcasts the weekend's Manchester United game on Thursdays, exact time depending on the Yankees schedule. They may also air a classic match depending on schedules.
No, at least not this year. Metro have a contract with Cablevision to show non-national games only on MSG or FSNY.
If you think about it, YES is one of the best things that's happened for the Metros, albeit unintentionally. It created a summer programming void on FSN/MSG that they filled with games (with a pre-game) and a seperate soccer show to boot.
Re: Not to mention Man U - Arsenal tonight Different commentators (2), instead of the one for Sky Sports. I'm guessing they're pro-ManUre.
Re: Re: Not to mention Man U - Arsenal tonight gee what gave you that idea...the giant MUTV graphic in the upper right corner??
Re: Re: Re: Not to mention Man U - Arsenal tonight Well smarta+s, I hadn't sat through one of their broadcasts until last night. If you watch a Yankees game on YES network, they try to be much more objective. Maybe that's something a Nittany Lion "dude" can't appreciate. In the Big City we expect our journalists to eschew partisanship coverage, whereas out there in Happy Valley, everyone hired to cover your Lions is related to JoPa. Having watched the SKY sports broadcast, then the same camera shots with MUTV's commentators, it was radically different. The Capital Gold radio broadcasts from London don't emphasize an Arsenal perspective, just as NYC broadcasts usually don't rally round the home teams. So, no, I wouldn't necessarily assume that the graphic in the corner would signal a commentator's perspective. My "guess" was based on an initial few moments worth of their coverage, and it proved annoyingly accurate.
But of course, PSUdude, you studmuffin you, living in Queens you should know that partisan sports journalism should surprise a NYer.
You gotta be freakin' kidding me. Every Non-National broadcast baseball game I've ever watched, and there were many, the announcers are completely biased. I grew up watching the Mets, Phillies, and Yankers, and the broadcasters always sucked aand those guys were total homers. Ever try to sit through 9 innings of Harry Kalas & Richie Ashburn? Rizzuto was horrible too. That's why I was a Mets fan because they were bearable to watch even when the team sucked. George Paterno died a few years ago and gave great insight to what was going on in Joe3Pa's head. Now when I watch PSU on ABC or ESPN I turn the sound down on the TV and listen to the radio broadcast.
Of course with non-national broadcasts the announcers will likely have more information, and more personal connections, on and with the team that is local to the production unit. What I'm talking about, and what I found startling, was that there were different announcers than with the SKY sports national broadcast. Why, when there was a national broadcast with a national announcer, would YES Network broadcast the same camera images as the national broadcast but with two "local" announcers? Further, that these broadcasters were so pessimistic and/or downbeat when the team opposing their local made any positive movements, and especially when they scored, it literally offered a different sense of the game. That is more than one expects from a given logo in the corner of the screen. I found it provincial.