With negotiations ongoing, YES Network at press time looked like it was going to go dark today on Comcast systems in Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania following a standoff between the cable operator and FOX Sports, which has been negotiating on behalf of the channel in recent years. Comcast noted in a SBJ report that viewership wasn’t high enough to merit the new prices. Meanwhile, YES Network released its own a statement on its site implying that a price had been locked in since early last year, noting “YES and Comcast reached an agreement in principle on the key points of a new contract many months ago, and YES continued to operate in good faith under that arrangement through the entire Yankees and NYCFC seasons and into the Nets season. Unfortunately, because YES will not yield to Comcast’s demands for special treatment and anti-competitive terms, Comcast has decided to drop YES Network and its coverage of the NY Yankees, Brooklyn Nets and the New York City FC.”
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