The standalone app would allow Comcast subscribers, or anyone else, to watch the New York area sports teams regardless of whether their pay TV providers carried them. The company has been hurt in recent months by the loss of Comcast which stopped carrying the two channels last October after it could not reach a new carriage agreement with MSG.

The channels also air sports news and highlights programs.Ĭheck out these best-selling antennas at. MSG and MSG+ are regional sports channels that have the local TV rights to the New York Knicks, New York Rangers, New York Islanders, Buffalo Sabres and New Jersey Devils. So while the media landscape continues to evolve, we remain confident in the popularity of our live content and believe that our commitment to innovation, will enable us to continue to drive value for partners, advertisers and viewers alike,” Greenberg said. “We continue to explore different direct-to-consumer models with an eye towards the launch by the end of this calendar year. In an analyst call yesterday following the release of its quarterly report, MSG CEO Andrea Greenberg said the company is hoping to launch the cord-cutter app by the end of this year. MSG Networks is the latest regional sports service that says it’s planning to launch an app that would allow consumers to subscribe directly rather than having to sign up for a pay TV service such as cable or satellite.

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