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[QUOTE="pepband99, post: 5069421, member: 79"]
So - need to put my "TV nerd" hat on - sorry in advance.

Aside from people who hit the topography lottery and get things over the air, good portions of Litchfield and New Haven counties often can get NY channels on cable (ONLY!!), supplemental to their Hartford/New Haven locals.  This is due to a provision called "Significantly Viewed" in the FCC/congressional/nielsen setup for DMAs.  This is mainly due to just enough OTA signal bleed-in that advertsisers and affiliates want to include them.

Again, it's almost exclusively cable only - there have been attempts for satellite to join suit, but it's never really taken hold, unfortunately.  Streaming providers similarly only give you one DMA.

It's also not perfect - some of the local affiliates will fight to get SV channels removed, so they get exclusivity.  Example here:
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.mediavillage.com/article/in-connecticut-cbs-all-access-is-the-best/print/[/URL]

For MSG and other RSN's, it's based on whatever the league and teams dictate.  eg New Haven County gets some NY sports, and some Boston sports, but not all of both (eg Celtics and Bruins no, but Red Sox yes).
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