Sad news - SNY no longer has tv coverage after 2024-25 season (merged)

[BEEFSTEWIE]

Apparently confirmed today by the CT Insider. I wonder what will be come of Allen Bestwick, Meghan Culmo and Kara Wolters? (Gary Apple will most likely stay at SNY, due to his connection with the New York Mets)

UConn women's basketball will change TV homes in 2025. What fans need to know about the move from SNY

New York-based SNY has show UConn women's basketball games since 2012, but that will change with a new Big East media right deal in 2025.

www.ctinsider.com

 

[MSGRET]

I look forward to being able to see UConn without having to jump through hoops to watch it on SNY. Last year I couldn't watch any of the games televised on SNY live due to problems with the sign in process. Dish couldn't even straighten it out and they worked on it for at least a week. They discovered that someone had hijacked my feed and signed in using the wrong info and because of it I was locked out.

 

[Centerstream]

Apparently confirmed today by the CT Insider. I wonder what will be come of Allen Bestwick, Meghan Culmo and Kara Wolters? (Gary Apple will most likely stay at SNY, due to his connection with the New York Mets)

UConn women's basketball will change TV homes in 2025. What fans need to know about the move from SNY

New York-based SNY has show UConn women's basketball games since 2012, but that will change with a new Big East media right deal in 2025.

www.ctinsider.com

Gotta love today's writers/editors, two misused words in the first paragraph (show vs shown and right vs rights). Makes me chomp at the bit to read the complete article.
About the article, I am guessing that Meghan and Kara have other sources of income. Same with Allen (auto racing broadcasts).

 

[my2cents]

If you are going to miss Culmo, just have somebody say. "We need more moving without the ball", 30 times a game and you're good.

 

[HuskyNan]

NBC, TNT Sports expected to broadcast Big East men’s, women’s basketball games this season

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5559347/2024/06/12/nbc-tnt-fox-big-east-basketball-broadcast/ Big East men’s and women’s college basketball is on the verge of adding new television partners as NBC Sports and TNT Sports are expected to join Fox Sports in presenting games beginning this season...

the-boneyard.com

 

[Blueballer]

If you are going to miss Culmo, just have somebody say. "We need more moving without the ball", 30 times a game and you're good.

She does the game and doesn’t go off on tangents like so many broadcasters on the major networks.

 

[Alydar]

I remember a similar level of angst when CPTV lost the contract to SNY.

 

[meyers7]

NBC, TNT Sports expected to broadcast Big East men’s, women’s basketball games this season

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5559347/2024/06/12/nbc-tnt-fox-big-east-basketball-broadcast/ Big East men’s and women’s college basketball is on the verge of adding new television partners as NBC Sports and TNT Sports are expected to join Fox Sports in presenting games beginning this season...

the-boneyard.com

That's fantastic. With NBC at least I'll be able to get games on Peacock.

 

[hoopsfan22]

I remember a similar level of angst when CPTV lost the contract to SNY.

Difference is with this move we will ultimately lose coverage.

 

[Alydar]

Difference is with this move we will ultimately lose coverage.

We don't know that. When CPTV lost their coverage their was a lot of worry over who would take over. Then when UConn moved back to the BE and Flosports got involved there was another round of worry.

UConn draws a TV audience and someone will always want to broadcast the games because advertisers will pay.

Last year I worried that Fox would black out streaming in SNY's coverage areas like YES does with Yankee games on MLB or ESPN+ but they didn't.

 

[Longtime fan]

This in Sunday's upcoming Don Amore's Hartford Courant sports column:

UConn women and Big East TV deal​

The six-year, $480 million deal the Big East signed with Fox, NBC and TNT will spell the eventual end for UConn women’s basketball on SNY, the New York cable station that has televised games since 2012. Nothing will change this year.

“UConn womens games will no longer be on SNY beginning with the 2025-26 season,” according to a UConn statement. “All games will instead air through one of the Big East partner networks. More information will be available at a later date.”

It will make it more arduous for UCONN fans to find each Lady husky game. But someone will make more money.

 

[MSGRET]

It will make it more arduous for UCONN fans to find each Lady husky game. But someone will make more money.

Actually I think it will be easier for the fans that didn't get SNY. They won't have to go thru all of the steps to watch it on the fox app. UConn will most likely have on the Huskies web page on who is carrying what game and most of them should be via a national network. By the way it is Husky or Huskies, not Lady Husky.

 

[maple]

I’m about to bring in some old man yells at cloud energy.

I am not going to pay for both Peacock and (HBO) Max to watch games.

Peacock worked fine for me for the Olympics, no issues, but Max is so buggy on my less than a year old smart TV and constantly lags/crashes. A quick Goggle search tells you this is a very common issue. And Max is more expensive than Peacock ($2/mo more) for much lesser quality. It’s ridiculous.

I hope having a regular TV provider will allow access to watch these games. Or that there will be one way to watch. I’m not shelling out extra $. I’ll just listen to the Varsity app.

 

[Puppy Love]

This is good news for me. I wasn’t able to watch the SNY games at all because I wasn’t willing to shell out nearly $400/month for traditional cable and none of the streaming options were viable for me. I’m hoping that this will be better.

 

[Henry]

Peacock, which I had for the Olympics, and Max, which I got for a few months on a Cyber Monday deal, work fine on my TV. But I'm not going to be happy about having to pay for several streaming services to watch games.

 

[hoopsfan22]

We don't know that. When CPTV lost their coverage their was a lot of worry over who would take over. Then when UConn moved back to the BE and Flosports got involved there was another round of worry.

UConn draws a TV audience and someone will always want to broadcast the games because advertisers will pay.

Last year I worried that Fox would black out streaming in SNY's coverage areas like YES does with Yankee games on MLB or ESPN+ but they didn't.

There will no longer be UConn focused coverage. We will be covered as much or as little as say Providence or Xavier. Our games may end up on a main channel more often than them, but the UConn focus that CPTV and later SNY provided will be gone.

 

[CL82]

If you are going to miss Culmo, just have somebody say. "We need more moving without the ball", 30 times a game and you're good.

If only she could work in the word "comportment" she could be broadcasting in the NBA.

 

[my2cents]

If only she could work in the word "comportment" she could be broadcasting in the NBA.

or "going downhill" when the court is flat. She is ok, but she sometimes feels bad for the teams that are about to lose by 50. They can start the game 4-0 on UConn, and she will say they are "really playing well!!!"

 

[EricLA]

Not to totally detour from the original topic, but my worst pet peeve is when an announcer starts talking about who "wants it more". Megan used to throw that nugget out fairly frequently.

I do get that individual effort makes a difference - someone like Aubrey, who when healthy, is all over the court flying everywhere for everything, so I could see commenting that she "wants the ball more"... but in general, even in the Olympics, during one of the games (for the gold medal I think), the announcer was like "now we will see who wants it more".

Really? Gold medal on the line, and you really think there is one team who "wants it more" than the other team? Ugh...

Back to the main topic - I had to pay an extra $10/mos. to get the east coast sports pack, but last year, I was unable to get SNY or NESN as they were not part of the "LA regional sports package". I have no problem paying for whatever network will air the games. I can cancel it in April.

 

[snowkot]

Peacrock - ugh. They'll do here what they've done with the English Premiere League, though with a built-in audience, the transition from network accessible (USA) to monetization via streaming will be in place from the off. Aligns to the new paradigm of internet-required programming, for which Xfinity (Peacrock's parent) is also the Internet Service Provider for a lot of us. Perhaps additional charges on top of Peacrock Premium / Premium Plus for a newly created, requisite sports package. If their streaming (as opposed to network) Olympic coverage is any indication, this will be rough.

As for the rest, I won't miss Culmo, and her unrelenting bias towards coach. Hoping the new team treats broadcasting these games like the men's, with focus on dissecting the defensive approaches & formations, how the offense attacks them. What's working, what's not. Spotting big moments leading to runs. Inbound and last second strategy. Can't remember if I've ever heard mention of going "two for one" at the end of a quarter, half or game. And of course, not only calling out substitutions, but critiquing lineup choices, and options.

 

[Alydar]

There will no longer be UConn focused coverage. We will be covered as much or as little as say Providence or Xavier. Our games may end up on a main channel more often than them, but the UConn focus that CPTV and later SNY provided will be gone.

I stopped watching SNY's pre and post games years ago after I discovered Bob Joyce and the UConn audio stream. Very informative and fairly balanced. And focused on the game. Daley's post game interviews are about the game.

 

[hoopsfan22]

I stopped watching SNY's pre and post games years ago after I discovered Bob Joyce and the UConn audio stream. Very informative and fairly balanced. And focused on the game. Daley's post game interviews are about the game.

We're losing a big member of the press that was dedicated to covering the program, and that is not good if you're a fan of the team because it means overall less content especially outside of the 20 or so 1h45m games from Nov. 11 to March 7. If you are just looking for generic sportsball game coverage and don't really care about this team or that team, then this is great for you because it means more games and more teams to watch.

 

[MSGRET]

We're losing a big member of the press that was dedicated to covering the program, and that is not good if you're a fan of the team because it means overall less content especially outside of the 20 or so 1h45m games from Nov. 11 to March 7. If you are just looking for generic sportsball game coverage and don't really care about this team or that team, then this is great for you because it means more games and more teams to watch.

For the people that don't get SNY they're not losing anything, because they didn't get it in the first place with the FOX app. They only showed the game and the halftime show. I'm willing to bet that the UConn Woman's games will actually have a larger number of viewers with the new contract vs SNY.

 

[HopJim]

I have found SNY to be unreliable and depending on the state I was living in, difficult to get. I have been willing to pay more to see UConn basketball play so from my point of view, this is a solid move.