MSG Network
Regional sports network
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| January 1 2025 | MSG Network was removed from Altice USA's cable systems after Altice's acquisition of former Cablevision systems. |
| August 28 2024 | Gotham Advanced Media and Entertainment (a joint venture of MSG Networks and YES Network) announced a merger of their direct-to-consumer services into The Gotham Sports App, set to launch before the 2024–25 NBA and NHL seasons. |
| April 2023 | MSG Entertainment spun off its theatre and live events businesses, with the remainder of the company renamed Sphere Entertainment. |
| March 1 2023 | MSG Network announced its direct-to-consumer streaming service MSG+, which includes live streams of MSG and MSG SportsNet games, priced at $29.99 monthly or $309.99 annually. |
| 2022 | MSG Network lost its broadcast rights for New York Red Bulls matches after Major League Soccer signed a 10-year exclusive broadcast deal with Apple TV+ for all MLS matches through MLS Season Pass. |
| September 2021 | MSG Network was dropped by Comcast and remained unavailable. |
| July 2021 | The acquisition of MSG Networks by MSG Entertainment was completed. |
| March 26 2021 | MSG Entertainment announced it would acquire MSG Networks in an all-stock deal to grow the company beyond its established assets. |
| 2018 | MSG ceased broadcasting the WNBA's New York Liberty. |
| 2017 | The show 'The Game 365' was rebranded and changed to 'Focused', continuing its format of player and coach profiles and interviews hosted by Fran Healy. |
| 2017 | MSG acquired television rights to the NASL's New York Cosmos. |
| 2016 | MSG entered into a joint venture with Terry and Kim Pegula's ownership group to create MSG Western New York, an expanded opt-out feed for Sabres games in Upstate New York. |
| 2016 | MSG added Buffalo Bills content to its broadcasting lineup. |
| September 2015 | MSG Networks was spun out into a separate company, with The Madison Square Garden Company maintaining ownership of the venue and related properties. |
| 2014 | MSG Network launched MSG Go, a TV Everywhere service initially available for Optimum subscribers. |
| 2014 | MSG Network renewed its multi-year broadcast rights deal for New York Red Bulls matches. |
| 2014 | MSG launched television broadcasts for the Westchester Knicks, the New York Knicks' farm club in the NBA G League. |
| 2013 | MSG began airing games from the Hartford Wolf Pack, the New York Rangers' farm club in the AHL. |
| 2013 | Beyond Blue & Gold, a periodical Sabres magazine show, debuts on MSG Network. |
| 2012 | Fox took a stake in the YES Network, leading to changes in sports programming distribution. |
| February 17 2012 | MSG Network was restored on all Time Warner Cable systems. |
| 2011 | MSG Network signed a multi-year broadcast rights deal for New York Red Bulls matches. |
| December 31 2011 | MSG Network was removed from Time Warner Cable at midnight due to a contract negotiation impasse. |
| December 15 2011 | Verizon FiOS began carrying MSG HD and MSG+ HD on its New York City area systems. |
| December 14 2011 | A three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals denied Cablevision/MSG Holdings' petition for review, paving the way for wider distribution of MSG HD. |
| September 22 2011 | The FCC ordered MSG to negotiate with Verizon FiOS and AT&T U-verse for carriage of their HD channels. |
| 2010 | TXT MSG series debuts, highlighting classic sports events from MSG's library in a Pop Up Video style format. |
| 2010 | MSG began broadcasting exclusive content from the NFL's New York Giants. |
| October 2010 | MSG Network was dropped from Dish Network due to an unresolved contract dispute. |
| March 24 2010 | MSG Network launched MSG 3D, a 3D feed available only to Cablevision subscribers in New York City on channel 1300, with an inaugural broadcast of a game between the New York Rangers and the New York Islanders. This was a one-time broadcast, and MSG chose not to produce additional 3D telecasts. |
| March 17 2010 | MSG HD and MSG+ HD broadcasts returned to NHL Center Ice, as confirmed by Gary Bettman during the NHL Hour broadcast, starting with the game between the New Jersey Devils and Pittsburgh Penguins. |
| February 2010 | Cablevision spun off MSG Network, the Madison Square Garden venue, and related properties into The Madison Square Garden Company. |
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