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YES Network
The Yankee Entertainment and Sports Network (YES) is an American pay television regional sports network owned by Yankee Global Enterprises (the largest shareholder with 26%), Main Street Sports Group (which owns 20%), Amazon (which owns 15%), and the Blackstone Group, RedBird Capital and Mubadala Investment Company, which each own 13%. Primarily serving New York City, New York, and the surrounding metropolitan area, it broadcasts a variety of sports events, as well as magazine, documentary and discussion programs; however, its main emphasis is focused on games and team-related programs involving the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (owned by minority partner Yankee Global), and the NBA's Brooklyn Nets. YES Network's offices are based at the MetLife Building in Midtown Manhattan. YES programs, including Yankees and Nets pre- and post-game shows, are produced in studios that are located in Stamford, Connecticut. The channel is available on cable and IPTV provider ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Yankees
The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. They are one of two major league clubs based in New York City alongside the National League (baseball), National League (NL)'s New York Mets. The team was founded in when Frank J. Farrell, Frank Farrell and William Stephen Devery, Bill Devery purchased the franchise rights to the defunct Baltimore Orioles (1901–1902), Baltimore Orioles after it ceased operations and used them to establish the New York Highlanders. The Highlanders were officially renamed the Yankees in . The team is owned by Yankee Global Enterprises, a limited liability company that is controlled by the family of the late George Steinbrenner. Steinbrenner purchased the team from CBS in 1973. Currently, Brian Cashman is the team's gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yankee Global Enterprises
Yankee Global Enterprises, LLC, formerly YankeeNets, LLC, is an American limited liability company (LLC) which owns the New York Yankees baseball team, along with a plurality stake in YES Network and 10% stakes in New York City FC and AC Milan soccer clubs. It was formed in 1999 and is controlled by the family of George Steinbrenner. Other investors, including Lester Crown, Jerry Speyer, and Marvin Goldklang own minority stakes. The company was originally created as YankeeNets, through a merger between the Yankees and the New Jersey Nets (now known as the Brooklyn Nets). History In 1998, the New York Yankees had their most successful season in modern history, winning a combined total of 125 regular season and playoff games, culminating in a World Series championship. The team was in discussions to be sold to Cablevision, who at the time owned the broadcast rights to every Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association (NBA), and National Hockey League (NHL) tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Protocol Television
Internet Protocol television (IPTV), also called TV over broadband, is the service delivery of television over Internet Protocol (IP) networks. Usually sold and run by a telecom provider, it consists of broadcast live television that is streamed over the Internet ( multicast) — in contrast to delivery through traditional terrestrial, satellite, and cable transmission formats — as well as video on demand services for watching or replaying content ( unicast). IPTV broadcasts started gaining usage during the 2000s alongside the rising use of broadband-based internet connections. It is often provided bundled with internet access services by ISPs to subscribers and runs in a closed network. IPTV normally requires the use of a set-top box, which receives the encoded television content in the MPEG transport stream via IP multicast, and converts the packets to be watched on a TV set or other kind of display. It is distinct from over-the-top (OTT) services, which are based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DirecTV Stream
DirecTV Stream (formerly DirecTV Now and AT&T TV) is a premium streaming television, streaming Multichannel television in the United States, multichannel television service offered in the United States by DirecTV. The brand offers pay television service without a contract, with the service utilizing a customer's existing streaming TV hardware, such as a Roku or Amazon Fire TV device, and is also available on some smart TV systems like Tizen, Tizen OS by Samsung, WebOS by LG and Vizio SmartCast, as well as on phones and tablets. The service is similar to DirecTV via Internet, a streaming version of DirecTV's flagship satellite service, which requires a multi-year contract and includes an Android TV box called "Gemini." Unlike DirecTV via Internet, DirecTV Stream does not require a contract, and the Gemini device is optional. Channel packages between DirecTV via Internet and DirecTV Stream are mostly the same, though DirecTV via Internet offers a few broadcast and cable networks th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Optimum (cable Brand)
Optimum is an American telecommunications brand owned and operated by Altice USA. It is the fourth-largest cable provider in the United States and a Fortune 500 company. Optimum offers Internet, television, mobile and home phone services in 21 states. Overview Introduced in 2018 on Long Island and then extended through its service area, Altice One is the company's flagship home entertainment platform, and combines broadband internet access, television, VOIP telephone service, and various streaming applications. An assessment in 2021 from the Digital Trends site said that the strength of Altice One was its centralizing of internet connection, WiFi access point, and streaming in one device, whereas its weakness was the need for Altice One Mini devices that extend the WiFi signal around a home. Optimum TV offers cable television service in several tiers, the names of which have changed over time. Optimum offers broadband internet service, similarly with several tiers availa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charter Spectrum
Spectrum is the trade name of Charter Communications. The name is widely used by both market consumers and commercial businesses. Services that Spectrum offers include cable television, internet access, internet security, managed services, mobile phone, and unified communications. The Spectrum brand name was introduced in 2014. Prior to that, these services were marketed primarily under the Charter brand. Following the acquisitions of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks by Charter in 2016, these operations also merged into the Spectrum brand. Internet service History Time Warner Cable first launched what would become Road Runner with a 1995 market test in Elmira, New York, under the banner ''Southern Tier On-Line Community''. Later it became known as ''LineRunner'' (a moniker subsequently employed by its VoIP service), before Time Warner Cable adopted the Road Runner brand name. Road Runner High Speed Online employed the Road Runner character from the ''Road Run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YES Network
The Yankee Entertainment and Sports Network (YES) is an American pay television regional sports network owned by Yankee Global Enterprises (the largest shareholder with 26%), Main Street Sports Group (which owns 20%), Amazon (which owns 15%), and the Blackstone Group, RedBird Capital and Mubadala Investment Company, which each own 13%. Primarily serving New York City, New York, and the surrounding metropolitan area, it broadcasts a variety of sports events, as well as magazine, documentary and discussion programs; however, its main emphasis is focused on games and team-related programs involving the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (owned by minority partner Yankee Global), and the NBA's Brooklyn Nets. YES Network's offices are based at the MetLife Building in Midtown Manhattan. YES programs, including Yankees and Nets pre- and post-game shows, are produced in studios that are located in Stamford, Connecticut. The channel is available on cable and IPTV provider ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DirecTV
DirecTV, LLC is an American Multichannel television in the United States, multichannel video programming distributor based in El Segundo, California. Originally launched on June 17, 1994, its primary service is a digital Satellite television, satellite service serving the United States. It also provides traditional linear television service delivered by IP through its U-verse TV brand and a Multichannel television in the United States#Virtual MVPD, TV Everywhere, and over-the-top media services, virtual multichannel video programming distributor service through its DirecTV Stream brand. Its primary competitors are Dish Network, traditional cable television providers, Multichannel television in the United States#Wireline and broadband, IP-based television services, and other Over-the-top media service, over-the-top video services. On July 24, 2015, after receiving approval from the Federal Communications Commission and the United States Department of Justice, Department of Justic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly Wide-format printer, large-format print magazine with a revamped website. As of 2020, the day-to-day operations of the company are handled by Penske Media Corporation through a joint venture with Eldridge Industries. The magazine also sponsors and hosts major industry events. History Foundation and early years ''The Hollywood Reporter'' was founded in 1930 by William R. Wilkerson, William R. "Billy" Wilkerson (1890–1962) as Hollywood's first daily entertainment trade newspaper. The first edition appeared on September 3, 1930, and featured Wilkerson's front-page "Tradeviews" column, which became influential. The newspaper appeared Monday-to-Saturday for the first 10 years, except for a brief period, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mubadala Investment Company
Mubadala Investment Company PJSC (), or simply Mubadala, is a state-owned global investment firm that acts as one of the sovereign wealth funds of the government of Abu Dhabi. The company was established in 2017 when then-named Mubadala Development Company (now Mamoura Diversified Global Holding) and the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) merged. Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, Mubadala also has offices in London, Rio de Janeiro, New York, San Francisco and Beijing. History Established in 1984, the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) was created to advance Abu Dhabi’s natural petroleum wealth for the development of the emirate. Mubadala Development Company followed in 2002 to further diversify the economy. In June 2016, it was announced that Mubadala Development Company would merge with the International Petroleum Investment Company. In 2017, ownership of both MDC and IPIC was transferred to a newly created parent company, Mubadala Investment Company. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RedBird Capital Partners
RedBird Capital Partners is an American investment management firm founded in 2014 in New York by Gerry Cardinale. The company has assets under management of over $10 billion as of 2022. Investments RedBird is active in several tertiary sectors such as consumer goods, financial services, telecommunications, media, technology and sports. The company serves as producer of Amazon’s '' Reacher'' series and Paramount’s '' Top Gun: Maverick''. RedBird has also invested in Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's Artists Equity, LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s SpringHill Company and the Fenway Sports Group. In August 2019, RedBird acquired a minority stake in YES Network, after helping Yankee Global Enterprises activate their buy back option to purchase Fox's 80% share for $3.5 billion after Disney acquired 21st Century Fox during the same year after the Department of Justice ordered Disney to sell the network on antitrust grounds due to its ownership of ESPN. On August 31, 2022 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
