Great news, Yankees fans! No, Aaron Judge, Cody Bellinger, Giancarlo Stanton and Carlos Rodón are not back in action. Not yet. But this may be even better: the terrible Gotham Sports app is being shuttered, and a real sports-streaming service — DAZN (pronounced “Da Zone”)— is taking over. Today should be the happiest day for New York sports fans since the Knicks won the NBA Championship.
MSG Networks and the YES Network have entered into a deal that will make DAZN the exclusive direct-to-consumer streaming home of the channels, with 24/7 feeds of MSG, MSG Sportsnet and YES. Gotham Sports app will be sunsetted. There will also be a “wealth” of on-demand content available via DAZN, the companies say, including game highlights, behind-the-scenes stuff and original series. The arrangement begins with the 2026-27 NBA and NHL seasons. MSG carries the New York Knicks, New York Rangers, New York Islanders, New Jersey Devils and Buffalo Sabres; YES is the home to the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Nets.
“Exact timing and other details of the migration will be announced in the coming months,” the companies said.
The best part: cable subscribers who have MSG Networks and/or the YES Network as part of their pay-TV subscription will continue to receive MSG and YES content via DAZN at no additional cost. In other words, those of us non-cord-cutters in the New York City metropolitan area can actually watch our games away from the cable box — and it should actually work!
