If MSG Networks made a New Year's resolution to kick off 2025 by toning down any harsh rhetoric toward Altice, they broke it in 10 minutes. MSG Networks and Altice (parent company of local cable ...

The ongoing saga between MSG Networks and Altice — the parent company of Optimum — has taken another turn. According to MSG Networks, Altice walked away from negotiations after pulling its ...

MSG Networks is in debt. Altice says a bankruptcy filing would serve Dolan’s interests since it would wipe off the debt from Sphere’s balance sheet. Christopher Sadowski.

Altice struggles with subscriber losses and weak revenue initiatives. New revenue initiatives, like are unlikely to offset ...

What MSG Networks is saying. MSG Networks says they have been trying to negotiate a fair deal with Altice, which owns the Optimum brand. "As a last-ditch effort to save their struggling business ...

Altice said it has spent more than $10 million since Jan. 1 on helping defray the cost of alternatives to access MSG and on support staff and communications related to the carriage dispute.

The MSG-Altice battle is a byproduct of a changing sports media world, one in which the rise of streaming has devastated the traditional cable TV bundle. Regional sports networks such as MSGN are ...

MSG Networks has gone dark on Optimum in the tri-state area as Altice USA and Sphere Entertainment have been unable to reach a new carriage deal. Their current contract expired at midnight on Dec. 31.

Altice, which owns Optimum, and MSG Networks, which provides sports coverage for some of New York’s favorite sports teams, are struggling to reach a final agreement, and consumers who expect the ...

“Altice USA has pulled their last proposal and walked away from negotiations to bring MSG Networks back to its Optimum subscribers,” reads a press release from MSG Networks. “They also just ...