NY Mets have new sports network

SportsNet New York, launching March 16, will carry 125 regular season, Mets baseball games this season. It will also carry the team’s pre-season and winter schedule games. Next fall, the network will carry college football and basketball games, including Big East and Big 10 contests.

Comcast and Time Warner will carry SportsNet New York on basic tiers in New York City, New Jersey and Connecticut, parts of Pennsylvania and upstate New York. The channel is negotiating carriage agreements with Cablevision and satellite operators.