Yankees Entertainment & Sports Network, LLC
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The Chrysler Bldg., 405 Lexington Ave., 36th Fl. New York, NY 10174-3699 NY Tel. 646-487-3600 Fax 646-487-3612 |
Type: Private
On the web:
http://www.yesnetwork.com
Employees:
140
Homeruns and slam dunks are the primetime feature at Yankees Entertainment & Sports Network. The company operates regional cable sports channel YES Network, which airs 130 New York Yankees baseball games, as well as New Jersey Nets basketball games. YES Network also shows a number of regional collegiate teams along with pre-game and post-game shows, talk shows, classic sports footage, and other sports features. The channel is distributed in Connecticut and New York, and in parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Launched in 2002, YES Network is owned by the Yankees, investment bank Goldman Sachs, and former Nets owner Ray Chambers.
Key numbers for fiscal year ending 2007:
Sales: $18.1M
Officers:
President and CEO: Tracy Dolgin
COO: Raymond (Ray) Hopkins
EVP Advertising Sales: Television Cable, Pay & Broadcast Networks
Competitors:
ESPN
Madison Square Garden
NESN
