SNY, the Mets' cable channel, is in talks with local stations about providing sports reports for their newscasts. The sports channel is talking to both Ch. 11 and Ch. 4 about eventually doing away
with their own sportscasters and replacing them with SNY reporters.
Ch. 11 is owned by the Chicago-based Tribune Co. and Ch. 4 is owned by NBC. Ch. 11 airs about 25 Mets games
each season and already has a substantial relationship with SNY. Ch. 4 owner NBC is in the process of being bought by Comcast -- a part-owner of SNY with Mets owner Fred Wilpon and Time Warner Cable.
Outsourcing their sportscasts could be a way for local stations to save money, but change the way local newscasts are presented.
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