YES Network Reaches National Distribution Agreement Through Verizon FiOS for Hi-Def

The YES Network and Verizon (NYSE:VZ) have reached a multi-year agreement under which Verizon is now distributing the YES Network in high definition nationally on the company's FiOS TV Extreme HD service. The YES Network will be the first regional sports network in the country available in all FiOS TV markets — at no additional charge. YES programming is available on Channel 595 to Extreme HD subscribers outside of YES' home markets throughout New York state and in northern and central New Jersey. New York Yankees and New Jersey Nets games will not be available to these subscribers; instead, they will receive substitute YES programming. YES programming, including Yankees and Nets games, is available to Extreme HD subscribers in the YES Network's home markets on Channel 576. Customers in YES' home markets who missed the latest Yankees game can catch a free replay on Verizon's industry-leading video-on-demand (VOD) library. "The Yankees have ...