YES Network HD will be able to offer pre- and post-game shows in high-definition from its Stamford, Conn., studios for tonight’s opening game of a crucial three-game series between the New York Yankees and archrival Boston Red Sox.
YES HD—along with fellow high-definition cable networks NFL Network HD, A&E HD and History Channel HD—was knocked off the air early Monday morning after a fire on the roof of Ascent Media’s uplink site in Stamford, where the YES studios are also located. Since Monday, YES had resorted to producing its pre- and post-game shows, along with its simulcast of the Mike and The Mad Dog afternoon radio show, from Yankee Stadium, where it placed a mobile production truck.
After having its uplink capabilities restored, YES HD was mostly back up and running Thursday and able to show the third game of a series with the Toronto Blue Jays in HD. But it still did the pre- and post-game shows from the Bronx. It is back to normal operations today.
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Overall, the regional sports network only missed broadcasting two Yankees games in HD, on Tuesday and Wednesday night.
“We were very lucky we didn’t have a game Monday,” says YES spokesman Eric Handler.
NFL Network was reportedly back up yesterday as well, and A&E and History Channel had their HD services restored earlier in the week.
