Spectrum Sports (New York)

Spectrum Sports
Country	United States
Broadcast area	Upstate New York
Network	Spectrum Sports
Headquarters	West Seneca, New York
Programming
Language(s)	American English
Picture format	1080i (HDTV); 480i (SDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Charter Communications
Sister channels	Spectrum Sports (Ohio),; Spectrum Sports (Wisconsin),; Spectrum Sports (Kansas City),; Spectrum SportsNet (Los Angeles),; Spectrum Sports (Texas)
History
Launched	2003
Replaced	Empire Sports Network, Time Warner Cable SportsChannel
Closed	October 5, 2017
Replaced by	MSG Western New York
Former names	Time Warner Sports (Syracuse); Time Warner SportsNet (Buffalo and Rochester); Time Warner Cable SportsNet (Buffalo and Rochester);
Links
Website	Albany/Hudson Valley; Syracuse; Rochester; Buffalo;

Spectrum Sports was a network of regional sports cable television stations serving much of the upstate New York area. The stations, which were owned and operated by Charter Communications through its acquisition of Time Warner Cable in May 2016, were available in Rochester, Binghamton, Syracuse and Buffalo. The network broadcast a variety of local college and minor league sports games and was the de facto successor to the Buffalo-based Empire Sports Network. Unlike most regional sports networks, Spectrum Sports was never available on satellite television, nor was it available in areas of upstate that are served by companies other than Charter Spectrum/Time Warner Cable (such as Atlantic Broadband in Cattaraugus County or Zito Media in Cayuga County).