Yankees fans who have Comcast can breathe a sigh of relief.
The cable provider announced in a statement Tuesday that it will start airing the YES Network again beginning March 31.
In January, both parties reached an agreement to end a long, nasty blackout that began in November of 2015.
The blackout — which at times featured both parties publicly bashing one another — left Yankees fans that subscribe to Comcast in New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania (more than 900,000 households) with no way to watch any Bombers games, or any other YES Network programs, in the 2016 season through the cable provider’s services.
Comcast claimed the blackout began because YES was planning to charge a subscriber fee it felt was too high, according to NJ.com.
The cable provider also said that not many subscribers even watched Yankees games.
“… Over 90% of our 900,000 plus customers who receive YES Network didn’t watch the equivalent of even one quarter of those (130) games (on YES) during the season,” Comcast said days after the blackout started. “Even while the Yankees were in the hunt for a playoff berth.”
Yankees President Randy Levine responded by telling the Daily News the blackout was a “typical gutless act by a cable carrier seeking to promote its own self-interest.”
The first Yankees program Comcast subscribers will be able to watch in 2017 is on March 31 at 7: 30 p.m. when the Bombers face the Braves in an exhibition that will mark the first ever game at Atlanta’s new home, SunTrustPark.
