By Matt Grossman

Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. said Friday that its MSG Network sports programming would no longer be available via Comcast Corp.'s Xfinity cable-TV service to some cable subscribers primarily in New Jersey and Connecticut amid a negotiating impasse between the companies.

The MSG Network airs National Basketball Association and National Hockey League games played by teams based in New York and New Jersey along with other sports programming. MSG Entertainment said that Comcast rejected negotiation proposals that were consistent with MSG's deals with other major cable providers.

A Comcast spokesman said that most of its customers watch little MSG programming.

"We don't believe that our customers should have to pay the millions of dollars in fees that MSG is demanding for some of the most expensive sports content in the country with extremely low viewership in our markets," a spokesman for Comcast said, citing its data. He added that Comcast is "disappointed that MSG decided to pull their content rather than reach a fair agreement."

Write to Matt Grossman at matt.grossman@wsj.com

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