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HISTORICAL FACTS: 2 - The Untold Story

Why Shohei Ohtani and His New $700 Million Dodgers Deal Aren’t Too Rich For Still Thriving RSN SportsNet LA

In this week’s Next Text, we also discuss why Adam Silver and the NBA should pop the ol’ bubbly on their wildly successful In-Season Tournament

Broadcasting & Cable

Broadcast TV is attracting sports in parts of the country. Why not in Chicago?

Over-the-air TV is coming in handy for teams and leagues looking for new homes and wider distribution amid the upheaval pervading regional sports networks.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bankrupt Diamond Reaches Deal to Keep NBA Teams on Bally Sports Through This Season (But Beyond That? Who Knows?)

RSN and DTC rights revert back to the league after the 2023-24 NBA season; similar NHL agreement is 'pending,' Diamond says

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Rockets, Astros to jointly run ‘Space City Home Network’ for local TV games

The 2023-24 #Rockets and 2024 Astros will broadcast regional TV games on the newly branded “Space City Home Network,” according to media reports.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Warner Sets RSN Exit Plan, Will Sell AT&T SportsNet Channels in Pittsburgh and Houston to Local Pro Teams, Shutter Rocky Mountain

WBD is reportedly set to sell its Pittsburgh channel to the NHL’s Penguins, and its Houston outlet to the NBA's Rockets and MLB's Astros

Broadcasting & Cable

Sinclair CEO Chris Ripley: Despite Diamond Disappointment, Sports Is Still the Broadcaster's Crown Jewel (Bloom)

Ripley and Sinclair look to move beyond their bankrupt RSN subsidiary and onto new means and ways to distribute live sports

Broadcasting & Cable

Broadcasters Nexstar, Sinclair, Gray and Scripps in Talks With the NBA and NHL, Also Looking to Step in on Abandoned RSN Deals

With bankrupt Diamond Sports Group possibly ditching unprofitable NBA and NHL agreements, and WBD exiting the regional sports channels biz, Disney/ESPN, Apple, Amazon and Google have also kicked the tires on acquiring local TV rights

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Warner Bros. Discovery Expects To Exit RSN Business by Year-End

Networks in Denver, Houston, Pittsburgh and Seattle generated $400 million in revenue in 2022

Multichannel News

7 things about Fubo you need to know before you sign up

Fubo is one of the better live TV services, but is it worth your (at least) $75 per month?

Tom’s Guide

NBA's Phoenix Suns Clear to Make Move to Gray TV Broadcast Distribution After Bally Sports RSN Operator Diamond Drops Objection

Diamond's capitulation seems to point to MLB's Arizona Diamondbacks also departing and Bally Sports Arizona being shut down

Broadcasting & Cable

Why It Took a Historic Playoff Run For Local Fans to Finally Watch the Nuggets

A golden age of Nuggets basketball is being watched by an intentionally shrunken audience. Denver’s push for a title could finally force a solution.

Sports Illustrated

New Stadium for Blackhawks, Bulls and White Sox? TV broadcasts have new option

Now that the 19 Bally Sports-branded RSNs are under the control of Diamond Sports Group, Sinclair didn’t need Stadium anymore. Bulls and Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf just might.

Chicago Sun-Times

Meet the New Boss: Major League Baseball Officially Launches Into the RSN Biz With 'MLB San Diego Padres'

Baseball sets up a new pay TV home for the Padres, as Twins, Guardians, Diamondbacks and Rangers petition in Texas bankruptcy court to cut them loose from Bally Sports, too

Broadcasting & Cable

The Diamond Sports Group’s failed Padres payments and what it means for MLB and RSNs, explained

What does the Padres' broadcast changes mean -- and what it means for the future of regional sports networks.

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NHL's Vegas Golden Knights Bolt AT&T SportsNet, Will Air Games on Scripps Local Broadcast

E.W. Scripps will air all of the team's games on Nevada station KMCC

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Diamond Coughs Up Bally Sports Rights Payments to the Reds, Keeps Team From Launching Its Own RSN

Rendering the payment within the required 15-day grace period keeps the Cincinnati MLB franchise on Bally Sports Ohio

Broadcasting & Cable

Reds Ready to Go It Alone Sans Bally Sports Starting Saturday

If Sinclair's Diamond Sports Group doesn't pay MLB team by Friday, club is set to broadcast its own games starting Saturday vs. the White Sox on a new channel

Evening Standard

Historic chairs to be reused for Coronation service in bid to make event more sustainable

The King is recycling a chair used by King George VI for his enthronement in an effort to make the event more sustainable

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The Independent UK

Historic chairs to be reused for the coronation service

During the coronation service a succession of chairs will be used by the King.

Broadcasting & Cable

Phoenix Suns Could Have Big ATSC 3.0 Distribution Plans, and Other Teams, Including the Utah Jazz, Might Soon Follow

Why we could be witnessing the emergence of an innovative post-RSN distribution scheme, pioneered by failed startup Evoca, that finally utilizes the vast potential of NextGen TV

Multichannel News

Phoenix Suns Fast-Break to Broadcast With Gray From Bankrupt Bally RSN

All Suns and Mercury games will be free over the air across the state

Broadcasting & Cable

Bally Sports Bankruptcy: The Cincinnati Reds Become Latest MLB Team to Get Stiffed By Sinclair

The Reds could start streaming their own games as soon as May 6

Broadcasting & Cable

Bally Sports Bankruptcy: MLB Files Emergency Motion to Force Diamond to Either Pay the Twins and Guardians or Give Up the TV Rights

The Arizona Diamondbacks file their own separate but similar motion

The Guardian - US

Local broadcasters are crucial for MLB. Now many are in trouble

One of baseball’s largest broadcasters has filed for bankruptcy. But even with some revenue streams threatened, teams are rising in value

Multichannel News

Yankees RSN YES Network Officially Goes DTC

The regional sports network home of the Yankees and Nets can now be streamed for as little as $16.66 a month sans a pay TV subscription

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