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Sinclair Lawyer: Bankrupt Diamond Sports Group ‘Is Now Going To Shut Down’

Outside counsel David Seligman said the subsidiary’s plan to keep its Bally Sports channels going for another year will inevitably lead to liquidation, not a rebirth

Broadcasting & Cable

NBA's Phoenix Suns Set to Get Pulled Off YouTube TV Amid vMVPD's Dispute With Gray Television

The Suns' new local TV home, KTVK Arizona's Family, is caught in drama between the owner of its new broadcast home and America's fourth largest pay TV service provider

Broadcasting & Cable

Clippers’ James Harden Fires Back at Broadcaster’s Recently-Deleted Criticism

The viral video completely dissected his career in less than two minutes.

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Minnesota Twins Set to Cut Payroll Amid Almost Certain Departure From Bankrupt Bally Sports RSN

The MLB team’s contract with operator Diamond Sports Group has expired, and the club is weighing other local TV options

Broadcasting & Cable

Bally Sports Plus Peaked at Around 97K Subscribers, Has an Incredibly High 66% Churn Rate, Research Company Says

New data from Antenna explains why the direct-to-consumer streaming service hasn’t been the salve for the bankrupt regional sports network's linear woes

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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

Broadcasting & Cable

Report: OKC Thunder could leave Bally Sports after 2023-24 season

The Thunder will be TV free agents following this season.

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Sinclair Is Reportedly Offering $850 Million to Buy Back Diamond Sports Group Out of Bankruptcy

Sinclair is being sued by its former subsidiary for $1.5 billion

Broadcasting & Cable

Cardinals’ Adam Wainwright Takes Final At-Bat in Front of Home Crowd in St. Louis

The 42-year-old received a touching tribute from the fan base in his last MLB appearance.

Sports Illustrated

Royals’ Bobby Witt Jr. Becomes First MLB Player to Reach Unique Statistical Milestone

The Kansas City shortstop made history in many ways on Friday.

Sports Illustrated

Here’s a New One: Manager Goes Off on Grounds Crew Worker

Marlins manager Skip Schumaker has words with Mets groundskeeper after washout.

Sports Illustrated

NBA Insider Shares Significant Damian Lillard Trade Hurdle for Non-Heat Teams

Lillard is owed $216 million through the 2026–27 season, making a deal very complicated for a team he may not want to play for long term.

Sports Illustrated

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

Prominent pundit praises two of the Lakers’ new additions

Bally Sports' Brandon "Scoop B" Robinson loves two of the Lakers' free agent signings this summer.

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Sinclair 'Milked' Bally Sports Subsidiary Out of More Than $1.5 Billion, Diamond Sports Group Suit Says

Also, a source close to Diamond's secondary creditors tells Next TV he believes the bankrupt subsidiary will emerge from restructuring intact

Broadcasting & Cable

Did the Other Skate Just Drop? NHL Tells Bankruptcy Court It Might Want to Ice Its Bally Sports Deals

After the judge gave Diamond Sports Group another 80 days to come up with a restructuring plan, hockey told the court it might seek 'injunctive relief' if the whole mess can't be sorted out soon

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

Broadcasting & Cable

Bally Sports Bankruptcy: Disney, Apple, Amazon and Google Reportedly Ready to Pounce on Any and All Abandoned NBA Local TV Deals

As the restructuring of Sinclair's Diamond Sports enters its sixth godforsaken month, somewhere, a lonely, anonymous source -- a lawyer or PR guy maybe? -- works the craven tools of the national press

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Bally Sports Bankruptcy: Summer MLB Drama Gives Way to Fall Pay TV Carriage Wars

Diamond Sports Group must renew distribution agreements covering nearly half of U.S. pay TV homes

Fortune

Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury dump regional sports networks to air games for free on local TV

Could this be the start of a recovery in NBA ratings? And what about baseball?

Broadcasting & Cable

Bally Sports Bankruptcy Gets Bloodier: Diamond Files Suit Against Sinclair and JP Morgan, Tries to Claw Back $1 Billion Preferred Equity Repayment

Diamond's largely stiffed secondary creditors are asking the bankruptcy court why they've been left holding the bag while JP Morgan was made whole

Broadcasting & Cable

MLB Sets Up New Diamondbacks Channel, Claims Reach Has Expanded by 4.7 Million Homes vs. Bally Sports Arizona

New channel launches Tuesday on Comcast, Charter, DirecTV, Cox, and Fubo, as well as MLB.TV streaming. It's unclear as to what's happening with Bally Sports Arizona

The Independent UK

MLB takes over Diamondbacks broadcasts Tuesday from Diamond Sports

Major League Baseball will take over broadcasts of Arizona Diamondbacks games after a federal bankruptcy judge on Tuesday granted a motion for Diamond Sports to reject its rights agreement

Broadcasting & Cable

Diamond Boots the Arizona Diamondbacks Out of the Bankrupt Bally Sports Kingdom ... for Real This Time

Houston court will rule on Diamond Sports Group's latest motion to tear up its regional sports networks contract with yet another MLB team on Tuesday

Broadcasting & Cable

MLB and DirecTV Prepare for Bankrupt Diamond To Cut the Diamondbacks Loose From Bally Sports Arizona

Should the league set up a new channel for the team, DirecTV wants the bankruptcy court to relieve it from also having to pay for a bereft Bally Sports channel, too

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