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Bally Sports’ parent company expected to retain Rangers broadcasts, make rights payment

The next big day in the battle over the Rangers’ local TV rights is Thursday, but it may be a bit anti-climactic.

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Former Hearts and Dunfermline striker joins Airdrieonians, as first summer signing for Championship unveiled

Nikolay Todorov has joined the Diamonds for next season

Daily Record

Diamond Appears Ready to Cut More MLB Clubs Loose from Bally Sports as Hard Deadline To Pay the Texas Rangers Approaches

‘The debtors are in the process of determining whether to assume or reject one or more of the agreements,’ the Sinclair subsidiary tells the court

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Diamond Sports Ordered to Pay the Diamondbacks, Guardians, Rangers and Twins Their Full Bally Sports Rate

Bankruptcy court judge rules that despite changes to the market caused by cord-cutting, a deal is a deal. Sinclair subsidiary now has to decide to pay up or cut the teams loose like the Padres

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Judge: Diamond Sports must pay full value of contracts to Diamondbacks, Guardians, Twins, Rangers

A federal bankruptcy judge has ordered Diamond Sports to pay the full value of its media contracts to the Arizona Diamondbacks, Cleveland Guardians, Minnesota Twins and Texas Rangers

The Independent UK

Bally Sports Plus Has 203,000 Subscribers, Only 55% of Diamond’s Goal

Key disclosure comes amid 'vitriolic' bankruptcy court exchange Wednesday between MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and Diamond Sports management

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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

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MLB Steps in to Ensure Fans Access to Padres Games After Diamond Stops Payments

Games will be streamed for free until June 5

TV Tech

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.

USA Today Sports Media Group

MLB takes over Padres broadcasts Wednesday after Bally misses payment

Major League Baseball will take over broadcasts of San Diego Padres games beginning Wednesday after Diamond Sports missed a rights fees payment and let the grace period expire

The Independent UK

Diamond Sports Group Pulls Plug on Bally Sports San Diego Padres Games

MLB expected to make games available to fans via Spectrum, Cox DirecTV, Fubo, streaming

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Diamond Stiffs Padres, Club to Break Loose From Bankrupt Bally Sports San Diego (Updated)

Starting Wednesday, the Padres will present their games via MLB.TV and on a new cable channel following Sinclair subsidiary's decision not to continue paying for RSN rights

Broadcasting & Cable

Diamond Pedals is officially back with five compact new stompboxes featuring original circuits, and updated classics

The much-loved Canadian brand returns with the Memory Lane delay, Diamond Drive, Tremolo, and the legendary tone-sweetening Comp/EQ for guitar and bass

Guitar World

Judge Blocks Gray-TV Suns/Mercury Broadcast Deal

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez agrees with Diamond Sports that deal violates contract

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Judge Joker? Court Blocks Phoenix Suns From Bolting Bally Sports for Gray TV Broadcast and Streaming Deal

Texas bankruptcy court overseeing Diamond Sports Group’s restructuring says the NBA franchise must first try to negotiate a new deal with Sinclair’s regional sports network subsidiary

Broadcasting & Cable

Diamond Sports Sues the Phoenix Suns After NBA Team Bolts Bally Sports for Gray TV Local Broadcast Deal

Diamond says the Suns and a co-defendant, the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, breached their contract, which allowed Diamond to match any competing local TV offer

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Sinclair Reports Lower Q1 Earnings as It Unwinds Regional Sports Net Unit

Diamond Sports Group lost $94 million in January and February

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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

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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

The Independent UK

Suns, Mercury unveil local media deal with RSNs struggling

The NBA’s Phoenix Suns and WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury announced a new media rights deal that could pave the way for local sports broadcasts following the much-publicized struggles of regional sports networks

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

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Bally Sports Parent Says NBA’s Suns Breached Contract With Gray Deal

Diamond Sports Group claims bankruptcy laws were violated

TV Tech

Gray Signs Exclusive Deal to Broadcast Phoenix Suns, Mercury Games Next Season [Updated]

NBA, WNBA teams were formerly on the Diamond Sports RSN, which filed for bankruptcy in March

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Bally Sports Bankruptcy: Judge Tells Diamond To Pay Half of What It Owes to MLB Clubs, Pending Restructure

Sinclair’s regional sports networks division failed to make TV rights payments to five Major League Baseball teams

Broadcasting & Cable

Bally Sports Bankruptcy: The Texas Rangers Become the Fifth MLB Team 'Held Hostage' By Diamond Sports Group

The Rangers join the Diamondbacks, Guardians, Reds and Twins as among teams that didn't receive their regional sports network rights checks for the 2023 season

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