Sinclair Names Stefan Schellhas GM of TV Stations in Cincinnati Broadcaster succeeds Jon Lawhead, who is retiring Broadcasting & Cable · Jun 12, 2023
Texas Association of Broadcasters Names Amy Villarreal Broadcaster of the Year Sinclair’s associate group manager honored as best in the state TV Tech · Jun 7, 2023
Field News Trial Turns ‘Workflows On Their Head,’ Says Sinclair's Ernie Ensign The Sinclair news tech vice president says the cloud, 5G test is intended to speed up news production TV Tech · Jun 5, 2023
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 Multichannel News · Jun 2, 2023
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 · Jun 1, 2023
Sinclair Broadcast Group Officially Becomes Holding Company Sinclair Stock-ticker symbol remains SBGI Multichannel News · Jun 1, 2023
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 · May 31, 2023
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 · May 30, 2023
Sinclair Sells Controlling Stake in Stadium Network Chicago White Sox and Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf takes majority control TV Tech · May 30, 2023
Sinclair Sells Control of Stadium to Jerry Reinsdorf’s Silver Chalice Regional rights for Reinsdorf’s Bulls and White Sox expire in 2024 Multichannel News · May 30, 2023
Sinclair's Compulse Launches OTT Ad Management Platform Compulse Performance TV allows agencies to buy, manage, optimize, and measure OTT campaigns across all devices TV Tech · May 11, 2023
Sinclair’s Diginets Add New Prime-Time Content Comet, Charge! and TBD acquire `Law & Order: Criminal Intent’, `Grimm’, and `The Laugh List’ for 2023-24 primetime lineups TV Tech · May 9, 2023
Sinclair Over-the-Air Networks Add Familiar and Original Series Comet Fest set to lead into launch of ‘Grimm’ Broadcasting & Cable · May 9, 2023
Sinclair Reports Lower Q1 Earnings as It Unwinds Regional Sports Net Unit Diamond Sports Group lost $94 million in January and February Multichannel News · May 3, 2023
Broadcasting & Cable · May 2, 2023 Sinclair Replaces Local Newscasts With ‘The National Desk’ in 5 Markets Some stations will offer local news cut-ins
Broadcasting & Cable · May 1, 2023 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
Multichannel News · Apr 28, 2023 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
Multichannel News · Apr 20, 2023 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 · Apr 18, 2023 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
TV Tech · Apr 17, 2023 Sinclair to Build DDaS Platform to Manage NextGen TV Datacasting The Data Distribution as a Service platform will provide broadcasters with the tools needed automate the management of datacasting opportunities
TV Tech · Apr 15, 2023 Sinclair Partners with Amagi to Migrate Local Broadcast Automation and Playout to the Cloud Two year transition will mark the first large-scale, cloud-based playout solution by a major broadcaster in the U.S. for local terrestrial broadcast networks
TV Tech · Apr 14, 2023 Broadcasters Tap Verance to Expand Reach of NextGen TV Interactivity Sinclair, Gray, Graham and Capitol Broadcasting will be implementing the Verance Aspect audio watermark used to trigger interactive applications
TV Tech · Apr 13, 2023 Sinclair Renews Nielsen Deal for Local and National Audience Measurement The multiyear deal includes measurement of local TV stations, national networks, regional cable channel, and national unwired network
TV Tech · Apr 12, 2023 Sinclair Taps Avid, Sony and Marquise to Upgrade News Gathering Sinclair is adopting an innovative cloud-based workflow integrating Avid MediaCentral, Sony Electronics’ C3 Portal gateway service and Marquis software
Multichannel News · Apr 12, 2023 Sinclair Carriage Deal Adds Digital Nets, Tennis Channel to YouTube TV Lineup Virtual MVPD not carrying Bally regional sports networks