Bally Sports files Chapter 11

[Hoop]

F, Bally's. To bad the games aren't on free TV like they use to be. So where will Pacers games be soon?

Now if Hope Plumping would go out of business I'd be real happy. I freaking hate their commercials.

[Sandman21]

Nope..... I live here in the Maryland, and NBC Sports Washington is on Youtube TV.

NBC Sports Washington isn't even owned by Comcast anymore; they just haven't rebranded yet.

Even then, that tactic is right out of Comcast's playbook; don't be evil where the politicians are (they still don't have data caps on their internet service in that region).

[Sandman21]

First domino may have fallen, as Phoenix is abandoning the RSN model and moving the Suns and Mercury to OTA TV.....

https://www.azfamily.com/2023/04/28/arizonas-family-announces-transformative-broadcast-partnership-with-phoenix-suns-phoenix-mercury/

[MyFavMartin]

First domino may have fallen, as Phoenix is abandoning the RSN model and moving the Suns and Mercury to OTA TV.....

https://www.azfamily.com/2023/04/28/...oenix-mercury/

Thanks for sharing. More info:

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/36310895/suns-mercury-broadcasts-over-air-tv-streaming

[RamBo_Lamar]

First domino may have fallen, as Phoenix is abandoning the RSN model and moving the Suns and Mercury to OTA TV.....

https://www.azfamily.com/2023/04/28/...oenix-mercury/

That would be wonderful if the Pacers and rest of NBA teams follow suit.

[MyFavMartin]

That would be wonderful if the Pacers and rest of NBA teams follow suit.

Sounds like Bally has to miss a payment before you can claim breach of contract so Suns will likely get taken to court.

[Sandman21]

Diamond Sports and the NBA have reached an agreement that effectively makes this the last year of the Pacers current deal on Bally:

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2023/11/06/diamond-sports-group-deal-with-nba.aspx?publicationSource=closingbell&issue=e17ebbb3e8de490e83e3c6d7ba8836c1

Time to see if the team can find enough quality local stations to make OTA broadcasting an option.

[MyFavMartin]

https://nypost.com/2024/01/17/business/amazon-poised-to-save-bankrupt-diamond-sports-with-100m-deal-to-stream-five-mlb-teams-sources/amp/

Amazon is poised to stream the games of five Major League Baseball teams this season after extending a roughly $100 million lifeline to help broadcaster Diamond Sports emerge from bankruptcy, The Post has learned.

Diamond — the nation’s largest regional sports network (RSN) with broadcast rights to 11 MLB teams, half the NBA teams and a third of the NHL teams — also is expected to win a separate, $495 million infusion after finalizing a settlement with parent company Sinclair, sources told The Post late Tuesday.

The two new revenue streams will be presented to a US bankruptcy judge in Houston as early as Wednesday. The deal is expected to win approval despite MLB’s potential objections, sources said.

The network’s streaming rights for NBA and NHL teams ends after this season. Diamond, which may not emerge from bankruptcy until after the current season, is expected to negotiate for the 2024-25 streaming rights so Amazon can air local basketball and hockey games going forward.

would make sense for Amazon to get further into sports. We will see if an Amazon prime membership will get you local sports

[pacers_heath]

Well that explains a lot