Latest Bally Sports
Bally Sports Meltdown Accelerates: NHL’s Dallas Stars Set To Follow Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers Out of the RSN
By Daniel Frankel published
Bally’s bankrupt operator, Diamond Sports Group, asks court to terminate its deal with the Stars one day after the Panthers announce their own plans to bolt their RSN
Altice USA Drops Bally Sports RSNs From Its Optimum Cable TV Service
By Daniel Frankel published
In the latest distribution blow for bankrupt operator Diamond Sports Group, 11 of its channels are blacked out on a pay TV service reaching 2 million subscribers
Judge Refuses To Make Bankrupt Diamond Give Up Sensitive Pay TV Deal Data
By Daniel Frankel published
Meanwhile, Major League Baseball delivers another zinger: ‘Nothing Diamond has ever done has been about maximizing profit’
Diamond Renews Pay TV Distribution With Fubo
By Daniel Frankel published
There's still no update on renewal talks with Comcast, as blackout enters its fourth week
Diamond Catching Most of the Viewer Heat in the 18 Markets in Which Its Bally Sports Channels Are Blacked Out on Comcast
By Daniel Frankel published
While consumers tend to blame pay TV distributors first in these kinds of impasses, the focus of fan ire seems to be the bankrupt programmer this time around
Comcast and Diamond Sports Group Carriage Talks Devolve Into Blackout
By Daniel Frankel, Jon Lafayette published
Diamond's against-all-odds escape from bankruptcy liquidation hits a major snag after its Bally Sports carriage deal with Comcast expires and the two sides fail to agree on another temporary extension
Diamond Sports Group Reaches Tentative Agreement With DirecTV on Long-Term Carriage Renewal, Still Faces Imminent Deadline With Comcast
By Daniel Frankel published
The bankrupt operator of the Bally Sports regional channels, which once faced seemingly certain liquidation, is now one pay TV deal away from a huge comeback
Diamond and NHL Forge Deal to Skate Through Current Season
By Daniel Frankel published
But after the NHL regular season ends in April, local TV and streaming rights will revert back to the league
Tentative Deal Between Diamond Sports Group and MLB Reportedly Pays 9 Teams Their Full Bally Sports Bill, While the Twins, Guardians and Rangers Get Take-It-or-Leave-It Cut-Rate Offers
By Daniel Frankel published
Major League Baseball has reportedly also floated a provision that would have it seize Diamond's 20% stake in the YES Network if the bankrupt RSN subsidiary reneged on the terms of the agreement
Amid Diamond’s Apparent Detente With MLB, Twins Return to Bally Sports Remains Doubtful
By Daniel Frankel published
With the pro baseball club exploring alternative local sports arrangements, a source close to Bally Sports North said he’s not ‘overly optimistic’ the team will return to the RSN
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