While it’s the pay TV distributor that usually catches viewer heat when channels are pulled off programming grids amid licensing disputes, based on the fickle winds of the internet, it's the other way around for bankrupt regional sports networks operator Diamond Sports Group and its six-day-old impasse with Comcast.
All 18 remaining Bally Sports-branded channels that Diamond manages were pulled off Comcast on April 30, placing into dire jeopardy Diamond's attempt to emerge from a 15-month bankruptcy process intact. Diamond is reportedly reluctant to cede to Comcast’s demand that the Bally Sports channels be bumped to a more-expensive digital tier.
