
Sinclair's Diamond Sports Group subsidiary has paid the Cincinnati Reds the initial payment for the team's 2023 local TV rights, within a mandated 15-day grace period after the April 17 due date, keeping the MLB club on regional sports network (RSN) Bally Sports Ohio.
The Reds, which own a portion of the RSN, had made arrangements with distributors Charter Communications and DirecTV, and the team was prepared to self-produce its own games on a new channel, starting Saturday, if bankrupt Diamond hadn't made the payment.