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Bally Sports Regional Networks Aiming to Rebrand Under New Naming Rights Agreement

America's largest sportsbook will lend its name to the troubled channels.

Sports Illustrated

Next TV Summit: Why Sports Teams Are Changing the TV Play to Streaming

Sports exec panelists say the RSN business isn’t dead, but DTC services are needed to reach rabid fans

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Bally Sports Meltdown Accelerates: NHL’s Dallas Stars Set To Follow Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers Out of the RSN

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

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Altice USA Drops Bally Sports RSNs From Its Optimum Cable TV Service

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

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Chicago Cubs RSN Marquee Sports Faces ‘Bumpy’ Comcast Renewal

Cubs president of business operations Crane Kenney admits that prospects look a little bleak for the regional sports network jointly operated by the MLB club and Sinclair Broadcast Group

Multichannel News

Chicago's Bulls, Blackhawks and White Sox Bolt Comcast-Owned RSN, Launch New Multiplatform Channel With Standard Media Group

Chicago Sports Network will reach ‘expanded Midwest footprint’ with ‘traditional cable providers, streaming services and be available via free, over-the-air broadcast’

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Diamond Renews Pay TV Distribution With Fubo

There's still no update on renewal talks with Comcast, as blackout enters its fourth week

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Diamond Sports Group, DirecTV Renew Distribution Deal

Diamond’s agreement with DirecTV follows previously announced renewals with Charter and Cox

TV Tech

Kraken Skate Away From RSN Root Sports for Deals With Tegna, Amazon

Long-term agreements put Seattle team’s games on broadcast, streaming

Multichannel News

Will Broadcast’s Local Sports Comeback Stand Up?

Stations have snapped up pro-sports rights from struggling RSNs, but could find themselves edged out by direct-to-consumer streamers

Broadcasting & Cable

Evolution of a Sports Network

Before he worked for Chyron, Daniel Higgins brought cloud-based sports production to Rochester University.

AVNetwork

Will Tech Advances Attract More Baseball Fans?

Amid a resurgence in popularity, streamers roll out new features

TV Tech

RSN-Bereft Colorado Rockies Look to Follow Padres and Diamondbacks Local TV Model, MLB to Distribute Channel Via DirecTV, Comcast, Charter, Fubo ... and DTC

Major League Baseball takes over local TV rights for team after Warner Bros. shut down SportsNet LA

Broadcasting & Cable

ESPN To Link Its App and Website Users Directly to RSNs

Starting this week, local Boston Red Sox fans will be able to access their NESN subscription via the 'World Wide Leader'

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By ‘DTC,’ They Meant ‘Direct to Charter’

In this week’s ‘Next Text,’ we call out the Dodgers’ RSN distribution, Warner's far-fetched DC ambitions, and (of course) Shari’s latest offer

Broadcasting & Cable

Bumped Out of Comcast's Basic Tier, Orioles and Nationals RSN MASN Signs Distribution Deal with Fubo

The regional sports network will be available in Fubo's cheapest $80-a-month 'Pro' tier

Broadcasting & Cable

‘We’re Betting on Ourselves‘: Utah Jazz Claim More Than 20,000 Subscribers for New DTC Streaming Channel Jazz+

Team exec Caroline Klein tells ‘Next TV’ the NBA franchise has a lot of ‘pride’ in its new digital platform, which was built in just 47 days last fall with the help of technology partner Kiswe

Broadcasting & Cable

MLB Launches Local DTC Streaming Option for the Colorado Rockies

Club was left bereft of an RSN when Warner Bros. Discovery walked away from AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain

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Everything You Need To Know About the Bally Sports Bankruptcy

We detail the long struggle, as bankrupt subsidiary Diamond Sports Group fights to keep broadcaster Sinclair's big, ambitious, specularly unsuccessful regional sports networks play out of liquidation

TV Tech

Sinclair, Amazon Ink Deal with Diamond Sports Group to Keep Bally RSN Operating

Sinclair will pay Diamond $495M to settle lawsuit, Amazon will invest in Diamond and host Bally RSN apps on Prime Video

Chicago Sun-Times

How might next TV deal for Blackhawks, Bulls and White Sox turn out?

Though Chicago has been spared the chaos that has engulfed markets with crumbling regional sports networks, there’s plenty of uncertainty. The way we see it, the teams could take their broadcasts one of three ways.

Multichannel News

YES Network and MSG Launch Streaming JV, Gotham Advanced Media and Entertainment

Having each ramped up to take their respective RSNs over the top, YES and MSG look to combine their resources to form a new revenue stream

Broadcasting & Cable

MLB's Pirates Join NHL's Penguins as Owners of Warner-Abandoned SportsNet Pittsburgh

The channel, which was ditched earlier this year in Warner Bros. Discovery's purge of its regional sports networks, will now be managed by New England Sports Network (NESN)

Broadcasting & Cable

Why Shohei Ohtani and His New $700 Million Dodgers Deal Aren’t Too Rich For Still Thriving RSN SportsNet LA

In this week’s Next Text, we also discuss why Adam Silver and the NBA should pop the ol’ bubbly on their wildly successful In-Season Tournament

Chicago Sun-Times

Broadcast TV is attracting sports in parts of the country. Why not in Chicago?

Over-the-air TV is coming in handy for teams and leagues looking for new homes and wider distribution amid the upheaval pervading regional sports networks.

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