Tag: Bally Sports
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Bally Sports Wants to Terminate Its New Contracts With the NBA & NHL and Return To its Older Agreements, Putting OTA TV Deals In Jeopardy
Over the last few months, Bally Sports’ parent company, Diamond Sports Group, struck new deals with the NBA and reportedly the NHL that would see its TV contracts end after the current season. Now, as a part of a new plan proposed to the bankruptcy court, these contracts would be terminated, and the old NHL…
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Amazon Invests in Bally Sports RSN & Will Become The New Streaming Provider For Bally Sports Direct-to-Consumer Service
Today, Diamond Sports, the parent company of Bally Sports RSNs, announced a deal a deal that will allow it to exit bankruptcy. With this deal, Amazon will become a minority investor in Diamond Sports, the owner of Bally Sports. This deal will see Amazon become the new home of Bally Sports streaming for direct-to-consumer packages.…
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DIRECTV Wants to Stop Paying Bally Sports For Some MLB Teams It No Longer Offers
DIRECTV and Bally Sports are locked in a legal fight over TV fees paid by DIRECTV for MLB teams that Bally Sports no longer offers. According to DIRECTV its contract with Bally Sports is forcing it to pay for MLB teams that the network no longer has rights to. “The Diamond Parties seek payment of…
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MLB’s Court Hearing With Bally Sports is Delayed As 3 More MLB Teams Maybe Dropped
Last month, during a court hearing, MLB lawyers said that a framework had been reached for a deal to have Bally Sports air the 2024 MLB season. The catch is three of the remaining MLB teams may be dropped by Bally Sports or have their contracts changed. Today was to be the court date to…
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MLB Reportedly Rejects Amazon’s Offer to Take Over Live Streaming of MLB Games From Bally Sports
Bally Sports, the regional sports network trying to work its way out of bankruptcy, and last month a last minute offer by Amazon to take over streaming rights of MLB games could have help. Now though MLB has reported rejected a proposed $150 million deal that would have seen Amazon take over streaming of MLB…
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DIRECTV and Bally Sports Headed to Court Over Carriage Fee Dispute
Diamond Sports Group, the parent company of embattled regional sports network Bally Sports, is heading back to bankruptcy court and taking DIRECTV with it, according to TV Answer Man. Diamond Sports argued DIRECTV owes it past carriage fees for carrying San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondback games. Diamond alleges that DIRECTV was contractually required to…
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Bally Sports Has a Savior? Amazon Reportedly Looking at Investing in the Troubled Sports Network
Bally Sports, the regional sports network trying to work its way out of bankruptcy, may be getting a lifeline from Amazon. Amazon is in talks to invest in Bally Sports’ parent, Diamond Sports Group, in a deal that could bring the network’s games onto the online retail giant’s streaming service, according to The Wall Street…
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Bally Sports Gets Reprieve on Sinclair Payment, MLB Deal, as it Deals With Bankruptcy
Bally Sports, which is still working on a plan to get out of bankruptcy, got a bit of a reprieve on Friday after a judge denied former parent Sinclair Broadcasting’s motion to for the regional sports network to immediately pay it for management services, according to a spokeswoman for Bally Sports. The judge also pushed…
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Bally Sports May Lose TV Rights to MLB Next Week — Here Is Where the MLB TV Rights Would Likely Go
On December 15, 2023, Bally Sports will have a critical hearing related to the future of MLB on its networks. Bally Sports offered MLB slightly lower pay for the 2024 season in exchange for all TV rights being returned to MLB at the end of the season. MLB rejected the offer and demanded full payment…
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Bally Sports’ Streaming App is Down For Some As They Are Unable To Login
Bally Sports+ is once again down for some customers as the service struggles to let people log in. This comes as a few weeks ago the service repeatedly went down. Tonight’s issue seems to be related to the app not letting people log into the service. If you are already logged in you are able…