Tag: Bally Sports
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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…
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Bally Sports Asks For An Extension Until May 2024 to Find a Way Out of Bankruptcy
On November 15th a federal judge approved Bally Sports’ request for more time to file its plan to reorganize and re-emerge from bankruptcy, even as the troubled company indicated it would seek to file a third extension down the line, according to a person familiar with the situation. Now Bally Sports has asked for that…
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Get Bally Sports+ For 45% Off This Black Friday
Bally Sports is offering three months of Bally Sports+ for 45% off on Black Friday through Cyber Monday. The deal varies by region. Bally Sports North will be $34 a month for three months, a discount of 43%. Bally Sports Detroit, Bally Sports Florida, Bally Sports Sun, Bally Sports Ohio, Bally Sports Southeast, Bally Sports…
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The Recap: Disney Shuts Networks Down, Bally Sports Drama Gets Messier, and More
It was a critical week for Bally Sports, which took one step forward and another back as the regional sports network drama continues. Disney, meanwhile, shut down some cable channels overseas that may have implications back home, and DISH Network ended a two month-long blackout by settling a dispute with Hearst. Amazon offered a little…
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Sinclair Says Bally Sports Plans to Shutdown
Today Bally Sports had a major court hearing related to the next steps of its bankruptcy. Now according to David Selign, outside counsel for Sinclair, the staff at Sinclair expect Bally Sports to shut down after the end of the 2024 MLB season but Diamond Sports Group objected to that idea. “To Sinclair folks who…
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MLB Objects to Bally Sports’ Proposed TV Contract, Putting the Future of the RSN in Danger
Last week, Bally Sports said in a court filing that it had reached a deal with creditors to get it through the 2024 MLB season. After that, it will stop broadcasting MLB games, giving the teams the ability to find new TV partners with minimal impact on fans unless a new deal is reached with…
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Judge Approves Bally Sports’ Bankruptcy Extension Request and NBA Deal, But no MLB Deal Reached
A federal judge approved Bally Sports’ request for more time to file its plan to reorganize and re-emerge from bankruptcy, even as the troubled company indicated it would seek to file a third extension down the line, according to a person familiar with the situation. In addition, the judge approved a deal between the NBA…
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The Future of Bally Sports Hangs On A Court Hearing Tomorrow
Tomorrow November 15, 2023, Bally Sports’ parent company Diamond Sports Group has a very important court hearing. At this hearing the future of the network could be decided as many major issues are coming up for approval by the Judge. As part of this court hearing the court will review complaints by DIRECTV to cut…
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The Recap: Disney Spills Hulu-Disney+ and ESPN Plans, More Bally Sports Drama, and More
Earnings season trucks on, but Walt Disney took the spotlight based on just how much it spilled this week. We got updates on its efforts to integrate Disney+ and Hulu, as well as ESPN, and even its password-sharing crackdown plans. DISH likewise offered a lot of nuggets of info in its earnings. Bally Sports, meanwhile,…