Tag: Bally Sports
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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,…
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Bally Sports May Lose All NBA Teams if It Fails To Reach a Deal With Spectrum
Earlier this week, Bally Sports and the NBA announced a deal that will keep NBA games on the RSNs. This deal will avoid what could have resulted in multiple NBA teams leaving Bally Sports midseason. One part of this deal that was not widely reported at the time is that each of the 15 NBA…
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Bally Sports & The NBA Reach A One Year Deal To Avoid Chaos
Today, Bally Sports and the NBA announced a deal that will keep NBA games on the RSNs. This deal will avoid what could have resulted in multiple NBA teams leaving Bally Sports midseason. The interesting part of this deal, though, is it is only for one season. “Our newly-signed agreements with the NBA, Comcast and…
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The Recap: Legacy Max Customers Lose 4K, Bally Sports+ Kept Going Down, and More
It was another busy week of earnings, this time from a number of the streaming services. Also, it was a rough few days if you were a Bally Sports+ subscriber. As always, there was a lot going on in the world of cord cutting. But that’s why The Recap exists, to catch you up on…
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Bally Sports is Offering Refunds To Customers Impacted By Multiple Streaming Outages – Here is How To Get a Refund
This week has been rough for Bally Sports as its streaming service, Bally Sports+, has been down three different nights this week during the start of the NHL and NBA seasons. Bally Sports has blamed a 3rd party vendor for the issues and says they are working to correct the issue. Now, Bally Sports has…
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Bally Sports’ Streaming Service Goes Down For a 4th Straight Night
Bally Sports+ is once again down today for the fourth straight night as the RSN struggles to make its streaming service works. This comes as the NBA and NHL recently started their seasons, putting demand on the service. Update: Bally Sports reached out to cord cutters news to say that its streaming service did not…
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Update: Comcast Denies It Will Move Bally Sports To a More Expensive Package This Week
Recently, Comcast moved a Roots Sports RSN package in the North West to a more expensive TV package. Now it has been reported that Comcast will also be moving all Bally Sports channels to a more expensive package this week. UPDATE: Comcast has told Cord Cutters News that there will be no change to what…
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Bally Sports May Soon Have New Owners As Sinclair Reportedly Wants to Buy The RSNs Back
Back in 2022, Sinclair spun off the struggling Bally Sports regional sports networks (RSNs) into its own company. This new company, called Diamond Sports Group, filed for bankruptcy in early 2023 to help deal with the roughly $8 billion in debt the networks had. Now, according to sources who talked with the New York Post,…