Tag: Bally Sports
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DIRECTV is Refusing to Pay Bally Sports For Some Channels
Last week, Bally Sports Parent Company asked the judge overseeing its bankruptcy for permission not to pay the Arizona Coyotes contract. This will allow Bally Sports to end its TV contract with the company. This comes as Diamond Sports Group, the parent company of Bally Sports, says it would like to shut down the Bally…
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Scripps Is Reportedly Ready To Step In if Bally Sports Drops More Teams
Due to the uncertainty of Bally Sports’ future, many sports teams are preparing backup plans to make sure their games will still reach fans. A number of teams have reportedly signed contingency deals with Scripps Sports, the sports division of broadcasting company E.W. Scripps, according to Broadcasting + Cable’s NextTV. “We’ve been able to advance…
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Bally Sports Confirms It Will Carry Lightning Games as Clock Ticks on Bankruptcy
In a rare bright spot for Bally Sports, the regional sports network confirmed that its Florida-based Bally Sports Sun local station will broadcast 71 Lightning games during the 2023-24 NHL season, according to a joint statement from the team and network. It’s a potential lifeline for Bally Sports and its parent company, Diamond Sports, which…
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Arizona Coyotes Breaks From Bally Sports, Will Televise Games Over the Air For Free Through Scripps
The Arizona Coyotes are breaking from regional sports network Bally Sports and moving to television over the air with a new deal with Scripps Sports. The NHL team said on Thursday that it had struck a multi-year deal with Scripps to televise games locally. The games will air on Antenna TV on Channel 15.2 (KNXV.2),…
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Bally Sports Plans to Shut Down Its Bally Sports Arizona RSN
Late yesterday, Bally Sports Parent Company asked the judge overseeing its bankruptcy for permission not to pay the Arizona Coyotes contract. This will allow Bally Sports to end its TV contract with the company. This comes as Diamond Sports Group, the parent company of Bally Sports, says it would like to shut down the Bally…
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Bally Sports Plans to Not Pay The NHL Arizona Coyotes, & Possibly to Shutdown Bally Sports Arizona
Late yesterday, Bally Sports Parent Company asked the judge overseeing its bankruptcy for permission not to pay the Arizona Coyotes contract. This will allow Bally Sports to end its TV contract with the company and could possibly allow it to shut down Bally Sports Arizona. This comes as Bally Sports has already lost TV rights…
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Bally Sports Reportedly Hopes to Strike Deals With YouTube TV & Hulu To Save The Channel
Last week, The New York Post reported that a deal had been reached between Comcast and DIRECTV to extend Bally Sports’ contracts with the pay-TV providers. Cord Cutters News has since independently confirmed the news. Now, the Wall Street Journal reports that Diamond Sports, the parent company behind Bally Sports, also hopes to strike deals to…
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Bally Sports May Break From MLB To Save Itself
With the Bally Sports in the middle of bankruptcy proceedings and just day away from needing to present a plan to reorganize itself, the regional sports network may break from the MLB in an effort to save the overall business. That’s according to Sportico, which cited “a few people who are tangentially plugged into the…
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Comcast and DIRECTV To Keep Bally Sports, but the Channel’s Future Is Still Uncertain
Yesterday, The New York Post reported that a deal had been reached between Comcast and DIRECTV to extend Bally Sports’ contracts with the pay-TV providers. Cord Cutters News has since independently confirmed the news. Despite the contract extension, Bally Sports’ future is still in jeopardy and the company might not survive bankruptcy, according to the Post,…
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Bally Sports Reportedly Could Shut Down Next Year As It Asks NBA & NHL Teams to Take a Pay Cut
Bally Sports’ parent company, Diamond Sports Group, is in a tough fight for survival. The company, stuck in the middle of bankruptcy proceedings, needs to strike some major deals and create a go-forward plan by the court-ordered deadline of September 30, 2023. Now, the New York Post is reporting that Bally Sports could shut down…