Tag: Sinclair
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Sinclair Continues to Play Hardball By Making Availability of Bally Sports RSNs Difficult
Over the last 2 years, the amount of streaming providers that carry Sinclair’s Bally Sports Regional Networks has been reduced to one — DIRECTV STREAM. NBA owner Mark Cuban had to spend over $2 million of his own money to give Mavericks fans a way to stream games on their local Bally Sports RSNs via…
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Dish and Sling Reach Agreement for Sinclair Locals and Tennis Channel, Leaving RSNs Out
Dish and Sinclair announced today that they have reached a multi-year carriage agreement to keep Sinclair’s 144 local stations and the Tennis Channel on Dish TV and Sling TV. The deal did not include Sinclair-owned Bally Sports Networks. The regional sports networks were dropped by Dish Network in Summer 2019. At that time, Dish sent…
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Sinclair Renews RSN Deals, May Not Have Streaming Rights for a Direct to Consumer Service
Sinclair Broadcasting Group reported their Q3 2021 earnings yesterday and the company has reached new multi-year agreements with 3 professional sports clubs. According to a news release, the broadcast company entered into a new multi-year deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers back in September. In October, the company reached multi-year deals with the Detroit Red Wings…
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An MLB In-Market Streaming Service Could Be in the Works, NBA and NHL Possible Partners
Last week, it was reported that Major League Baseball wanted a stake in Sinclair’s Bally Sports Regional Sports Networks (RSNs) planned direct-to-consumer streaming service. Now, it seems that MLB wants to skip the middleman and offer their own hometown in-market streaming service according to a new report from Josh Kosman at the New York Post.…
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MLB Reportedly Wants A Stake in Bally Sports RSNs, Streaming Service
The future of Sinclair’s Bally Sports Regional Sports Networks (RSNs) plans to offer a direct-to-consumer (DTC) streaming service is still up in the air. Earlier this year, we reported on Sinclair’s plan to offer a DTC streaming app with gamification for in-app sports betting to help increase the company’s revenue. It has been reported that…
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DISH and Sinclair Reach Short-Term Agreement to Keep 112 Channels on Air
DISH Network and Sinclair have come to a short term agreement, saving the 112 Sinclair-owned channels that were on track to go dark last night, impacting 3.5 million customers. Earlier this month, Sinclair released a statement, saying that DISH Network will drop 112 Sinclair-owned channels if the two companies were unable to agree to carriage terms…
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Weekend Wrap-Up: DISH Faces Off Against Sinclair, More Roku Originals Arrive, and More
This week, we learned of another carriage dispute, this time involving DISH, Sinclair, and more than 100 channels. Elsewhere, several streaming services announced their latest subscriber numbers, with some touting increases and others noting recent losses. Meanwhile, WarnerMedia continues to make deals that signal its intent to return to exclusive windows for movie theaters. Here’s…
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DISH Responds to Sinclair’s Threat to Remove Channels
Earlier today, Sinclair released a statement, saying that DISH Network will likely drop 112 Sinclair-owned channels as the two companies have been unable to agree to carriage terms with an August 16 deadline coming up. DISH has now released its own statement in response, pointing the blame at the media company and claiming that Sinclair…
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DISH Will Likely Lose 112 Channels Including Locals & Tennis Channel Next Week
DISH Network is expected to drop 112 Sinclair-owned TV stations next Monday, according to a statement from Sinclair today. Sinclair announced today that “it is unlikely” that DISH and Sinclair will come to an agreement on carriage terms before the current agreement expires on August 16, 2021. As a result, DISH will lose broadcast stations…
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Sinclair Is Reportedly Bidding for NBC Regional Sports Networks
Sinclair is interested in adding to its regional sports networks, with NY Post reporting that Sinclair Broadcasting Group has made an offer for NBCUniversal’s seven RSNs. Sources told the Post that an offer was made during the first round of bids, which took place before NBC shared financial details about the RSNs. Those details will…