Regional Sports Networks Going Bankrupt

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/15/diamond-sports-bankruptcy-prep.html

Sinclair made a bad deal, buying these regional sports networks just as viewers dumped cable for streaming services.

 

More details.
https://www.nexttv.com/news/bally-r...faces-dollar140-million-debt-payment-deadline

 

Quite honestly, one of the biggest reasons I hold onto cable is because of the ease of watching the Capitals and Orioles on NBCSW and MASN.

 

Ditto Ducks and Angels.

PS -- I hate watching live games on my computer.

 

Same and same. The phone is surprisingly OK for watching games, but I only do that when I'm doing the dishes, sitting in my daughter's room while she's trying to fall asleep or my ADD is on hyperspeed while I'm in the living room and I want to watch a TV show at the same time as the game.

 

FIFY

Sinclair made a bad deal, buying these regional sports networks and trying to jack up the prices paid the providers to the point they got dropped and lost hundreds of millions dollars over the past three years

 

It's been frustrating not having the Suns games but worth it knowing that Sinclair wasn't getting a dime of my money.

 

https://tvnewscheck.com/business/article/bally-rsn-parent-misses-payments/

 

MLB supposedly ready to step in.
https://www.cleveland.com/guardians...sports-parent-company-skips-debt-payment.html

 

A. I still hate watching sports over a stream. It takes me three minutes just to get to the damn stream. And then forget about hopping between streams or — gasp — between a stream and linear cable TV, especially if you're on your TV.

B. Insert Ragu post here about cheap money, rising interest rates, Sinclair getting a bunch of cheap debt, it blows up, etc.

 

https://www.nexttv.com/news/bankruptcy-be-damned-nba-renews-bally-sports-plus-digital-deal