Regional Sports Networks Going Bankrupt

https://www.nexttv.com/news/amazon-pulls-back-from-dollar115-million-bally-sports-investment

 

Anaheim Ducks doing the same. 65 games going to an over-the-air channel and all games on a new streaming service.

Ducks Announce Partnerships with Victory+, KCOP Channel 13 to Televise All Regional Games for Free | Anaheim Ducks (nhl.com)

 

If you live in UCLA, USC, Washington or Oregon terrority, Comcast is blacking out your college's games on the Big Ten Network. If you have a different cable provider, then you can watch no problem.

https://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/20...ork-for-oregon-washington-usc-ucla-games.html

 

Launching before the NBA and NHL seasons tip off, new JV platform combines the MSG+ and YES App at a $12-a-month savings
https://www.nexttv.com/news/gotham-...nd-sabres-under-one-dollar42-a-month-dtc-home

 

https://www.editorandpublisher.com/...-multi-year-broadcast-rights-agreement,251852

 

So the Mavs get over-the-air broadcasts of all their games in DFW, Waco, Abilene, San Angelo, Tyler, and Midland-Odessa, which gives them the I-20 corridor, and a couple of media markets just south of that. But I'm assuming Wichita Falls, Amarillo, Lubbock, and maybe El Paso used to get Bally, right?

 

NBA teams (and NHL) usually draw minuscule ratings and interest outside their core metro market.

 

Coverage map in this article shows wide reach
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/...tnership-with-the-new-orleans-pelicans,252051

 

Diamond Sports looks to drop 11 MLB teams from Bally Sports regional networks

 

What does your RSN do for programming outside of broadcasting games?

 

Rangers seem late to the party owing their existing obligations, but something's in the works.

https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/mlb/texas-rangers/article293149509.html

 

It is true that NBA teams generally draw miniscule ratings outside their market. But the costs of distribution have fallen so dramatically and the number of potential outlets have increased so rapidly that someone will show the game.

I once went to a barber shop in Beijing and the Chinese cable system was showing a repeat of basketball game between two schools in Louisiana. I don't remember the exact schools but is was something like Southwestern Louisiana versus Louisiana Monroe and about 100 people were in the stands. But it was cheap programming.