NBA hires Matt Volk to newly created local media position
The NBA is adding a dedicated local media exec to its office as it navigates the fallout from Main Street Sports Group's collapse.
The NBA is adding a dedicated local media exec to its office as it navigates the fallout from Main Street Sports Group's collapse.
A last-minute suitor has entered the arena for 13 NBA teams previously tied to Main Street Sports Group,...
The Preds are the fifth team to join up with a Scripps affiliate.
The NBA is encouraging affected teams to sign one-year interim deals before centralizing its local rights for the 2027-28 season.
The cap is still expected to increase by about $10 million compared to this season.
The Angels finally know where their games will be watched — and it won't cost SoCal fans anything extra.
YouTube TV and DAZN have been particularly aggressive in pursuing the package.
Ilitch Sports + Entertainment has launched Detroit SportsNet, a new platform powered by MLB Media that will carry Tigers and Red Wings games.
The move comes weeks after nine Major League Baseball teams terminated their agreements with the company.
The Halos are still working out regular season TV details while launching its own linear channel.
Any deals would be made independent of Main Street, which appears destined to shutter operations.
Layoffs are set to begin on April 14 as FanDuel Sports Network winds down.
"To be in control of our own destiny and be able to produce the games we want to produce the way we want to produce them...for us it's been a huge home run."
Most of the 13 teams currently signed to FanDuel Sports Network are likely to join.
MLB will provide "broadcast support" to the NHL's Red Wings.
The respective ventures could pull in the NHL's Kings and the NBA's Hawks.
The club is expecting to net $20 million in local TV revenue this season, down from $60 million in 2025.
The Braves are expected to launch their own network.
If MLB teams opt-out of their FanDuel RSN deals it could at least get the company to April to finish the NBA and NHL campaigns.
The FanDuel RSNs may go extinct soon as Main Street Sports Group approaches a decision to liquidate the company.
Victory+ says it can onboard teams in only three days should the FanDuel Sports Networks collapse mid-season.
The streamer will meet with MLB next week to determine if a deal could give it a "leg up" as a destination for the league's future nationalized local broadcast platform.
These deals are all contingent on whether or not parent company Main Street Sports Group can find a buyer in the coming weeks.
The immediate future of the regional sports networks is uncertain.
Time is running out on the FanDuel Sports Networks.