Awful Announcing
Craig Moffett of MoffettNathanson expects the Fox RSNs to lose 50 to 75 percent of their distribution in the next couple of years. "It's really hard to see any good outcome for a RSN."
It looks like the 21 former Fox RSNs still out there are in fact heading to Sinclair, with an announcement expected Friday.
Buffalo and Las Vegas saw huge ratings increases compared to the previous season
It looks like the 21 remaining former Fox RSNs have been sold to Sinclair, which only reportedly reemerged as a bidder earlier this month.
Liberty and MLB have reportedly combined their bids, and Sinclair's now bidding again. The BIG3 bid is also there.
"Charter's conduct risks effectively excluding BIG3 from the bidding process and tainting the auction. It has been suggested to BIG3's ownership that Charter has disseminated its threat to drop the (regional sports networks) to other members of the industry."
While the BIG3 bid for the RSNs has big names attached, most are "content partners" who aren't actually investing. And there are questions about the finances here.
After deals with Fox and AT&T's regional sports networks, MLB has now struck one with NBC's RSNs.
As one bidder enters, two others apparently leave.
After the second round of bids, the former Fox networks still aren't attracting offers close to what many originally estimated they were worth.
As we know now, the first round of bidding for the 22 Fox regional sports networks that Disney...
It turns out Amazon may not have put in a full bid for the whole RSN package after all, and other bidders were reportedly confused about what MLB digital rights were included.
MLB might wind up being yet another bidder for the Fox RSNs.
