Many Sinclair local broadcast affiliates were affected by a reported ransomware attack, impacting NFL broadcasts
The "technical issues" many Sinclair stations admitted dealing with Sunday reportedly came from a company-wide ransomware attack.
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MLB reportedly asks for stake in Sinclair’s planned OTT RSN streaming plan, around Diamond Sports’ talks with creditors
"MLB responded by requesting an equity stake in any planned streaming service that featured MLB games, 'a new wrinkle that complicated matters too much to complete on time.'"
DISH, Sinclair reach temporary extension amidst carriage negotiations
These carriage disputes tend to follow a pretty predictable pattern ahead of football season.
With Sinclair local affiliate dispute looming, Dish’s Charlie Ergen says “We don’t have any customers calling us on RSNs”
"We don’t have any customers calling us on RSNs today. ...We’re not interested in taxing our customers when they don’t watch the channels."
Bally’s acquires AVP beach volleyball tour, plans to broadcast events on Bally Sports regional networks
It's a pretty logical move for all parties.
Sinclair reportedly bidding for NBC’s regional sports networks
This is still very early on in the process, but there's still a lot to unpack.
Two distributor execs tell SBJ they haven’t approved Sinclair’s Bally Sports direct-to-consumer plans, contrary to Chris Ripley’s claims
Executives from two distributors told Sports Business Journal's John Ourand they haven't had meaningful contact with Sinclair about this planned over-the-top RSN offering, and they might pull or not renew the Bally Sports RSNs if Sinclair goes ahead.
Sinclair on hook for $1.82 billion in rights fees for Bally Sports regional sports networks
Sinclair paid $9.6 billion for the networks in 2019.
Sinclair unveils Bally Sports network lineup, which will replace and reshuffle the Fox Sports RSNs
There's a new logo and network market map, too.
Sinclair agrees to partnership with Bally’s for naming rights to Fox Sports regional networks
You're watching Atlanta Braves baseball on... Bally's Sports South?
Sinclair took a $4.2 billion writedown over its regional sports networks, posted a quarterly loss of $3.2 billion
Distribution losses, including with Hulu+Live TV and YouTube TV, played a big role in this write-down.
Sinclair’s regional sports networks unit is facing a possible debt restructuring, and has been called their “Achilles’ heel”
Sinclair's purchase of the former Fox RSNs from Disney at a $10.6 billion valuation (with $9.6 billion exchanged) had some merit at the time, but those RSNs are facing some dire challenges now.
Hulu dropping Sinclair’s Fox Sports regional networks from live-sports packages
The Sinclair Fox Sports regional channels will go dark on Hulu beginning Oct. 23.
