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Aaron Judge in a March 20, 2025 Spring Training game.

YES and Marquee could lose Comcast carriage Friday as part of Sinclair negotiations

The current extension between Comcast and Sinclair expires early Friday morning.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMar 27, 2025 0
Jannik Sinner laughs about a point lost to Carlos Alcaraz

Tennis Channel launches direct-to-consumer streaming service

The offering will be priced at $9.99 per month or $109.99 annually and include live 24/7 access to the flagship network.

By Drew Lerner OnNov 6, 2024 0
Portland Trail Blazers basketball fans celebrate during the second half against the Golden State Warriors at Moda Center.

Trail Blazers announce Rip City Television Network, DTC streaming option

Non-exclusive Blazers games will be broadcast in Portland for the first time since 2017.

By Sean Keeley OnSep 25, 2024 2
Pace car driver Dr. Phil McGraw before the NASCAR Cup Series AutoTrader EchoPark 400 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Tennis Channel fires CEO, reportedly due to role as Dr. Phil advisor

Solomon's last day with be Monday, Sept. 9.

By Sean Keeley OnSep 7, 2024 0
Matt Leinart, Mark Ingram II, Jerry Ferrara, Rob Stone, and Urban Meyer are launching new sports podcasts with Sinclair.

Urban Meyer, Matt Leinart, Jerry Ferrara and more to lead new Sinclair sports podcasts

Sinclair's sports podcasts are starting with a lot of Big Noon Kickoff figures.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnAug 14, 2024 1
Tennis Channel

Sinclair performing ‘strategic review’ on Tennis Channel, reportedly seeking equity investment

Could Sinclair seek investment in Tennis Channel?

By Joe Lucia OnFeb 8, 2024 0
Diamond Sports Group, the parent company of the Bally Sports networks, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Bankruptcy judge approves NBA’s agreement with Bally Sports but MLB and Sinclair have objections

A similar deal with the NHL is expected as early as Friday.

By Daniel Kaplan OnNov 15, 2023 1
Sinclair's Bally Sports page.

Sinclair reportedly trying to buy back Diamond Sports Group, Bally Sports RSNs

Faced with a $1.5 billion lawsuit from Diamond Sports, Sinclair is reportedly seeking to purchase the company.

By Joe Lucia OnNov 3, 2023 0
Logos for Bally Sports and Sinclair

Sinclair threatens to evict Diamond Sports Group as feud intensifies

Sinclair fired back at its former affiliate, Diamond Sports Group, in a blistering legal filing threatening to evict them from their offices.

By Daniel Kaplan OnAug 22, 2023 2
NBA local Bally Sports Diamond Sports

Sinclair accused of “milking” $1.5 billion from Diamond Sports in lawsuit

Diamond is taking a strong stand against Sinclair.

By Joe Lucia OnAug 18, 2023 0

Sinclair CEO: ‘Sports is still at the heart of this company’

"Diamond is on its way."

By Sean Keeley OnAug 16, 2023 2
Bally Sports Diamond Sports logo

Diamond Sports suing Sinclair over ‘alleged misconduct’

Diamond Sports is now turning its attention to parent company Sinclair.

By Joe Lucia OnJul 26, 2023 0
Jerry Reinsdorf with the Larry O'Brien NBA Championship Trophy in 2010.

Jerry Reinsdorf’s Silver Chalice acquires majority control of Stadium from Sinclair

"Further, large-scale moves are expected by Stadium in the new Reinsdorf-led structure."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMay 30, 2023 2
Chase Field

Diamond Sports late on making payment to Diamondbacks

The Diamondbacks are the only team so far to have not received payment.

By Phillip Bupp OnMar 10, 2023 0

Hulu drops Sinclair-owned ABC affiliates

Sinclair owns nearly three dozen ABC affiliates across the country.

By Joe Lucia OnMar 9, 2023 7
Dec 7, 2022; San Diego, CA, USA; MLB commissioner Rob Manfred looks on during the presentation of the Allan H. Selling Award for philanthropic excellence during the 2022 MLB Winter Meetings at Manchester Grand Hyatt.

Rob Manfred reveals MLB prepared to take over local broadcasts from Sinclair

"I think you should assume that if Diamond doesn’t broadcast, we’ll be in a position to step in."

By Phillip Bupp OnFeb 10, 2023 1
Bally Sports Diamond Sports logo

Sinclair’s Diamond Sports Group continues its march toward bankruptcy

Diamond Sports isn't bankrupt quite yet, but give it a couple weeks.

By Joe Lucia OnJan 26, 2023 7
Fubo and Bally Sports logos

FuboTV strikes carriage deal with Sinclair to carry Bally Sports RSNs

A rare bit of good news for the Bally Sports RSNs.

By Joe Lucia OnDec 21, 2022 0
A graphic for Sinclair's "RIVALS: Ohio State vs. Michigan."

Sinclair’s latest foray into original content is a RIVALS, an Ohio State-Michigan documentary

The doc will air on RSNs across the country, along with a national airing on Tennis Channel, before landing on BTN.

By Joe Lucia OnOct 27, 2022 0
Baseball

MLB still doesn’t seem keen on selling streaming rights to Sinclair

“We never received a coherent response to that, which our analysis suggested that what they were looking for from us was not going to solve their problems”

By Joe Lucia OnOct 18, 2022 4
Bally Sports

Sinclair could reportedly sell Bally Sports RSNs to MLB/NBA/NHL alliance

This doesn't seem like a great outcome for Sinclair.

By Joe Lucia OnSep 20, 2022 8
A view of the BallyÕs Sports logo and basketball bastion and Wilson game balls before the game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Denver Nuggets at the American Airlines Center.

Sinclair reportedly hires investment banks in potential lead-up to sale of Bally Sports RSNs

Sinclair is taking a step that usually leads to a sale.

By Joe Lucia OnAug 29, 2022 6

A power outage briefly took YES Network, other Sinclair RSNs off the air

This was less than ideal!

By Jay Rigdon OnJul 21, 2022 0
Sinclair CEO Chris Ripley on CNBC in 2019.

Sinclair’s Bally Sports+ OTT service will soft launch Thursday, CEO Chris Ripley says they’ll have linear/DTC hybrid “for years to come”

"You can’t just be solely reliant on a direct-to-consumer product. That would be a really problematic situation for everybody in the ecosystem, if that’s all you had."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJun 20, 2022 2
Sinclair's headquarters.

Sinclair, Charter agree to a new carriage deal

Crisis has been averted as Spectrum subscribers avoid losing channels.

By Phillip Bupp OnApr 15, 2022 0

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