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Sinclair And Bally’s Rebrand RSN’s

PTBoardOp94 said:
But only one of them bears the Bally's name (Atlantic City, NJ).

I had never heard of Bally when this deal with Sinclair was announced. Not much of a gambler, and I've never been to Jersey.
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Anyone who has casino-jumped in Vegas knows the Bally name.
 
Don CT said:
Fox will want their music back.
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Why would they? They sold the network and its concept and content. Any production music would probably go with it; the new owner might decide a refresh is in order, though.
 
RadioPatrol said:
www.rbr.com

Bally Takes A Bigger Role With Sinclair RSN Content | Radio & Television Business Report

First, it was a branding agreement via a long-term licensing deal. Now, Bally's Corporation has signaled its ready to affirm an additional accord with Sinclair Broadcast Group that makes it a key content collaboration partner for the regional sports networks formerly owned by FOX. Commenting on...
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More on the Bally's sports local.
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Who wrote that article. No editing at all.
 
Don CT said:
Who wrote that article. No editing at all.
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That's what's been left behind in the obsession with being first to post anything that could be construed as news. It's hard for the internet user to determine what site is credible and what isn't, because in presentation they all look legit. The writing on that article, though, would be unacceptable on a fanboy site for some pop act.
 
That article mentions the Sinclair RSN's significant long term debt. I wonder what percentage (if any) is the rights fees committed to the MLB, NHL and NBA clubs over the coming years, or if those are accounted on another line. I know many of their agreements extend into the 2030s.
 
PTBoardOp94 said:
That article mentions the Sinclair RSN's significant long term debt. I wonder what percentage (if any) is the rights fees committed to the MLB, NHL and NBA clubs over the coming years, or if those are accounted on another line. I know many of their agreements extend into the 2030s.
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I assume it's just the debt of the purchase from Disney.
 
The article mentions that Bally may need to find an injection of new funding, but also says they may need to consider giving the operation a bit of a "haircut". I was wondering if Bally Sports was going to consider a bit of a revamp, anyway, possibly during the off seasons. In this market they carry major league baseball and basketball, and while it's great that they initially made an effort to seamlessly transition from Fox Sports Network to Bally Sports, keeping all the same staff and primarily only changing graphics, music and the like, in watching the NBA telecasts, for instance, it seems there's potentially some fat to trim, including the amount of on-air staff they use (2 for play by play/color, 1 for game analysis after each half, a main announcer/host, then 2 others in the studio away from the arena as well) and the costs and tech required to deliver them all.
 
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Everybody involved in sports and television is asking the same question: How can we make more money. The quick & easy solution is raise the cost to the subscribers. So get ready.
 
Mikey Radio said:
The article mentions that Bally may need to find an injection of new funding, but also says they may need to consider giving the operation a bit of a "haircut". I was wondering if Bally Sports was going to consider a bit of a revamp, anyway, possibly during the off seasons. Here they carry both major league baseball and basketball, and while it's a good thing that they initially made an effort to seamlessly transition from Fox Sport Network to Bally Sports, keeping all the same staff and primarily only changing graphics, music and the like, in watching the NBA telecasts, for instance, it seems there's potentially some fat to trim.

They have 2 guys to call the game, then another locally popular former coach to do replay and analyze what you just watched following each half, a host who intros the game, gives the starting lineup, conducts a player interview after the game and throws the coverage to the various people covering the game, and then 2 more people sitting in a TV studio away from the arena who analyze the game yet again, give scores from around the league and wrap it up. Some of those positions and the cost associated with delivering them could potentially be reduced without making the coverage and the operation look amateurish.
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You know they make money off of sponsorships for those pre and post shows.
 
TheBigA said:
Everybody involved in sports and television is asking the same question: How can we make more money. The quick & easy solution is raise the cost to the subscribers. So get ready.
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The successful networks can do both raise subscriber fees and ad fees.
 
Their stated logic is that you'd need to pay $85/month to get cable which includes their sports channels, or you could pay only $23 to get their sports streaming service to get the games in the markets they serve. Problem is, as has been correctly stated in other discussion threads, the primary attraction for cord cutting was the cost savings. Why spend $$ on cable when one could shut it off, buy an antenna to get an increasing amount of free OTA stations, and get a ton of free content on the internet.

Problem is, more and more, networks and corporations want $$ for the content they put on the web, in some cases for things like past episodes of popular shows they used to post to their website for free. So by the time you get Discovery+, Peacock, Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Hulu+, YouTube's premium offering, etc. then pay $23 for the local regional sports network, it's equaled or in some cases exceeded the cost of your cable bill.
 
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