AT&T has some RSNs. Then there are the team-owned RSNs such as NESN and MASN.
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Bally RSN owner Sinclair looking at bankruptcy
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AT&T has some RSNs. Then there are the team-owned RSNs such as NESN and MASN.
No article I've read addresses what I think is the most pressing question: Do Bally's NBA and NHL telecasts continue through the end of the current season, or do the leagues have to scramble to get the games televised somehow on less than 24 hours' notice? A week's notice? A month's?
They haven't actually filed yet, so a lot of that will be answered when they file.
Why would the Red Sox or Orioles be interested in helping a competitor out of its TV bind?
What I meant by that is that some teams that were on Bally might instead form their own RSN the way th Red Sox did with NESN.
That's what the now-Cleveland Guardians did when they started up SportsTime Ohio in 2007. It didn't work out and they sold it to Fox Sports five years later.
No team would be able to put that sort of thing together in a matter of weeks, though. The leagues would be footing the bill for a whole lot of televised games between now and then, including, I'd imagine, paying the ex-Bally announcers or putting out an emergency casting call for replacements. This has the potential to be a real circus!
I read in another, unrelated article that the NBA is due to renegotiate it's broadcast rights contracts next season. That particular article reminded us that when the NFL recently renegotiated theirs, the media rights fees doubled..They mentioned that the NBA's may also double. Here's an article specifically about the NFL fees from about 2 years ago. If the RSNs that carry NBA teams are struggling financially now, it'll only get much, much worse for them.
NFL’s $10 billion media rights deals send jaws dropping and rattles the market for others
With its announcement last week of $10 billion worth of media rights annually, the NFL completed a year that saw it shore up its business for the foreseeable future in the face of a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic.
www.sportsbusinessjournal.com
Am I not wrong in saying the teams usually hire and employ the play by play staff, commentators and at least some of the other "talent" that appear on Bally Sports telecasts? I thought that's at least the way it worked here, and how/why the guys who call all the games on Bally were nearly embedded with the team, traveled with them to away games, etc. Our Bally team has also at times moved from TV into front office positions within the organization.
And like the NBC Sports RSNs, there has been plenty of chatter about AT&T also wanting to get out of the regional sports business. Here in Houston the Astros and Rockets are on AT&T Sportsnet. Guess they won’t wind up on Bally Sports.😣
Houston has sort of a weird situation: Comcast carries AT&T Sportsnet with the Astros and Rockets, but due to overlapping MLB territories they also carry Bally Sports Southwest, which allows viewers in Houston to see Texas Ranger games as well as the Dallas Stars (no Mavericks, Rockets have exclusivity.) Comcast has the alternate channels for both RSNs in the event of game conflicts other regional sports programming. The Stars are blacked out here on the NHL ESPN+ streaming package.
Interesting situation with the impending bankruptcy.
Some are employed by the team, but many are hired by the broadcaster "with the approval of" the team.
They could sign temporary deals to finish the season. It depends on the filing and what the judge says.
The sports rights bubble is on the verge of busting. There are some sports contracts even Apple and Amazon have laughed at and moved on. When our economy goes down so will sports rights fees. Theres zero guarantee that WBD will have NBA rights after this season
Rob Manfred says here that MLB will take over broadcasting on the regionals if Diamond defaults.
How would that work. Just take over the networks. Or rebuild in house.
Would carriage agreements reset or remain the status quo.
They can't just "take over the networks." Once Chap 11 is filed, the judge voids all contracts. That also means Bally contracts with cable companies. At that point, we will see what happens, and then the teams will respond accordingly.
Baseball season starts in 6 weeks. Not much time.
Which makes Manfred’s statement feel more like Frank Drebin casually stating “nothing to see here, please disperse” behind an exploding fireworks factory. He can’t tell the general public that they’re completely in a horrible position both financially and logistically, but he’s making promises the teams and MLB simply won’t be able to keep.
Let’s say Manfred is right and MLB takes over. This needs to be a joint agreement with other leagues. Unless each league starts their own network per team.
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