We are taking a look back on the major sports teams had left Bally Sports for a full time OTA deal or a part time OTA deal since they filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 14, 2023.
April 28, 2023: The Phoenix Suns were becoming the first major sports team to sign a 5-year deal with Gray Television to carried 70+ non-nationally televise games on 2 Gray stations in the Phoenix area (The deal were put on hold days later after they received the Bally Sports bankruptcy violation; the deal made an official on July 14 of that same year) and launched their own DTC Streaming Service called Suns Live.
May 30: San Diego Pardees missed their 2nd payment and Bally Sports San Diego has lost it TV rights and reverted back to the MLB for the remainder of the 2023 season.
July 17: Bally Sports has lost another major Arizona sports team, the Arizona Diamondbacks after the missing 2 payments. So the Diamondbacks were reverted back to the MLB for the remainder of the 2023 MLB season.
September 14: The Los Angeles Kings renewed by Bally Sports SoCal and signing a 6-game deal with CBS/Paramount Global.
October 1: The Arizona Coyotes, the last major Arizona sports team to lost it TV rights after they missed their payment during the 2022-23 NHL season; A few days later, their signed with Scripps Sports days before the start of the 2023-2024 NHL season begins. Later that same season, they launched their own DTC Streaming Service called Coyotes Central (Note: The Coyotes will be relocating to Salt Lake City, Utah for the 2024-2025 NHL season and team is currently inactive)
December 13: The Dallas Stars has sign a 1-game deal with CBS/Paramount Global due to the alternate channel's scheduling conflict.
December 30: Both Atlanta Hawks and New Orleans Pelicans were sign a 10-game deal with Gray Television to carried Friday night games.
January 9: The Oklahoma City Thunder has sign a 10-game with Griffin Media.
January 23: The Dallas Mavericks sign a 10-game deal with TEGNA to carried the game on a major network affiliate.
February 12: The Cleveland Cavaliers sign a 5-game deal with Gray Television.
February 23: The Milwaukee Bucks sign a 10-game deal with Weigal Broadcasting with 1 game being simulcast on the CBS affiliate and the another in Spanish.
March 28: The Detroit Pistons sign a 5-game deal with Scripps Sports and carried a CW affiliate. (Note: That station is set to drop the CW later on this year)
April 10: The Detroit Red Wings sign a 3-game deal with Scripps Sports and simulcast via Bally Sports Detroit Extra and air also on the CW affiliate. (Note: see it above)
April 28, 2023: The Phoenix Suns were becoming the first major sports team to sign a 5-year deal with Gray Television to carried 70+ non-nationally televise games on 2 Gray stations in the Phoenix area (The deal were put on hold days later after they received the Bally Sports bankruptcy violation; the deal made an official on July 14 of that same year) and launched their own DTC Streaming Service called Suns Live.
May 30: San Diego Pardees missed their 2nd payment and Bally Sports San Diego has lost it TV rights and reverted back to the MLB for the remainder of the 2023 season.
July 17: Bally Sports has lost another major Arizona sports team, the Arizona Diamondbacks after the missing 2 payments. So the Diamondbacks were reverted back to the MLB for the remainder of the 2023 MLB season.
September 14: The Los Angeles Kings renewed by Bally Sports SoCal and signing a 6-game deal with CBS/Paramount Global.
October 1: The Arizona Coyotes, the last major Arizona sports team to lost it TV rights after they missed their payment during the 2022-23 NHL season; A few days later, their signed with Scripps Sports days before the start of the 2023-2024 NHL season begins. Later that same season, they launched their own DTC Streaming Service called Coyotes Central (Note: The Coyotes will be relocating to Salt Lake City, Utah for the 2024-2025 NHL season and team is currently inactive)
December 13: The Dallas Stars has sign a 1-game deal with CBS/Paramount Global due to the alternate channel's scheduling conflict.
December 30: Both Atlanta Hawks and New Orleans Pelicans were sign a 10-game deal with Gray Television to carried Friday night games.
January 9: The Oklahoma City Thunder has sign a 10-game with Griffin Media.
January 23: The Dallas Mavericks sign a 10-game deal with TEGNA to carried the game on a major network affiliate.
February 12: The Cleveland Cavaliers sign a 5-game deal with Gray Television.
February 23: The Milwaukee Bucks sign a 10-game deal with Weigal Broadcasting with 1 game being simulcast on the CBS affiliate and the another in Spanish.
March 28: The Detroit Pistons sign a 5-game deal with Scripps Sports and carried a CW affiliate. (Note: That station is set to drop the CW later on this year)
April 10: The Detroit Red Wings sign a 3-game deal with Scripps Sports and simulcast via Bally Sports Detroit Extra and air also on the CW affiliate. (Note: see it above)