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Utah Hockey Club’s NHL Debut Week Disrupted by Carriage Dispute
The Utah Hockey Club will make its NHL regular-season debut on Tuesday in a national telecast on ESPN, but it could be shut out from local viewers thereafter thanks to a…
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Jason Clinkscales - Media
- Oct 7, 2024 9:47 pm
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Olympic Ad Boycotter Had No TV Spending as NBC Sales Hit Record
C Spire, the Mississippi-based telecommunications company that announced it was canceling its ad buys in NBCUniversal’s Olympics coverage, doesn’t appear to have bought…
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Anthony Crupi - Media
- Jul 30, 2024 5:13 pm
Diamond Sports RSNs, Comcast Settle Carriage Dispute
After an impasse that kept 15 of the Bally Sports RSNs dark in Comcast systems for nearly three months, Diamond Sports Group and the cable giant have come to terms on a…
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Anthony Crupi - Media
- Jul 29, 2024 5:45 pm
Diamond RSN Bankruptcy Saga Plays On as Court Delays Key Hearing
The day of reckoning for Diamond Sports Group will be a bit later in coming, as the judge overseeing the company’s bankruptcy case has agreed to postpone a crucial…
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Anthony Crupi - Media
- Jul 24, 2024 6:39 pm
Comcast Heralds NBA’s Return to NBC as TNT Drama Unfolds
Despite a looming battle between the NBA and TNT, its legacy media partner, Comcast believes it has a clear lane to the new rights deal, one that will bolster NBC’s…
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Anthony Crupi - Media
- Jul 23, 2024 11:07 am
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Diamond Sports and Comcast Resume Talks as Key Hearing Looms
Comcast and Diamond Sports Group may be inching closer to a resolution of the dispute that has left scores of baseball fans out in the cold, based on a recent court…
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Anthony Crupi - Media
- Jul 12, 2024 2:34 pm
NBA TV Suitors’ Fireworks on Hold as TNT Hopes Fade
This story appears in Sportico’s Morning Lead newsletter. Click here to sign up and get it delivered straight to your inbox. If you’ve managed to make it through…
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Anthony Crupi - Media
- Jul 5, 2024 5:55 am
No Rights Update in View as Adam Silver Preps for NBA Finals Opener
In a perfect world, commissioner Adam Silver tonight would tee up his traditional NBA Finals table-setter with an official announcement about the league’s next round of…
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Anthony Crupi - Media
- Jun 6, 2024 4:34 pm
Diamond RSNs Near Naming-Rights Deal as MLB, NBA Turn Up the Heat
Diamond Sports Group on Tuesday confirmed that it has reached an agreement in principle on a new naming-rights sponsor for its 18 regional sports networks, a move…
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Anthony Crupi - Media
- Jun 4, 2024 4:16 pm
Life’s a Beach, and Then You Lose the NBA. (Maybe.)
If the rest of us have one thing in common with the people who run gigantic media conglomerates and top-tier sports leagues, it is this: They don’t want to work over a…
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Anthony Crupi - Media
- May 24, 2024 4:14 pm
Diamond Seeks Delay in Re-org Plan Hearing Amid Comcast Fights
Attorneys representing Diamond Sports Group on Thursday filed a motion with a Houston bankruptcy court requesting a 41-day extension of the date of the company’s…
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Anthony Crupi - Media
- May 23, 2024 6:18 pm
Diamond Sports Renews Fubo Pact With Comcast Talks Stalled
On Wednesday, Diamond Sports Group announced it has renewed a carriage deal with Fubo, the sports-based multichannel distributor. The deal means that the Bally Sports…
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Jason Clinkscales - Media
- May 22, 2024 4:57 pm
