Bally Sports, a bankrupt broadcaster, is experiencing multiple outages. The NBA plans to regain its local rights from Diamond Sports Group after the 2024-25 season. Bally Sports has apologized to customers and offered a seven-day credit for streaming service issues. Diamond Sports Group has reached an agreement with the NBA to retain broadcast rights for 13 franchises. The NBA and Diamond Sports Group have an agreement in place to guarantee local broadcasts for all 15 teams. The NBA has struck a deal with bankrupt broadcaster Diamond Sports to allow teams' local TV rights to hit the open market. The deal between the NBA and Diamond Sports Group will keep NBA games on Bally Sports RSNs for the 15 teams that use them through the 2023-24 season. Local rights will revert back to the NBA after this season. The NBA plans to regain the rights to 15 teams with local deals with Bally Sports networks after this season.
The #NBA will regain the rights to 15 teams that have local deals with Bally Sports networks after this season 🏀 The league says these local rights could become a lucrative linchpin to a bigger national deal. Read more from @Ourand_SBJ ⬇️
Report: NBA teams with Bally Sports deals will get their TV rights back at the end of this season: https://t.co/iJM3zNHtLM
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A breakthrough in the Diamond Sports bankruptcy as local rights will revert back to the NBA after this season. ⤵️ https://t.co/aVHx9rQIoO
Bally Sports offering seven day credit after multiple outages have plagued the service. ⏬ https://t.co/pKQWH0a2hJ
New ESPN story: The NBA and Diamond Sports Group have agreed to a deal – pending bankruptcy court approval – that should keep NBA games on Bally Sports RSNs for the 15 teams that use them through the remainder of the 2023-24 season. https://t.co/V7CnjLOeJd
The NBA struck an agreement with bankrupt broadcaster Diamond Sports that likely clears the way for its teams’ local TV rights to hit the open market following the end of its current season https://t.co/sa0UtxgAzD
The NBA and Diamond Sports Group have an agreement in place that would guarantee local broadcasts this season for all 15 teams it has contracts for. Full details from @MikeVorkunov ⤵️ https://t.co/zkOjBMVgPd
Diamond Sports Group strikes a deal with the NBA to retain the broadcast rights for 13 franchises. https://t.co/YE5ChYCFVo
Report: NBA teams with Bally Sports deals will get their TV rights back at the end of this season https://t.co/iJM3zNGVWe
The NBA agrees to a one-season deal with Diamond Sports. SBJ's story: https://t.co/wh0ItVxeeV
Diamond Sports Group reaches agreement with NBA over broadcasting rights https://t.co/8mNYMNgeUr https://t.co/Sm41BThD7A
Bally Sports offering seven-day credit to Bally Sports+ subscribers impacted by outages https://t.co/7CuDzOONvO https://t.co/mu6ifp9z8m
Bally Sports just sent out an email to BallySports+ streaming service customers apologizing for issues that prevented local fans from watching #GoBolts games this week. They will be giving customers a seven-day credit for next billing cycle. #tblightning #tampabay https://t.co/iSf8dB4wYW
Bally Sports is giving fans their money back for last week’s streaming/app disaster https://t.co/KB3FCFLRsE
The NBA reportedly wants all of its local rights back from Diamond Sports Group after the 2024-25 season - the same time its national contract with Disney and WBD expires. https://t.co/dtx6WYLtxI
Bally Sports is now suffering from multiple outages amidst its bankruptcy troubles. Not good. ⤵️ https://t.co/ZF4kYRTzRI