(03-31-2021 12:04 AM)solohawks Wrote:  Here are options services during the regular season by team based on RSN. ...

Help might be on the way for fans of teams on "Bally" (f/k/a Fox) RSNs, and fans of teams on Comcast/NBC RSNs might soon have to pay extra to keep watching their teams.

https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2021/05...-consumer/

Quote:Sinclair Broadcast Group CEO Chris Ripley said in an earnings call this week that the company is planning to distribute its RSNs — the former Fox-branded networks now known as Bally Sports — direct-to-consumer during the first half of next year. The Sinclair RSNs are currently in 35 million unduplicated homes, which Ripley said represent “less than half of the total subscribers possible” in the RSNs respective territories.

The direct-to-consumer option would exist alongside — rather than replace — the traditional cable bundle.

Quote:Meanwhile, NBCUniversal developed plans this year to distribute its NBC Sports Philadelphia RSN through Peacock, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Peacock option, which would only have been available to subscribers in the Philadelphia market, would have existed alongside the traditional bundle.

The plan fell through because NBCU executives believed it would have driven up the cost of Peacock in the Philadelphia market. Per the Journal, NBCU is now deciding between the Peacock option and selling the RSNs entirely.