![]() They might no longer even be in existence to protest change. And it will likely at this point no longer be an option of the RSNs to avoid it. ![]() Something at some point has to change, and it will. ![]() They figured the answer would be to charge an obnoxious amount of money for their own streaming service, which has obviously failed miserably. Youtube, Hulu, Sling, and others haven't been an option for those wanting to watch online for a couple years now. Bally shot themselves in the foot by removing streaming services from their broadcasts. The company is facing financial difficulties because of both the exodus of cord-cutters and the sheer amount of debt taken on by Sinclair - of which DSG is essentially a subsidiary - when it purchased the bundle of RSNs in 2019. Less than a month later, Diamond Sports Group - which viewers know as Bally Sports and which airs games for 14 MLB teams - missed an interest payment, triggering a 30-day grace period and seen largely as a harbinger of bankruptcy. ![]() In January, the league announced it had hired an RSN veteran for the newly created role of executive vice president of local media, responsible for “overseeing MLB’s management and distribution of local media rights.” ![]()
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