Bally Sports fiasco...

[Dannydet]

Bally Sports Reveals Its Streaming Service Has Surprisingly Few Subscribers Nine Months After Launch Bally Sports Reveals Its Streaming Service Has Surprisingly Few Subscribers Nine Months After Launch | Cord Cutters News
I for one, hope Bally, Sinclair, Disney, all lose their ass on this. Greed will be the end for them.
Also these player salaries are insane and the owners are dumb enough to keep shelling it out.
Gut the MLB, NBA, NHL and NFL and start fresh, in my opinion!

 

[ocnbrze]

yeah bally sports is the LAKINGS cable channel. they are not going to be airing the games any more. not sure where my Kings will go to next season. and because of this they fired the new play by play announcer after one year. they are going to be doing some kind of simulcast with Nick Nickson, Jim Fox and Daryl Evans. i am glad they kept this group as they have been around since the 90's and are an amazing group.

i'm happy to see bailey's sports go. i am just worried that they will go with something just as bad.

 

[olbriar]

In my situation, and I'm likely not alone, I'm the only sports fan in my home. Though I can afford to stream whatever, it seems selfish to pay out the big bucks just to feed my viewing interests. If my wife had a desire to watch some premium channels it would help even it all out. She is perfectly happy watching old shows and movies and has no desire to watch anything beyond a basic viewing package. So here I am, about to change from a provider to a streaming package. In the change I will lose my free MLB package and my regional sports channel (Bally Sports) where I can get all of the Royals game. Then there is the NFL. I've had the NFL package for years. It's so expensive, even with the discount of being a YouTube TV subscriber, I can't justify the expense.
I guess I'll just do nothing until college basketball comes on and hope my AF friends keep me abreast of sports news.

 

[ocnbrze]

the lucky thing for me is that the only team i care about that Bailey's Sports broadcasts are Kings games. but all of my other teams have their own network. The LA Dodgers have their own channel. The Lakers also have their own channel as well. and chargers are on any of the major networks cbs, abc, and fox. so i do not need Baily Sports, since the Kings will be going with someone else.....not sure who though.

 

[Dannydet]

Since I'm in the Detroit area, Bally is the only option for us to watch pro sports.
Hopefully everything comes back to OTA local channels again, the way it was before all the greed took over...

 

[AugieTN]

I wonder if free OTA TV will last.

 

[Dannydet]

Well so far I don't see it going away soon, seeing as they've upgraded to ATSC 3.0...

ATSC 3.0: Everything You Need to Know About the Broadcast Industry's 'NextGen' Technology Standard

Over-the-air broadcast is still very much alive, with a new standard that enables everything from 4K resolution to Dolby audio

www.nexttv.com

 

[olbriar]

Though I can afford to stream whatever, it seems selfish to pay out the big bucks just to feed my viewing interests. If my wife had a desire to watch some premium channels it would help even it all out. She is perfectly happy watching old shows and movies and has no desire to watch anything beyond a basic viewing package. So here I am, about to change from a provider to a streaming package.

Was there some point in copying and pasting some of my post from June?

 

[Dannydet]

Well, it finally happened...

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/01/bally-sports-regional-networks-go-dark-for-comcast-cable-customers.html

 

[AugieTN]

Article said, "Comcast’s Xfinity pay-TV customers will automatically receive $8 to $10 a month in credits, the cable company said." I bet you don't get that credit unless you call in for it.

 

[olbriar]

I wouldn't want the credit and would rather have Bally sports at that price.