Bally Sports

Surprise exit to local broadcast leaves bankrupt RSN Diamond Sports Group with just eight remaining NHL teams

Oh, and the bankrupt Bally Sports RSN distributor somehow managed to once again push back the long-awaited presentation of its restructuring plan

The bankrupt Bally Sports operator has a hard deadline to finally present a restructuring plan on July 29. A carriage deal with Comcast sure would help

Bally’s bankrupt operator, Diamond Sports Group, asks court to terminate its deal with the Stars one day after the Panthers announce their own plans to bolt their RSN

In the latest distribution blow for bankrupt operator Diamond Sports Group, 11 of its channels are blacked out on a pay TV service reaching 2 million subscribers

Meanwhile, Major League Baseball delivers another zinger: ‘Nothing Diamond has ever done has been about maximizing profit’

There's still no update on renewal talks with Comcast, as blackout enters its fourth week

While consumers tend to blame pay TV distributors first in these kinds of impasses, the focus of fan ire seems to be the bankrupt programmer this time around

Diamond's against-all-odds escape from bankruptcy liquidation hits a major snag after its Bally Sports carriage deal with Comcast expires and the two sides fail to agree on another temporary extension

The bankrupt operator of the Bally Sports regional channels, which once faced seemingly certain liquidation, is now one pay TV deal away from a huge comeback