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Diamond Inks Renewal Deal With Comcast, Ends 90-Day Blackout (Updated)
By Daniel Frankel published
Oh, and the bankrupt Bally Sports RSN distributor somehow managed to once again push back the long-awaited presentation of its restructuring plan

Bally Sports Meltdown Accelerates: NHL’s Dallas Stars Set To Follow Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers Out of the RSN
By Daniel Frankel published
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

Altice USA Drops Bally Sports RSNs From Its Optimum Cable TV Service
By Daniel Frankel published
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

Judge Refuses To Make Bankrupt Diamond Give Up Sensitive Pay TV Deal Data
By Daniel Frankel published
Meanwhile, Major League Baseball delivers another zinger: ‘Nothing Diamond has ever done has been about maximizing profit’

Diamond Sports Must Come Up With a 'Very Clear Business Plan No Later Than July,' Judge Rules, as NBA and NHL Express More Concerns
By Daniel Frankel published
Latest bankruptcy court delay comes amid disclosure that Diamond's Bally Sports empire will lose another $50 million over the next few months ... and there's no end to the Comcast 'impasse' in sight

Diamond Renews Pay TV Distribution With Fubo
By Daniel Frankel published
There's still no update on renewal talks with Comcast, as blackout enters its fourth week

Diamond Catching Most of the Viewer Heat in the 18 Markets in Which Its Bally Sports Channels Are Blacked Out on Comcast
By Daniel Frankel published
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

Comcast and Diamond Sports Group Carriage Talks Devolve Into Blackout
By Daniel Frankel, Jon Lafayette published
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

Diamond Sports Group Reaches Tentative Agreement With DirecTV on Long-Term Carriage Renewal, Still Faces Imminent Deadline With Comcast
By Daniel Frankel published
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

Diamond Sports Could Emerge From Bankruptcy on June 18
By Daniel Frankel published
With a judge approving the company’s disclosure agreement and setting up a June confirmation hearing, Diamond lawyer says the company has the, er, rubber to the road on exiting Chapter 11, while insisting a just-approved November deadline extension is merely a ‘prophylactic motion’
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