This means that the Bally Sports RSNs will return to Fubo for the first time in roughly three years. Sinclair has been a great partner and we're pleased that we were able to work together well to get a deal done that is meaningful and beneficial for both sides. For the uninitiated, news broke on Wednesday that fuboTV and Sinclair Broadcasting Group (SBG) had reached a carriage agreement to bring 19 Bally Sports RSNs to the live TV streaming service in the coming weeks. 'We are very pleased to bring Fubo subscribers significant local sports coverage through our new partnership with Bally Sports, the nation's leader in local sports rights. 'RSNs are integral to FuboTV's sports-first content strategy and our mission to superserve local passionate sports fans,' Henry Ahn, chief business officer, FuboTV, said in a statement. Bally recently launched a streaming outlet called Bally Sports+ which gives fans access to their hometown teams.įuboTV strikes carriage deal with Sinclair to carry Bally Sports RSNs /sB253SeDES- Awful Announcing December 21, 2022 But recently, the networks have been on the decline due to cord-cutting and the decline of linear viewership. Regional sports networks were established in the 1990s when cable subscriptions were at their peak. Sinclair purchased the regional sports networks from Fox for $10.6 billion in an action prompted by the Disney-Fox deal. It took time to land this deal as FuboTV pushed back on Sinclair's aggressive terms.

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