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As the NHL and the NBA seasons get underway, according to CNBC Sports, Bally Sports’ parent company Diamond Sports Group, which broadcasts your Detroit Tigers, Pistons, and Red Wings, is set to sell the naming rights to FanDuel Sports Network in a new deal.
As the NHL and the NBA seasons get underway, according to CNBC Sports, Bally Sports’ parent company Diamond Sports Group, which broadcasts your Detroit Tigers, Pistons, and Red Wings, is set to sell the naming rights to FanDuel Sports Network in a new deal.
According to Sportico.com, the Detroit Pistons and the Detroit Red Wings will remain on Bally Sports Detroit through at least the 2024-25 seasons after Diamond Sports Group reached an agreement with the NHL and the NBA teams.
Comcast has blacked out 15 regional sports networks offered by Bally Sports, escalating a contract dispute with their distributor.
A tweet from the Detroit Tigers on Thursday has sparked speculation that the team might have hired a new high-profile play-by-play commentator.
A federal bankruptcy judge has ordered Diamond Sports to pay the full value of its media contracts to the Arizona Diamondbacks, Cleveland Guardians, Minnesota Twins and Texas Rangers.
Major League Baseball will take over broadcasts of San Diego Padres games beginning Wednesday after Diamond Sports missed a rights fees payment and let the grace period expire.
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DETROIT – By the time the Detroit Tigers take the field for Opening Day, they will be playing on a network with a brand-new name: “Bally Sports Detroit.”FOX Sports announced at noon Wednesday (March 17) that it is rebranding all of its regional sports networks. For example, FOX Sports Detroit will now be called “Bally Sports Detroit.”That change will be made for all the regional sports networks under the FOX affiliation. “The FOX Sports regional networks are now Bally Sports,” a promotional video announced. You can watch the full video below. That means the first full day of Ball Sports Detroit will include the Tigers’ first game of the 2021 season against the Cleveland Indians at Comerica Park.
