I just found a local streaming service that still has them. They are as expensive as AT&T, but you can bundle with their internet and possibly save. Only thing is that they won't have internet in my neighborhood until 2021. By then Sinclair might come to their senses.
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Sinclair Considers Restructuring, Affecting Regional Sports Networks | Cord Cutters News
It’s been just over a year since Sinclair Broadcast Group purchased 21 Fox regional sports networks through its subsidiary Diamond Sports Group for $9.6 billion. The company is now reportedly looking into restructuring, with an analyst calling the RSNs “Sinclair’s Achilles heel.” The company and...
Absolutely right. The sports channels paid whatever the leagues wanted because the cable model allowed them to do so. So that the model is breaking down, things will have to shake up. I'm hoping that some leagues get hit hard so that pricing becomes more realistic.
When you say "direct to consumer" what are you talking about as the model? Something similar to MLB.TV or NHL.TV or something else?
The same with MLB EI, as far as I know. The catch is that you cannot sub to your in-market team. There are ways around that, of course, such as "moving" to another team's market, in order to qualify for receiving your actual local team as an "out-of-market" team. Even then, though, you would still be blacked out whenever your team plays that other team. This is something that would not be a problem if you were allowed to subscribe to your own market's team legitimately.
