Kev4029
Footballguy
We've had the same problem in Colorado going on 4 years now...Let me share, I don't know exactly what you are referring but I try and not freeload and no judgement on others, don't careThere are various streams one can find on the internets for just about any sporting eventAll that said, I'm getting screwed...i would like to watch the Florida MLB match ups but its not like I'm glued nightly.Bally Sports is Bankrupt as Xfinity is informing me on the screen
Wow!
No Heat, Marlins, Rays, Lightning, WPT, lot of stuff I catch on Bally which used ot be Fox Sports I think.
Not sure what Xfinity/Comcast said, but the issue is that Comcast’s deal with Bally Sports is up and Comcast wants to move them to a higher tier and they haven’t been able to reach a compensation agreement. So it’s not that Bally is bankrupt (though they are going through bankruptcy), it’s that this is the typical hardball that gets played between providers and networks during contract negotiations.
This affects my market for both our local baseball and basketball teams. People who use one of the companies that has a deal with Bally hardly noticed over the past couple years because Bally was always included in their normal tiers. Those using different providers or streamers (I use Hulu live for most sports) had to subscribe directly to Bally ($20/mo) to see most games. As you note, Comcast now wants to move Bally to a higher pay tier and ended up dropping it entirely as part of the negotiations. Bally has reached agreements in recent months (unbelievably imo) with Charter, Cox, DTV and others, but is not included with Hulu live sports and is now no longer on Comcast.
Also agree this is not directly related to the pending bankruptcy, but that process could have major implications for Bally markets. The entity in bankruptcy (Diamond Sports Group, which manages Bally) at one point seemed almost certain to be liquidating, but they somehow came up with a restructuring plan that I think is being considered for confirmation this summer.
NBA season is over, I do NFL on Youtube...might be time to cut the cable and just have high speed internet and see where things go
I thought the NFL on youtube looked incredible last season on my TV, one of the best streams or sports I've streamed and I paid for it.
I'm sure there are other legal ways to stream and pay whatever the freight is.
Xfinity/Comcast is literally the only cable option in Colorado. I don't think Dish hasn't given in either (I could be wrong), so our options are Fubo but that takes a separate box (Fire Stick, AppleTV, Roku, etc) which is too complicated for a portion of the population, or DirecTV. Altitude (Stan Kroenke's network that carries all his CO teams including the Avs and Nuggets) also has no standalone streaming option. It's the ****ing worst.