MLB will take over broadcasts of Diamondbacks games after a federal bankruptcy judge granted a motion for Diamond Sports to reject its rights agreement.
  • Klanky@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I wish they would do that for all the teams. Move into the 21st century MLB.

    • JJhonsonEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’m so glad the Bally scorebug is being phased out. Now I comfortably tune into Padre and Dback games!

    • saucyloggins@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I wish they would as well but the cable deals are so insanely lucrative. The TEAM collects like 5-7 dollars per cable subscriber PER MONTH. It’s basically a tax on the city. Just picking a random number but like say 80% of subscribers don’t watch a baseball game any given month. They’re still paying 5-7 bucks for the privilege.

      It’s a system that could ONLY exist under cable monopolies. There’s no way they’ll ever have such a sweet deal if people have to willingly go out of their way to pay for streaming.

      • Klanky@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I understand the logistics of it, I just wish they would let me pay my RSN directly to get access to streaming. I am not going to spend the insane cable prices for on flippin channel, but I would gladly pay the $5-$10/month for streaming access. They are losing so many chances to make new fans.