Diamond Sports Group

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Diamond Sports Group is a regional sports network operator in the United States best known for running the Bally Sports-branded channels that broadcast local professional sports games.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf company
regional sports network operator
acquiredFrom The Walt Disney Company
acquisitionAnnounced 2018
alsoGeneratesRevenueFrom advertising sales
bankruptcyFilingDate March 2023
brand Bally Sports
broadcasts Major League Baseball games
National Basketball Association games
National Hockey League games
local professional sports games
country United States of America
surface form: United States
distributionPlatforms cable television
over-the-top streaming services
satellite television
filedFor Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
formedFrom acquisition of Fox Sports Networks from The Walt Disney Company
formerName Fox Sports Networks
surface form: Fox Sports Networks (as acquired assets)
headquartersLocation Hunt Valley, Maryland
industry regional sports networks
sports broadcasting
namingRightsPartner Bally’s Corporation
surface form: Bally's Corporation
operates Fox Sports Networks
surface form: Bally Sports
owns Bally Sports Arizona
Bally Sports Detroit
Bally Sports Florida
Bally Sports Great Lakes
Bally Sports
surface form: Bally Sports Indiana

Bally Sports Kansas City
Bally Sports
surface form: Bally Sports Midwest

Bally Sports South
surface form: Bally Sports New Orleans

Bally Sports North
Bally Sports Ohio
Bally Sports Oklahoma
Bally Sports
surface form: Bally Sports San Diego

Bally Sports SoCal
Bally Sports South
Bally Sports Southeast
Bally Sports Southwest
Bally Sports
surface form: Bally Sports Sun

Bally Sports SoCal
surface form: Bally Sports West

Bally Sports Wisconsin
ownsStreamingService Bally Sports+ (direct-to-consumer service)
parentCompany Entertainment Studios Television
surface form: Entertainment Studios (minority partner, via joint venture at formation)

Sinclair Broadcast Group
primaryBusinessModel carriage fees from pay television providers
rebrandedNetworksAs Bally Sports
rebrandingEffectiveDate March 31, 2021
targetMarket regional sports viewers in the United States

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Sinclair Broadcast Group (minority stake, via Diamond Sports) hasSubsidiary Diamond Sports Group
subject surface form: Sinclair Broadcast Group
Sinclair Broadcast Group (minority stake, via Diamond Sports) holdsStakeThrough Diamond Sports Group
subject surface form: Sinclair Broadcast Group
Bally Sports South owner Diamond Sports Group
Fox Sports Networks rebrandedChannelsOperatedBy Diamond Sports Group
Sinclair Broadcast Group hasSubsidiary Diamond Sports Group
this entity surface form: Diamond Sports Group (former majority-owned subsidiary)