Amazon Expands Sports Streaming as Diamond Sports Restructures
TL;DR
Diamond Sports Group has received court approval to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy with a new business model that includes a streaming partnership with Amazon's Prime Video and a naming rights deal with FanDuel. This plan allows the company to continue broadcasting for 27 MLB, NHL, and NBA teams, despite some teams leaving due to financial concerns. The new model aims to offer fans in certain markets the ability to access games without a traditional cable package.
- Diamond Sports to emerge from bankruptcy with new model for local broadcasts The Washington Post
- What Diamond Sports ruling means for fans -- and their favorite teams ESPN
- Amazon Prime will now carry Detroit Pistons, Red Wings, Tigers games for added fee Detroit Free Press
- Wild, Lynx, Timberwolves heading to Prime Video KARE11.com
- Royals to announce broadcast plans for 2025 in coming days. Amazon is in the mix Kansas City Star
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