I?m hoping this is the end to Ballys.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...on-prime-video
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The NBA signed its 11-year media rights deal with Disney, NBC and Amazon Prime Video on Wednesday after saying it was not accepting Warner Bros. Discovery's $1.8 billion per year offer to continue its longtime relationship with the league.
The media rights deals were approved by the league's Board of Governors last week and will bring the league about $76 billion over those 11 years.
WBD had five days to match a part of those deals and said it was exercising its right to do so, but its offer was not considered a true match by the NBA. That means the 2024-25 season will be the last for TNT after a nearly four-decade run.
The new NBA TV Deal is official!
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07-24-2024, 05:17 PM13 - 3The new NBA TV Deal is official!
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07-25-2024, 07:31 AMdrortego316
I'm praying that this is the end to Ballys however I have yet to see a real proposed alternative. This new deal is great but nowhere does it talk about individual team game plans or deals. I want to watch all of the Pels games not the 1% that they are gonna put on national TV. I wish the Pels would announce what the plans are for the upcoming season and how to watch.
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07-25-2024, 09:56 AMLee2000
Being a Direct TV customer from Mississippi, I have practically no access to the Pelicans outside of Nationally televised games. Our local cable shows the Pelicans on one of their channels, but I can't access that. Access to Pelican games has been a nightmare due to blackouts and a lack of options.
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07-25-2024, 10:43 AMmsusousaphone
Yeah. Same. Even though I'm in Louisiana, Lake Charles never got Pels games locally. The regional channels have been a godsend. But maybe they'll fix that by expanding local markets similar to the NFL.
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07-25-2024, 06:19 PMJJackisangry
I hope Bally or any iteration of it is forever banished to Hell. How do you manage to take an app that works perfectly fine and brick it for absolutely no reason with a pointless update. I had trouble watching for weeks because of their incompetence and I’ve heard nothing but terrible things about them from everybody else. Please be the end
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07-26-2024, 11:23 AMml wave
This national TV deal has nothing to do with Ballys.
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07-26-2024, 04:32 PM13 - 3But it might be easier to find on the air. Better quality streaming. Hopefully you won’t need a Bally’s subscription now.Quote:
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https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/ent...streaming-deal
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As part of the agreement, Prime Video Channels will also be the strategic partner and third-party global channels store destination for NBA League Pass, the NBA’s subscription service for streaming live and on-demand games, in the U.S. and internationally.
“The digital opportunities with Amazon align perfectly with the global interest in the NBA,” said NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. “And Prime Video’s massive subscriber base will dramatically expand our ability to reach our fans in new and innovative ways.”
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08-01-2024, 09:43 PM13 - 3
Looks like we are on the chopping block. Looks like Front Office got no choice but to find a new provider.
https://awfulannouncing.com/bally/nb...-pelicans.html
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Much as it cut ties with two MLB teams last summer, the Diamond Sports Group could axe several NBA teams from its portfolio of live rights as its bankruptcy reorganization process drags along.
Per the Sports Business Journal, five NBA teams could have their rights deals with Diamond severed heading into the 2024-25 season. Those five teams are the Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons, Memphis Grizzlies, New Orleans Pelicans, and Oklahoma City Thunder.
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08-06-2024, 09:24 PMRaisingTheBar
Adios Bally’s Sports
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08-07-2024, 07:39 AMRobertM320Dallas is a surprise. But for the others, you've got 3 small markets and a bad team (Detroit).Quote:
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08-07-2024, 07:43 AMRobertM320For those of you who always accuse Mrs Benson of penny pinching. She rejected a 20% higher offer from Diamond to go with the contract that would make most Pelicans games for the entire season free throughout the Louisiana market.Quote:
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Last weekend, Diamond Sports reengaged with the Pelicans and offered them a new deal that was more lucrative than anything they previously had been presented. The Pelicans on Monday notified many of the major players involved that they were still choosing Gray as their broadcast partner despite Diamond's offer being 20% higher, according to sources.
This looks like it has potential, at least for locals.
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Furthermore, the Pelicans and Gray are in discussions to launch a sports-only, over-the-air TV network on substations in 11 different markets. The Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network could feature live sports programming , not just Pelicans games, but Birmingham Squadron and high school games, too ? in addition to other New Orleans Saints and Pelicans digital content.
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08-07-2024, 09:29 AMGetBuzzin
Most games will be on "substation" Bounce. Most fans, without cable, don't get Bounce "New Orleans local". So we're right back where we've been since Shinn. You'll see "some" games on WVUE. Gayle ain't pinching pennies here; she'll be grabbing dollars when the Pelicans TV app and online service becomes available for a monthly $ubscription.
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08-07-2024, 09:37 AMP_B_&_G
Thank god!
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08-07-2024, 10:05 AMmsusousaphoneI "cut the cord" almost a decade ago and Bounce is one of the easiest stations to pick up in all markets with a $10 antenna. Crystal clear no interruptions. Get a $50 antenna and you can get like three Bounces. I currently get it for Lake Charles, Beaumont, AND Lafayette. If it's really showing in all those markets, this could be SWEET.Quote:
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08-07-2024, 12:01 PMdrortego316Right back to worse. At least with Bally, it recorded it so that I can watch it later when I actually have time. This blows dogs for quarters. I dont understand why there has to be so many hoops to jump through to watch a Pels game. I'm not getting an antenna to watch. I'll watch it on the internet so they wont get my petty 1 tv viewership.Quote:
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08-07-2024, 01:32 PMhornetsrebirthFor real bounce is extremely accessibleQuote:
Originally Posted by msusousaphone
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08-08-2024, 04:55 PM13 - 3
Go to Dollar General, Big Lots, Wal-Mart and get yourself an $10 antenna
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08-08-2024, 04:59 PM13 - 3F.Y.I.Quote:
Originally Posted by drortego316
https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.co...s-gray-tv-deal
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The Pelicans struck a multiyear partnership with Gray Television to broadcast their games on "over-the-air TV on a full-time basis starting next season," according to sources cited by Christian Clark of the New Orleans ADVOCATE. The team “experimented” with the concept last season by showing “a handful of games” on WVUE-TV Fox 8. The agreement means that the “vast majority” of the Pelicans' 82 regular-season games next season will be available for free in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The move will “improve the Pelicans' accessibility” and “allow the team to reach a significantly larger TV audience.” The seven games the Pelicans showed on WVUE-TV Fox 8 last season and other “major over-the-air stations” drew an average of 46,057 TV households -- a 260% increase from what the team averaged on Diamond-owned Bally Sports. The Pelicans and Gray are also “in discussions” to launch a “sports-only, over-the-air TV network” on substations in 11 different markets, called the “Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network.” The network “could feature live sports programming” in addition to other Saints and Pelicans digital content. The Pelicans are also “working with the NBA” to bring a streaming product to market for next season (New Orleans ADVOCATE, 8/6).
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08-24-2024, 03:49 PM13 - 3
We’ve got a new Network
https://www.nola.com/sports/pelicans...6c836fab5.htmlQuote:
n time, the Pelicans’ plan, multiple sources said, is to air the vast majority of their games on a newly created channel, which will be called the Gulf Coast Sports and Entertainment Network.
The Gulf Coast Sports and Entertainment Network will be available as an over-the-air signal, meaning that anyone with an antenna will be able to access it for free in many of the major markets across Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. There have already been preliminary discussions about broadcasting high school sports on the channel as well, multiple sources said.
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09-17-2024, 08:07 AM13 - 3
We have our new network! It launches soon!
https://www.nola.com/sports/pelicans...6342891ee.html
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The Pelicans and Gray are launching a new TV station called the Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network, which will be available in Louisiana (Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Lake Charles, Monroe, New Orleans and Shreveport); Mississippi (Biloxi, Hattiesburg, Jackson and Meridian); and Alabama (Mobile).
The Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network is expected to go live by the end of September in each of those markets, multiple sources told The Times-Picayune.
That means Pelicans fans will be able to watch their team play for free on the Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network approximately 75 times during this season, starting with New Orleans’ regular-season opener against the Chicago Bulls on Oct. 23.
The Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network is expected to reach upward of 11 million viewers in the three-state region of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
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The Pelicans, multiple sources said, have secured the rights to add three major Alabama markets — Birmingham, Huntsville and Montgomery — to their coverage area. Additionally, the Pelicans and Gray are in advanced discussions with broadcasters in Lafayette to get games on there.
How can fans get the network?
The Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network will be available as an over-the-air TV signal. That means anyone with an antenna can access it. A “rabbit ears” antenna can get the job done. Digital antennas — which plug into the back of a TV and typically cost between $20-$30 — are another option.
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09-17-2024, 04:26 PM13 - 3
Here it is! All the info you need in coverage.
https://www.nba.com/pelicans/news/ne...ames-tv-stream
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10-03-2024, 03:17 PM13 - 3
Changes to the broadcast team!
https://www.nola.com/sports/pelicans...44ad31c58.html
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Andrew Lopez, a New Orleanian who has covered the NBA at ESPN for the past five years, is joining the Pelicans as the team’s sideline reporter.
Lopez is taking over that role from Jennifer Hale, who held the position for 12 years. Hale became New Orleans’ sideline reporter during the 2012-13 season, which was the franchise’s last year with the Hornets moniker.
Hale is still a sideline reporter for the NFL on FOX, and she will be heavily involved with the Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network as an on-air host and as a producer behind the scenes.
Lopez will team up with play-by-play broadcaster Joel Meyers and color commentator Antonio Daniels. Meyers is in his 13th season with the Pelicans, and this is Daniels' sixth season as the team's color commentator.
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These are the over-the-air TV signals the Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network lives on in each market.
Alexandria: 25.2
Baton Rouge: 9.3
Biloxi, Mississippi: 51.3
Birmingham, Alabama: 6.3
Hattiesburg, Mississippi: 18.2
Jackson, Mississippi: 3.3
Lake Charles: 32.1
Meridian, Mississippi: 15.5
Mobile, Alabama: 10.5
Monroe: 24.1
Montgomery: 12.3
New Orleans: 7.1
Shreveport: 12.2
The Pelicans succes