before immediately going into attack mode,
Not attacking, just wish more would put links up to prove their point.
i would suggest improving your reading comprehension. i said "comparatively." That means i'm not saying everything is great. i'm just saying they aren't the dumpster fire Ballys is.
I proved, comparatively, they are not doing well with extremely simple math skills.
NBC has tried to sell/get rid of them since 2021, found no one to take them.
Streaming them on Peacock was thought about even then, but that will not save them.
In the three years since they first tried to get rid of them, they have shut down three of the RSNs, Northwest, Washington and now Chicago.
The future of the NBC Sports RSNs is murky. Per the Wall Street Journal, the company has looked into two very different strategies regarding their seven regional sports networks. The first strategy: streaming, of course. Specifically, streaming on Peacock. Early this spring, NBCUniversal planned...
awfulannouncing.com
Additionally all 3 of those RSNs are team-owned,
They are not team owned, just a minority ownership.
For example-
NBC Sports Philadelphia-Comcast owns 75%
NBC Sports Boston-Comcast acquired a majority share from Cablevision in April 2007.
NBC Sports Bay Area-Comcast acquired a majority share from Cablevision in April 2007.
en.wikipedia.org
which means the rights fee isn't exactly 1:1.
They are not even taking in what they need to to cover the MLB team's rights fees with the per sub fees.
Does not matter if you are team owned or 100% by Comcast, the RSNs are losing millions.
Better to shut them down, sell the rights to a OTA station (as a lot are already doing) to make some money, instead of losing 8-9 figures every year.
cordcuttersnews.com
www.forbes.com
