“The goal has always been to do right by the fans and the community. And new Suns and Mercury owner Mat Ishbia (who had his bid for those teams officially approved in February) had some interesting comments about the rationale behind it to Shlomo Sprung of Boardroom, saying the key for him was the expanded reach available on broadcast TV:
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But this move to broadcast TV does seem like it may happen. There’s still some uncertainty around this, with Diamond claiming they have an option to match (both teams previously had their games on Bally Sports Arizona) and threatening legal action.
Discovery Sports looking to shut down or transfer their RSNs, the Suns and Mercury were the first to actually do it, signing both this broadcast deal with Gray and a streaming deal with Kiswe. While there had been lots of talk of local sports broadcasts moving to a different model than regional sports networks, especially around the ongoing Diamond Sports (parent of the Bally Sports regional networks) bankruptcy proceedings and around Warner Bros. The news this week of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns and WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury signing a TV deal with two broadcast stations owned by Gray Television sent shockwaves through much of the media world.
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