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Capping a challenging multi-year development process, Sinclair Broadcast Group ’s regional sports unit has set September 26 as the nationwide launch date for direct-to-consumer streaming service Bally Sports +. At $19.99 a month or $189.99 a year, Bally Sports+ will be among the priciest streaming options in the marketplace, but the company expects many diehard sports fans lacking pay-TV subscriptions to pony up to watch their local teams. The 19 Bally networks operated by Sinclair’s Diamond Sports Group subsidiary feature Major League Baseball, NBA and NHL games, along with a range of college and prep sports. The company says additional pricing options will be released once the service is live. At launch, Bally Sports+ will be available on mobile and tablet devices operating on iOS or Android, Android TV, TvOS, and BallySports.com. Yet to be accounted for are Roku and Amazon Fire TV, two significant gateways for streaming in the U.S. Shoring up digital distribution … [Read more...] about In Sports Streaming Milestone, Sinclair’s Bally Sports+ Sets Nationwide Launch Date

UPDATE, 10:36 AM: And now ESPN has weighed in on the deal. On the new digital service, the Disney company says that it has agreed to a “framework” with the NBA “to negotiate the launch of a new over-the-top offering in which the league would receive equity interest.” No details yet. On the TV side, ESPN’s new agreement gives it 10 additional regular season games (bringing the total to 100) as well as 10 more “exclusive regular-season windows.” The channel promises to “substantially increase its NBA-focused programming” with an additional 750 hours spread across TV and the Internet. It renewed rights for the WNBA. ESPN INternational will offer “significantly more” NBA programming in Latin America, the Caribbean, Australia and New Zealand. Live, national rights for NBA Summer League and NBA D-League. And there’ll be additional games for Spanish language ESPN Deportes Radio, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN Deportes+. “By acquiring significantly more NBA content for both existing and … [Read more...] about Disney and Turner Renew NBA Carriage Deal With New Streaming Rights

The Native American Media Alliance announced today they have selected six fellows for the 5th Annual Native American Feature Film Writers Lab , a talent development program that boosts the careers of Native American writers. In partnership with Comcast NBCUniversal, A+E Networks, Cherokee Nation Film Office, and A+E Networks, the Native American Feature Film Writers Lab is an annual program for talented and aspiring screenwriters. Over the course of 10 weeks, chosen fellows develop a new screenplay, meet with partner industry organizations and receive creative guidance on their scripts from literary professionals. “The incredible success stories from our many fellows of this lab is a true testament to the genuine work behind our programs,” Ian Skorodin, Director of Strategy for the Native American Media Alliance announced. “It’s an incredible inspiration to see our fellows working, writing and providing the authentic voice of Native America at every major studio, … [Read more...] about Fellows Selected For The 5th Annual Native American Feature Film Writers Lab

Tom Hollander , Calista Flockhart and Diane Lane have joined Feud : Capote’s Women , the second installment of FX ’s anthology series from Ryan Murphy and Plan B, we have learned. Reps for FX and 20th Television, which is behind the Feud franchise, declined comment. They join previously announced Naomi Watts and Chloë Sevigny. Hollander will star as Truman Capote, Flockhart as Lee Radziwill and Lane as Slim Keith. As previously announced, Watts stars as Babe Paley, wife of CBS head Bill Paley, and Sevigny portrays C.Z. Guest. An adaptation of Laurence Leamer’s bestselling book Capote’s Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era , the miniseries is set in the 1970s, and ends with Truman Capote’s death in 1984. It chronicles the tale of the famous wunderkind author as he stabs several of his female friends — whom he called his “swans” — in the back by publishing a roman à clef short story called “La Côte Basque 1965” in Esquire in 1975. The piece … [Read more...] about ‘Feud’: Tom Hollander, Calista Flockhart & Diane Lane To Star In Season 2 Of Ryan Murphy’s FX Series