{"id":362511,"date":"2025-12-21T21:13:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T21:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/362511\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T21:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T21:13:07","slug":"fate-of-fanduel-sports-network-hangs-on-sale-to-dazn-per-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/362511\/","title":{"rendered":"Fate of FanDuel Sports Network hangs on sale to DAZN, per report"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fate of 30 NBA, NHL and MLB teams’ local television broadcasts could hang in the balance if a proposed sale to sports streaming platform DAZN<\/a> isn’t completed next month.<\/p>\n

According to a Sports Business Journal report<\/a>, Main Street Sports Group missed its December rights payment to the St. Louis Cardinals<\/a>, raising a red flag as it looks to complete a proposed sale to DAZN. If that deal doesn’t go through, sources tell SBJ that Main Street \u2013 the owner of the FanDuel-branded regional sports networks \u2212 would initiate plans to dissolve its business.<\/p>\n

If that happens, the broadcast rights would revert back to the individual teams.<\/p>\n

FanDuel Sports Network currently broadcasts games for 13 NBA<\/a> teams, eight in the NHL<\/a> and nine in MLB<\/a>.<\/p>\n

SBJ reports that the NBA conducted a conference call last week with executives from those 13 teams to discuss their options. If the DAZN sale falls through, it could put the status of the local broadcasts in limbo during the middle of the regular season, a situation one team executive called “our worst fear.”<\/p>\n

Main Street Sports Group is the new name of the former Diamond Sports Group, which emerged from a lengthy Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding a year ago.<\/p>\n

NBA teams broadcast on FanDuel Sports Network<\/p>\n

For the 2025-26 season, local broadcast rights payments to 13 NBA teams by Main Street Sports Group totaled a reported $180 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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