"The biggest lesson from Inside the NBA's first season on ESPN isn't that the show suddenly became less talented, less entertaining, or less insightful. It's that audiences can't engage with a show they rarely see."
"The (MLB) Commissioner's office has made it clear that they want to take back the rights and go it alone, which will effectively drive us out of the market if they are successful."
It is believed that the missed rights payment by Bally Sports Arizona triggers a clause in the contract that reverts the television rights back to the Diamondbacks and Major League Baseball.
While offering the games for free in the meantime, MLB would continue to negotiate with cable providers to return the clubs back to traditional linear television outlets.
"The biggest lesson from Inside the NBA's first season on ESPN isn't that the show suddenly became less talented, less entertaining, or less insightful. It's that audiences can't engage with a show they rarely see."