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Bally sports
How come you can't negotiate with Bally sports? They are going through bankruptcy. I would think it would be that hard to come to an agreement. Watching the Royals games Is one of the only reason I stay with Comcast. I will have to look into another provider if this problem persist.
XfinityChelseaB
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1.4K Messages
9 months ago
Hello @user_5idf8e, Thanks so much for taking a moment out of your day to leave a post on our community forum. This is a great question! We pay networks and station owners for the ability to deliver their programming to our customers. We negotiate agreements to bring our customers the best value for the content they want. Unfortunately, our programming agreement with DSG has expired. We have made a number of reasonable offers that DSG hasn't accepted. This means we no longer have the rights to carry their channels, including your local Bally Sports network. The loss of this channel will result in savings that we’ll pass along to you, and you’ll see an automatic credit in your bill in the coming weeks. Great sports programming, including NBA, NHL, and MLB national coverage, is still available with Xfinity. Just say “Sports” into your Xfinity Voice Remote to explore your options. You can also press “C” on your Xfinity Voice Remote to go to Sports Zone and see available sports content. Nationally televised games will continue to be carried by TBS, FOX, CBS, FS1, MAX, ESPN and Apple TV. Check your local listings for upcoming games or contests.
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user_b8a8ni
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9 months ago
Are you still in negotiating or is this a lost cause? I don’t know enough about the situation, but I blame DSG and Comcast equally. Your lack of concern for your customers is disappointing.
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annb156
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8 Messages
9 months ago
Totally agree it is the ONLY reason! But I am in a contract and they have early termination fees if you drop them despite, to me, they broke the contract with me when they dropped BSN so shouldn't I be able to drop Xfinity?
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user_f92910
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2 Messages
9 months ago
Metro Atlanta is Braves Country. Comcast needs to fix this. I plan to cancel my cable until Comcast brings Braves games back. I'll be saving more than the $8-$10.
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JJDAME5
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9 months ago
I think XFinity (Comcast) was trying to [Edited: Language] BSN - and get a lower rate than other carriers are paying them. Their crummy $8 per month credit won't come close to touching the MLB and NHL fees to
get a chance to watch the Twins or the Wild - by the way - the Twins took the monies from BSN and gave up the rights to allow customers to see them on MLB in local markets. So Twins fans are totally
[Edited: "Language"]. I'm going to start looking at options other than XFininty/Comcast. When you pay over $1,000 a year for cable TV, it's out of control :(
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user_ognxa8
3 Messages
8 months ago
The fact that Bally Sports and Comcast/Xfinity can't get in a room a figure this out is ridiculous. How about a little effort in trying to resolve this. Both sides need to give a little - so figure it out. Management on both sides should be ashamed at how petty they look here.
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user_wn2fr5
1 Message
8 months ago
The only reason I still have cable is live sports. I literally get everything else I watch from streaming services. Fix this! And stop trying to sell us on the “reasonable” offers you have made…We don’t care! Get it done. [Edit: Language]
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user_vnpv09
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8 months ago
I will have to cancel xfinity after 40+ years of being a customer. This is ridiculous! Get the Bally channel back NOW!!!!!!!!
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Wingnutters
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3 Messages
8 months ago
Here we are still being charged for it and no signs of an agreement. I ready pay too much for my bill. Guess it's time to just cut cord and do without
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Wingnutters
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3 Messages
8 months ago
Still being billed for bally and yet nothing. Only reason we have the cable was to get sports. Time to cut the cord and save our budget money
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user_mbxx3z
3 Messages
8 months ago
#Xfinity - what’s the update on Bally’s situation?
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fgdgsdg
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7 months ago
Comcast values my business but doesn’t value me
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