YouTube TV drops Sinclair-owned Tennis Channel
The channel’s removal comes after YouTube TV dropped other Sinclair-owned sports networks earlier this year.
Sinclair Broadcast Group is a local broadcast and pay TV network company based in Baltimore, Maryland. The company owns or operates more than 190 television stations in 90 metropolitan areas; 23 regional sports networks; the Tennis Channel and Stadium.
The channel’s removal comes after YouTube TV dropped other Sinclair-owned sports networks earlier this year.
Hulu told customers they will lose regional Fox Sports networks and other Sinclair-owned sports channels on Friday.
YouTube TV pulled nearly two dozen regional sports networks after its deal with Sinclair expired.
The streaming pay TV service is expected to lose two dozen Fox Sports-branded regional networks in early October.
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Consolidation coupled with a focus on re-transmission agreements have helped local stations weather the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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