The Bally Sports app is the

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service of the former

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, now

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regional sports networks. The app replaces Fox Sports Go (FSGO), the app of the former

. The service is available for customers of select cable and satellite TV providers, as well as the

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over-the-top service.

History

The service was initially introduced as

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service, including access to content from networks such as

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and

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(the latter already offered under the brand BTN2Go).

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was streamed for free without authentication on personal computers and tablets, but not on mobile phones due to exclusive rights held by

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. The event averaged 1.7 million viewers on the platform. For regional telecasts on the

, NBA games were available, and

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games became available starting with the 2016 season, after Fox Sports and MLB came to an agreement for in-market streaming rights in November 2015. Fox reached a similar deal for regional

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games beginning in the 2016–17 season. Fox Sports Go logo

In 2019, Fox Sports Networks was sold to a partnership of

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and

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as part of The Walt Disney Company's purchase of Fox's entertainment assets; Fox also sought to divest Fox Sports Networks but were barred from selling them to Disney by federal regulators. The sale included rights to the Fox Sports Go platform; as a result, streaming of national Fox Sports channels (such as Fox Sports 1,

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, and Big Ten Network) and programming was moved exclusively to FoxSports.com and the Fox Sports app, leaving Fox Sports Go to only carry content from the regional networks. The national Fox Sports content continued to be listed on the Fox Sports Go main page as external links during an interim brand-licensing period. On March 10, 2021, the programming from

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(which is also partially owned by Sinclair) was separated from FSGO and moved to a dedicated app. The Fox Sports Go app was scheduled to be relaunched as part of the

rebranding of the Fox Sports Networks on March 31, 2021, but the new app was delayed to a then unspecified date. On April 26, 2021, the Bally Sports app was launched. On June 23, 2022, Bally Sports soft-launched its

Bally Sports Plus The Bally Sports Regional Networks are a group of regional sports networks in the United States owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint-venture company of the Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios. The naming rights to the network w ...

(or Bally Sports+) direct-to-consumers (DTC) service, which is accessible through the Bally Sports app. The service is available initially in five MLB cities: Detroit, Kansas City, Miami, Milwaukee, and Tampa. It launched nationally in the remainder of the networks' footprint on September 26."Bally Sports Indiana has a new streaming option for Pacers fans — but it will cost you"
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References

External links

Bally Sports website
{{VOD services Fox Sports Networks Bally Sports Universal Windows Platform apps

History

See also

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