How Americans Watch Local Sports Is About to Change, as Cable Bundles Unravel

The financial unraveling of the once-thriving regional-sports TV industry could hasten a shift to a direct-to-consumer model for live sports

Two of the largest regional sports broadcasters in the U.S. are on the verge of unraveling, an event that is expected to alter how professional teams are funded and how fans tune in to the games.

Diamond Sports Group LLC, which carries the games of more than 40 major sports teams across the country on its Bally Sports-branded networks, in coming weeks, which people involved expect to lead to a renegotiation of rights fees—a significant part of teams’ revenue.

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