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Diamond Sports Group Names Michael Schneider Chief Operating Officer and General Manager of Bally Sports Direct-to-Consumer Business

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Monday, May 23, 2022
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Diamond Sports Group (Diamond), a subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group (NASDAQ: SBGI), today announced Michael Schneider has been named Chief Operating Officer and General Manager of Bally Sports+, its new direct-to-consumer (DTC) sports division.

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  • Diamond Sports Group (Diamond), a subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group (NASDAQ: SBGI), today announced Michael Schneider has been named Chief Operating Officer and General Manager of Bally Sports+, its new direct-to-consumer (DTC) sports division.
  • Schneider also oversaw brand marketing and strategy, audience development, live and licensed content marketing, social media, sports marketing and the day-to-day performance of Hulu + Live TV.
  • He is a terrific addition to the team as we build out the Bally Sports+ offering, its exclusive content and passionate fan community.
  • The 19 regional networks, owned-and-operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group, include, Bally Sports Arizona, Bally Sports Detroit, Bally Sports Florida, Bally Sports Great Lakes, Bally Sports Indiana, Bally Sports Kansas City, Bally Sports Midwest, Bally Sports New Orleans, Bally Sports North, Bally Sports Ohio, Bally Sports Oklahoma, Bally Sports San Diego, Bally Sports SoCal, Bally Sports South, Bally Sports Southeast, Bally Sports Southwest, Bally Sports Sun, Bally Sports West and Bally Sports Wisconsin.

Hearst Television Launches Hearst Anyscreen, A Private Marketplace For Connected TV Advertising

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Monday, September 24, 2018
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Recognizing the demand in the OTT marketplace for consistently premium content and transparency, Hearst Anyscreen will enable brands to tap into the dramatic growth of Connected TV viewing.

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  • Recognizing the demand in the OTT marketplace for consistently premium content and transparency, Hearst Anyscreen will enable brands to tap into the dramatic growth of Connected TV viewing.
  • Hearst Anyscreen enables marketers to access this inventory with reliable audience targeting across the leading Connected TV apps and platforms, including Roku, a strategic partner of Hearst, as well as Android TV, Apple TV, DirecTV Now, Google Chromecast, Sling TV, Sony's Crackle and PlayStation Vue, XBox, and several Smart TV operating systems.
  • Hearst Television has partnered with dataxu, a leader in convergent TV advertising technology, to deliver measurement, rich audience insights and targeting capabilities for Hearst Anyscreen.
  • Hearst Television owns and operates television and radio stations serving 26 media markets across 39 states reaching over 21 million U.S. television households.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Removed From Sony Vue Platforms

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Wednesday, May 2, 2018
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BALTIMORE, May 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI), (the "Company," "Sinclair") regretfully announced that, as a result of Sony failing to comply with certain contractual provisions, all of Sinclair's ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC affiliated stations have been removed from Sony's PlayStation Vue platform.

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  • BALTIMORE, May 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI), (the "Company," "Sinclair") regretfully announced that, as a result of Sony failing to comply with certain contractual provisions, all of Sinclair's ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC affiliated stations have been removed from Sony's PlayStation Vue platform.
  • The impasse affects all of Sony's Playstation Vue subscribers who are located in Sinclair markets, although because of the very small subscriber base that PlayStation Vue has this event will have no material impact on Sinclair.
  • Sony promotes PlayStation Vue as a "live streaming TV service with sports, news and your favorite must-watch shows," which is no longer the case with respect to Sinclair's stations.
  • "We remind Sony subscribers that there are other video distributor options available to receive our broadcast stations' programming, including Sony's direct competitor YouTube TV, which continues to carry stations that Sony has dropped.