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Diamond Sports, which owns 19 networks under the Bally Sports banner, said in a statement Tuesday that it decided "not to provide additional funding to the San Diego RSN that would enable it to make the rights payment to the San Diego Padres during the grace period and will no longer be broadcasting Padres games after Tuesday." The Padres become the first team that MLB will take over production of its broadcasts. MLB set up a local media department during the offseason to prepare for a bankruptcy filing by Sinclair Broadcast Group's Diamond Sports, which took place in March.
Now that the Padres' rights have returned to them, their games will be available direct-to-consumer. They'll also be on a linear feed.
The San Diego Padres become the first team to have the MLB take over production of broadcasts.
Major League Baseball will resume production and distribution of all San Diego Padres domestically distributed games beginning Wednesday, May 31 when they