If you’ve been following our coverage of Marquee Sports Network’s less-than-spectacular launch and the broader issues faced by parent company Sinclair Broadcast Group, what follows probably won’t surprise you. Or maybe it will, since the latest report from Max Greve of Seeking Alpha sheds more light on just how dire the situation might be for Sinclair should their carriage negotiations go south.
We discussed last week how talks between Comcast and Marquee might actually drag into late spring or even early summer, well past the Opening Day target both sides have touted, because Sinclair’s other RSNs are up for renegotiation in June or subsequent months.