During a Thursday interview on 670 The Score, Cubs president of business operations Crane Kenney called YouTube TV “more of an unknown” than Marquee Sports Network’s other carrier partners. Mere hours later, the streaming service announced via Twitter that it will no longer offer Sinclair Broadcast Group television properties on its platform after failing to reach an agreement on a renegotiation of its carriage contract.
“To bring you 70+ channels, we have contracts with content owners that are periodically renegotiated,” the statement read. “Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of FOX Regional Sports Networks and YES Network, is one of the largest owners of local TV stations in the US.