Sinclair Broadcast Group released a statement on Thursday announcing they have renewed licenses with Google’s YouTube TV to stream 19 regional sports networks, an agreement that excludes Fox Sports West, the home of LA Angels telecasts.
In a statement released to the press, Sinclair (which owns Fox Sports West) notes, “While the deal guarantees the OTT service [YouTube TV] will carry the vast majority of Sinclair’s RSNs, Prime Ticket and Fox Sports West will no longer be carried on YouTube TV effective March 5, 2020.”
While it’s disappointing to see Fox Sports West excluded from the current deal, there is still plenty of time for the two sides to negotiate before the first meaningful pitch of 2020.