How to watch the Tampa Bay Lightning play games during the 2020-21 season? That’s a question a lot of Lightning fans are asking themselves and Googling right now as we are less than a week from the start of the regular season. When Disney purchased most of the entertainment portion of Fox, they were required to sell off the Fox Sports Regional channels as part of the regulatory approval for the acquisition. That includes Fox Sports Sun that is the Lighting’s broadcast partner for games.
Sinclair Broadcast Group ended up being the company that purchased those assets.