Does AT&T Have An Exclusive Live TV Streaming Contract with Sinclair Broadcasting?

Martin Ogawa
2 min readDec 30, 2020

On Social Media angry sports fans with Live TV Streaming Services from companies like Hulu and YouTube TV are receiving these messages from Fox Sports Network’s new controversial owner Sinclair Broadcasting Group (CEO Chris Ripley/President Barry Faber). Upon further investigation, it appears that the only Live TV Streaming Service that is currently broadcasting Fox Sports Regional Networks in AT&T Live TV.

If you click through to the website owned by Sinclair Broadcasting Group https://getmyhometeams.com you see this page with both AT&T TV (2 year minimum contract) ad AT&T TV Now the sole Live TV Streaming provider ($79.99+ per month).

Fast Company describes the “streaming wars” of 2021, and Live TV Streaming Competitors Hulu, YouTube TV, fubo TV, Philo, Sling, T-Mobile TVision and Dish no longer have contracts for Fox Sports Network as of October 2020 with controversial alleged media monopoly Sinclair Broadcasting Group. In May 2020, Sinclair was fined $48M by the FCC for a Deceptive Bid for Tribune Stations.

So in observing the MLB, Hockey and recent start of the NBA 2020–21 Season, the question to be asked to the FCC : Does AT&T have an exclusive Live TV Streaming Contract with Sinclair? As a Consumer, many Live TV Streaming providers is a good thing, but it appears that at least for right now, we are back to one familiar competitor in this particular market. And I disagree with their Advertising below, there are NOT “lots of ways to get your game back!”

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Martin Ogawa

Digital Entrepreneur, Technologist, Internet Privacy, NBA Fan, Home Barista.