How to watch Nashville Predators games on Bally Sports during Comcast Xfinity outage
Bally Sports South went dark at 11:26 p.m. CT on Tuesday during the Nashville Predators' 2-1 victory against the Canucks in Game 5, leaving Xfinity customers turning to other avenues to continue watching the game, which also was available on TBS.
Diamond Sports Group, owner of 18 Bally Sports regional stations, and Comcast, which owns Xfinity, failed to reach a new carrier agreement before Tuesday's deadline.
Unless the two sides reach an agreement by Friday, Game 6 of the Nashville Predators-Vancouver Canucks best-of-7, first-round NHL playoffs series at Bridgestone Arena won't be available to Xfinity customers.
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Comcast Xfinity-Bally Sports outage explained
Diamond Sports Group, owner of 18 Bally Sports regional stations, and Comcast, which owns Xfinity, failed to reach a new carrier agreement before an April 30 deadline.
After being on the threshold of bankruptcy for a while, Diamond Sports declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March 2023. In early March of this year, the group submitted a reorganization plan, a plan that includes ridding the group of its naming-rights deal with Bally.
How to watch Nashville Predators on Bally Sports without Xfinity
TV channel: Bally Sports South locally (except for Xfinity customers), national telecasts
Stream: Bally Sports+ app, FUBO (free trial)
How to download Bally Sports app
You can subscribe on Ballysports.com, Android TV, Apple, Google Play and Roku.
Bally Sports bankruptcy update
In early March, Diamond Group attorneys filed an official reorganization plan to the Houston court overseeing the case. According to Sportico, part of that filing includes Diamond ridding itself of its naming-rights deal with Bally.
Predators vs. Canucks NHL playoffs Game 6 start time
Date: Friday, May 3
Time: TBD
The Predators face the Vancouver Canucks, with puck drop scheduled TBD Friday at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.
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Nashville Predators vs. Vancouver Canucks NHL playoffs first-round schedule
All times Central
Game 1: Canucks 4, Predators 2
Game 2: Predators 4, Canucks 1
Game 3: Canucks 2, Predators 1
Game 4: Canucks 4, Predators 3 (OT)
Game 5: Predators 2, Canucks 1
Game 6: Vancouver at Nashville; TBD on Friday, May 3
Game 7 (if necessary): Nashville at Vancouver; TBD on Sunday, May 5
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Paul Skrbina is a sports enterprise reporter covering the Predators, Titans, Nashville SC, local colleges and local sports for The Tennessean. Reach him at pskrbina@tennessean.com and on the X platform (formerly known as Twitter) @paulskrbina. Follow his work here.
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