Diamond Sports has reached a deal... with Amazon

Photo Illustration by Idrees Abbas/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesWe have been following the bankruptcy of Diamond Sports Group, which runs the Bally Sports branded regional sports networks. They cover games of 12 MLB teams.

Per Brendan Coffey at Sportico, Diamond has reached an agreement that will keep these games on the air. That’s partly because of an infusion of money from Amazon. The key portion of the linked article is here:

Amazon will make a minority investment in the company as part of the proposal. It will use its Prime Video platform to offer direct-to-consumer access to MLB, NBA and NHL games, including pre-game and post-game content of its various RSNs on a local basis.…