Local Dallas sports fans will soon have a new streaming option to watch Mavericks, Stars and Rangers broadcasts on Bally Sports Southwest — though at a higher price for FuboTV viewers.
FuboTV and Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns the Bally Sports regional sports networks, have agreed to a new carriage deal, a rare return of the local channels to a mainstream streaming service after years of decreased access and stalemate negotiations between Sinclair and most popular platforms.
Bally Sports channels will launch on FuboTV “in the coming weeks,” a company spokesman told media website The TV Answer Man.
The new offerings will come at a cost to FuboTV customers, starting in February.
This week, the platform informed current subscribers that the monthly price will increase by $5, starting in February — boosting the cheapest tier from $69.99 a month to $74.99, for example.
In addition, all subscribers in markets that offer regional sports networks will incur an extra fee: $10.99 a month in areas with one regional sports network available and $13.99 a month with two or more.
In the parts of the Dallas area that get Bally Sports Southwest (and no other Texas RSNs), that will make the most affordable FuboTV subscription plan about $86 before taxes.
DirecTV Stream, the only other independent streaming option that carries Bally Sports Southwest, currently offers regional sports networks in subscriptions starting at $89.99 a month before taxes. The platform announced on its website that the monthly price will increase $10 (to $99.99 a month before taxes) on Jan. 22.
Sinclair also debuted the single-channel Bally Sports+ subscription this fall to allow viewers access their local RSN for $19.99 a month, or $189.99 annually before taxes.
Bally Sports channels remain unavailable for streaming on Hulu Live, YouTube TV, Dish and Sling TV.
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