API Evangelist profile for Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI), the holding company reorganized in 2023 from the former Sinclair Broadcast Group. Fortune 1000 (rank 622). Headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland.
- Portal: https://sbgi.net
- Investor Relations: https://sbgi.net/investor-relations/
- GitHub: https://github.com/SinclairBroadcastGroup
Sinclair is a diversified U.S. media company built around three pillars:
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Sinclair Broadcast Group — roughly 177-185 owned-and-operated and affiliate-managed local TV stations across ~79-100 markets, reaching approximately 40% of U.S. households. Largest owner of stations affiliated with Fox, NBC, CBS, ABC, MyNetworkTV, The CW, and The CW Plus. Produces The National Desk and Sharyl Attkisson's Full Measure for its footprint.
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Sinclair Ventures — non-broadcast operating units:
- Tennis Channel (acquired March 2016 for $350M; ~38M U.S. pay-TV households as of late 2023) plus T2 (FAST), Pickleball.tv (with the United Pickleball Association), and a Tennis Channel DTC subscription launched November 2024.
- Digital multicast networks: Comet, Charge!, Roar, and The Nest (launched October 2023 in the Stadium slot).
- AMP Sales & Marketing Solutions (multi-platform local ad sales) with vertical units Drive Auto and Free State.
- Compulse / Digital Remedy martech and managed services (Compulse 360 SaaS continues under Digital Remedy branding).
- Broadcast technology: ONE Media Technologies (ATSC 3.0 / NextGen TV, dynamic ad insertion, B2X broadcast-as-IP), Dielectric (transmitters and RF systems), Bitpath, CAST.ERA, and Broadspan Wireless.
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Investments — minority stake in YES Network (Yankees / Brooklyn Nets).
In August 2019 Sinclair (via a Diamond Sports Group JV with Byron Allen's Allen Media Group) acquired the former Fox Sports Networks regional sports networks from Disney for ~$9.6 billion (initially valued at $10.6B). Diamond held local TV rights to 42 pro teams across MLB, NBA, and NHL.
- March 2021 — RSNs rebranded as Bally Sports under a 10-year naming rights deal with Bally's Corporation.
- March 14, 2023 — Diamond filed Chapter 11 after missing a $140M interest payment.
- January 2024 — Sinclair agreed to a $495M cash settlement with Diamond's creditors; Amazon committed $115M / 15% (later withdrawn).
- November 2024 — Hudson Bay Capital and PGIM took ownership; Sinclair's equity in Diamond was wiped out.
- October 21, 2024 — Networks rebranded as the FanDuel Sports Network.
- January 2, 2025 — Exited bankruptcy as Main Street Sports Group.
- February 2026 — Lost all 9 remaining MLB teams over missed payments; Main Street intends to cease operations in mid-April 2026 after the NBA and NHL seasons conclude.
The RSN business is no longer a consolidated Sinclair operation; it is documented here for historical completeness because the joint venture materially shaped Sinclair's recent financial trajectory.
Sinclair publishes no public developer APIs. This profile catalogues the organization, its brands and subsidiaries, and the spun-off RSN business. No OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, JSON Schema, capability, or example artifacts are included because there is no public API surface to back them.
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apis.yml |
APIs.yml index documenting Sinclair brands, subsidiaries, features, solutions, integrations, and use cases. |
README.md |
This profile. |
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