![]() The Suns and their WNBA counterpart the Phoenix Mercury were impacted by Diamond Sports’ bankruptcy, which included Bally Sports Arizona, the RSN that had been the home channel for their games.īally Sports, like most RSNs, was only available on pay-TV packages, limiting its reach. “Coupling that with a partnership with an industry leader like Kiswe to provide an innovative digital streaming solution allows us to transform the way fans watch our games, giving them more options and access than they’ve ever had.” ![]() “Cord cutters, cable subscribers, fans with an antenna – everyone will be able to watch Suns and Mercury games on Arizona’s Family,” said Suns and Mercury majority owner Mat Ishbia. Endeavor and WME Sports advised the Suns on the deal. Consumers who are cord-cutters will be able to access the games through the branded app. Games will be broadcast on KTVK, KPHA, and KPHE, with a minimum of 70 games being broadcast between the stations. The deals will make the games available to more than 2.8 million households in the state, triple the availability of the old RSN. In an email to his senior executive team which was viewed by The Hollywood Reporter, Suns and Mercury majority owner Mat Ishbia called the deals “an absolute game changer for our organization, our fans and the future of how we grow the game.” The Suns deal is for five years, with the Mercury deal lasting two years.īehind the Slow-Motion Implosion of Regional Sports Networks The deal combines an over-the-air broadcast rights deal with local TV giant Gray Television, as well as a streaming deal with Kiswe, which will help create a Suns and Mercury-branded direct-to-consumer streaming product. Discovery is looking to exit the business and hand control of its RSNs to its league partners, while the largest RSN owner Diamond Sports Group filed for bankruptcy last month), the NBA‘s Phoenix Suns have cut a new rights deal that suggests an intriguing path forward for teams seeking to ensure their games are accessible to fans. A four-hour director’s cut will arrive on Apple TV+ at a later date.With the future of regional sports networks in doubt (Warner Bros. And then the tour de force: “Shhh.” “Whose country are we in?” There is an epidemic of sassy men, and Napoleon himself is on the front lines.īesides Phoenix as Napoleon and Kirby as Joséphine, the cast includes Tahar Rahim as Directory politician Paul Barras, Ben Miles as chief advisor Caulaincourt, and Matthew Needham as brother Lucien Bonaparte. “I found the crown of France in the gutter, and place it atop my own head.” Slay x2. “I must warn you, I will not lead as second-in-command,” he boasts. Seriously, this man gets more bitchy lines out than most competitors on Drag Race. But we might add one more title to his long list: sassy old queen. In the second trailer, Napoleon is called a “warrior emperor general genius rebel tyrant,” in the title cards, which is honestly a lot to take on. “You think you’re great,” she tells her ambitiously deranged husband in between scenes of absolute carnage. Soon enough, he meets his lover and chief strategist Joséphine (Vanessa Kirby), and together they take the throne, plot to bulldoze Europe, blow up Egyptian antiquities, and invade Russia in the winter. Cue opening cannon fire on civilians protesting in the streets. What would he do if the assignment of defense was transferred to him? “I promise you brilliant successes,” Phoenix guarantees. “We must make an example or France will fall,” a general says. In the film’s first trailer, we see Phoenix use the instability of revolutionary France for his benefit, attacking rebels to gain a foothold in the country’s power vacuum after the beheading of Sofia Coppola muse Marie Antoinette (Catherine Walker). But what will the four-hour movie entail? There is some good news for the nerds: Scott shared to Total Film that a four-hour director’s cut of the film will arrive on Apple TV+ later, specifically after the reg ol’ theatrical version has hit the cinemas. ![]() ![]() While Napoleon found himself at the center of a whole mess of drama (historic terms), the film will only feature six battles that he fought in-apologies in advance for the history geeks hoping to see more action. The Beau Is Afraid actor stars in Ridley Scott’s upcoming historical war epic from a script written by David Scarpa, set in Napoleonic France during the emperor in question’s series of brutal, ego-driven wars. It’s Joaquin Phoenix’s turn to be a short king.
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