Changes coming for MLB broadcast next year

[MartyDe]

Looks like baseball is making some moves. Sports broadcasting in general is all over the place.

MLB announces new 3-year rights deals with ESPN, NBC, Netflix

On the heels of a 2025 season that saw large viewership increases -- including the most watched postseason in eight years and a World Series Game 7 that was the most watched Major League Baseball game in 34 years \-\- MLB announced Wednesday that it has formed new three-year media

www.mlb.com

 

[cpalmer2k]

Their rights agreements are just a mess. Too many different broadcast & streaming partners with their hand in the cookie jar, and it just got worse. The only part I like is NBC getting rights to Sunday Night games OTA (when it doesn't interfere with other sports they already had deals for).

 

[Jimbo]

Their rights agreements are just a mess. Too many different broadcast & streaming partners with their hand in the cookie jar, and it just got worse. The only part I like is NBC getting rights to Sunday Night games OTA (when it doesn't interfere with other sports they already had deals for).

This is just copying what the NFL did with thier NFL coverage, so now you have to have a handful of different channels (things to buy in order to watch) ...

From reading thru that article ... it said you CAN get MLB.TV thru ESPN .

It didn't say "The way to get MLB.tv was thru ESPN ... thats Good, sounds like there will be other ways.
(I could see espn making it so you have to have a $30 p/m package in order to get MLB.tv)
Thats NOT the case yet.

No mention of the MLB.tv app that has been in use now for many years .... I'll presume at this time, that you can still purchase that separately ...

 

[comfortably_numb]

I'll presume at this time, that you can still purchase that separately ...

Or get it for free if you are a T-Mobile customer.