US EditionESPN Set To Grab MLB.TV, Some Local Games In Latest Big Streaming Deal
ESPN plans to stream all out-of-market MLB games and in-market games for five teams exclusively on its new direct-to-consumer platform for three years, including about 30 national games.
- Thursday, Major League Baseball and ESPN reached a preliminary framework under which ESPN would acquire exclusive digital sales of out-of-market regular-season games and in-market rights for five clubs over three years, folding MLB.TV into the new ESPN DTC app costing $29.99 per month.
- ESPN's February opt-out of the three remaining seasons prompted fresh negotiations amid Commissioner Rob Manfred's push to centralize video rights to aid smaller franchises.
- The framework specifies that ESPN would have in-market rights for the Cleveland Guardians, San Diego Padres, Minnesota Twins, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Colorado Rockies and keep about 30 exclusive regular-season games but lose Sunday Night Baseball and the Home Run Derby.
- If completed next month, the agreement would take effect next season for a three-year term and could include MLB Network with a substantial fee, reports say.
- Manfred's centralization push reflects efforts to support five smaller MLB franchises hurt by RSN collapse, while Netflix, NBC / Peacock and Apple vie for marquee events like the Home Run Derby and postseason windows.
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St Louis Post-Dispatch
Bismarck TribuneReport: MLB, ESPN reach deal
Major League Baseball and ESPN have reached a preliminary agreement that would allow the Worldwide Leader in Sports "the exclusive rights to sell all out-of-market regular-season games digitally and in-market games for five clubs over the next three years," The…
ESPN to Land Exclusive Rights to Out-of-Market MLB Games in Reported Framework Deal
Major League Baseball’s digital rights have almost slid home to ESPN, according to a new report from The Athletic. Per the report, MLB and ESPN have outlined an agreement that would make ESPN the exclusive digital seller of out-of-market regular-season games, with the potential to subsume the long-running MLB.TV product into ESPN’s streaming lineup. The […] The post ESPN to Land Exclusive Rights to Out-of-Market MLB Games in Reported Framework D…
Rockdale Citizen & Newton Citizen
Report: MLB, ESPN reach framework media rights deal
ESPN and Major League Baseball have a framework agreement in place that would give ESPN the exclusive rights to sell out-of-market regular-season games over the next three years, according to a report from The Athletic on Thursday.
Report: MLB, ESPN reach agreement to sell out-of-market games
Major League Baseball and ESPN have reached a preliminary agreement that would allow the Worldwide Leader in Sports “the exclusive rights to sell all out-of-market regular-season games digitally and in-market games for five clubs over the next three years,” The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand reported.
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