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

[metirish]

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 rights agreements with Netflix, NBCUniversal and ESPN.

As part of the rights agreements, which cover the 2026-2028 MLB seasons, the league’s longstanding relationship with ESPN will reach 39 consecutive seasons, NBC will return to regularly airing games on its broadcast network for the first time in a quarter century, and Netflix’s engagement with MLB will expand from documentaries to live baseball event coverage for the first time.

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-announces-media-rights-deals-with-espn-nbc-netflix

[metirish]

FOXS1 schedule unchanged, and they still have the ASG

Sunday Night Baseball goes from ESPN to NBC, they also get the Wild Card Series

Netflix the HR Derby and docs and specials etc

ESPN get a midweek schedule

[Frayed Knot]

... 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

 

Wait, I thought no one watched baseball anymore?!?

[metirish]

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Games all over the place

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

FOXS1 schedule unchanged, and they still have the ASG

Sunday Night Baseball goes from ESPN to NBC, they also get the Wild Card Series

Netflix the HR Derby and docs and specials etc

ESPN get a midweek schedule

 

I think I like this.

[Fman99]

Too bad they're still throwing the Apple TV garbage at us. I will watch those on pirated streams or listen to them on XM

[MFS62]

I didn't see how much money each major league team will earn per year as a result of those contracts.

IIRC, the last deal paid out $81 million per team.

I'd guess this one will earn them much more.

Later

[rchurch314]

stupid and garbage and rob manfred hates baseball