Main League Baseball is seeking to shake up its media rights lineup card, and the brand new companions on the bases may play large roles in driving residence extra income.
On Aug. 21, The Athletic reported that MLB and ESPN—who agreed earlier this yr to opt out of their previous rights deal with three years left to go—had been near an agreement to carry MLB.TV into ESPN’s new streaming app and provides the community unique digital rights to out-of-market regular-season video games (in addition to in-market video games for 5 golf equipment). The identical day, the Wall Street Journal revealed that NBCUniversal is deep in talks with MLB to indicate Sunday night time video games on NBC and stream different matchups on Peacock as a part of a three-year deal that will usher in $200 million yearly.
