Baseball
Octagon strikes media content partnership with MiLB
Agency to aid affiliated minors in striking new distribution opportunities
WBSC adds Facebook to Premier12 media roster
Facebook is exclusively live streaming in the US all 32 games from the World Baseball Softball Confederation's 2019 Premier12 national team baseball tournament, which started on Saturday in Mexico
World Series Game 1 barely avoids record-low TV rating
Major League Baseball and Fox Sports narrowly avoided setting a record for the least-watched World Series opener ever on US television
Pirates extend local rights deal with AT&T SportsNet
Major League Baseball’s Pittsburgh Pirates have signed a multi-year extension of their local TV rights deal with AT&T SportsNet, the second such team to do so with the network in the past week.
MLB posts series of television, digital gains
Major League Baseball this season posted a series of gains in linear and digital television consumption, contrasting with the sport’s ongoing attendance decline.
MLB to make YouTube game available in key spots in Pacific Rim
League to distribute live streamed game into quartet of prominent international baseball markets
New York Yankees-led group completes re-acquisition of YES Network control
Prominent MLB team partners with Amazon, Sinclair, other investors for top-watched US RSN
DAZN expands beyond subscriber base with Twitter-based episode of ‘ChangeUp’
Special event on social media network marks the first time the MLB program has been shown to non-subscribers since March debut
Mediapro picks up WBSC rights in Americas until 2022
Spanish agency Mediapro has secured exclusive media rights across the Americas until 2022 for all of the World Baseball Softball Confederation’s flagship international competitions.
NY judge wrestles with legal issues surrounding long-running MASN dispute
NY judge uncertain whether he can overturn a MLB arbitration ruling in favor of Washington Nationals
MASN files formal opposition to second MLB ruling favoring Nationals
Baltimore Orioles-controlled RSN again claims league was improperly partial in its long-running media dispute with the Washington Nationals
Yankees exploring creating YES Radio
The Yankees are exploring creating YES Radio. The Yankees are closing in on reacquiring a controlling stake in YES Network in partnership with Amazon and Sinclair
MLB panel: Nationals owed nearly $100 million
A Major League Baseball arbitration committee has ruled the Washington Nationals are due nearly $100 million (US) in additional rights fees from the Baltimore Orioles in the latest salvo in their long-running…
BT Sport extends MLB rights, BBC to show London Series
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has renewed its deal for Major League Baseball rights until the end of 2021, while public-service broadcaster the BBC has acquired rights to MLB's upcoming London …
YouTube secures MLB rights package for second half of 2019
Major League Baseball struck a new partnership on Tuesday with YouTube incorporating live streaming rights to 13 games from the second half of the 2019 regular season
MLB continues Facebook partnership, scales back 2019 schedule
Major League Baseball has agreed a one-season extension to its rights deal with Facebook, but the social media company will have a smaller line-up of live games in 2019
MLB.TV added to Amazon Prime Video channels
In its latest sports content acquisition, Amazon has announced that MLB.TV – Major League Baseball's out-of-market package – will be made available on its Prime Video channels in the United States.
Eleven Sports to launch Japan streaming service
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports is launching in Japan - its 11th market - on Saturday.