Baseball
WBSC’s Base Sport to distribute Mexican Baseball League media rights
Base Sport, the Switzerland-based commercial arm of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), has been tasked with distributing broadcast rights to the Mexican Baseball League (LMB) in Eastern…
Cubs look to launch in-market DTC service in July
Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs is looking to give in-market cord cutters a chance to watch games on the team's regional sports network, Marquee Sports Network
Diamond Sports Group asks court to allow Diamondbacks to be dropped
Diamond Sports Group, the parent company of regional sports network (RSN) Bally Sports, has asked a United States Bankruptcy Court to allow the company to end its contract with Major League Baseball's…
YES Network adds interactive baseball stats to app
YES Network, the New York regional sports network, has launched a live stats feature to its app that runs in unison with New York Yankees Major League Baseball broadcasts
Diamond Sports Group makes rights fee payment for MLB’s Rangers
Diamond Sports Group, the parent company for regional sports network (RSN) Bally Sports, has paid the rights fee for Major League Baseball's Texas Rangers broadcasts
EXCLUSIVE: Centralised betting rights offered to WBSC competitions, domestic baseball leagues
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has pooled together the betting video and fastpath data rights to its own competitions plus those of baseball’s confederations and selected leagues in L…
MLB to produce and distribute Padres games as Diamond opts to miss payment
Major League Baseball is taking over production and distribution of San Diego Padres games with immediate effect after Diamond Sports Group, the owner and operator of 19 Bally Sports regional sports networks…
Boston Red Sox become first MLB sponsor for Fubo
Streaming platform Fubo has announced that it will sponsor the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball for the remainder of the 2023 season
Court sides with Nationals in MASN rights fees case
The New York Court of Appeals has ruled in favour of Major League Baseball's Washington Nationals after the team's long-time dispute with the Baltimore Orioles over broadcast rights fees paid by the Orioles-controlled…
Atlantic League secures landmark rights deal with FloSports
The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (ALPB) has secured the first league-wide broadcast deal in its 25-year history through a global agreement with streaming service FloSports
MLB announces film deal with Imagine Entertainment
Major League Baseball has announced a new multi-year partnership with Brian Grazer and Ron Howard's Imagine Entertainment to create scripted and non-scripted film and television projects
DirecTV showing Yankees’ Prime Video broadcasts at commercial locations
DirecTV for Business has reached an agreement with Amazon Prime Video to distribute the entire 20-game slate of New York Yankees Major League Baseball regular-season games being shown on the streaming…
Opening Day sets record merchandise sales, record viewers on MLB.TV
Major League Baseball's Opening Day set records on its out-of-market streaming service MLB.TV and earned a record in online merchandise sales
Bally’s becomes MiLB’s first national rights-holder
Global casino and entertainment company Bally's Corporation has entered into a multi-year agreement with Minor League Baseball (MiLB) to become the league's first national media rights-holder and exclusive…
In Focus: Major League Baseball
The 2023 Major League Baseball season began on March 30, with the postseason due to start in October, concluding with a potential World Series Game 7 on November 4
Fubo adds MLB.TV ahead of brand relaunch
IPTV operator Fubo has announced the addition of MLB.TV to its programming line-up, which will feature the channel in time for Major League Baseball's Opening Day on March 30
Apple TV+ MLB games go behind paywall, DirecTV lands commercial premises rights
Apple TV+ doubleheader broadcasts of Friday Night Baseball will require a subscription, while DirecTV will this year air the games in commercial establishments in the United States
World Baseball Classic sets TV viewership, attendance records
The 2023 World Baseball Classic further set new records as the tournament concluded with Japan hanging on to defeat the United States 3-2 in the championship game