Baseball
WBSC lands international streaming rights to Panama National Baseball League
The World Baseball Softball Confederation has acquired the exclusive international streaming rights to the top tier of Panamanian domestic baseball
Yankees, Dodgers get primetime slots for MLB Division Series
Major League Baseball be prominently featuring the New York Yankees and Los Angeles, perennially two of the league’s most popular clubs, during this week’s Division Series playoffs, with each team to …
MLB unveils 2020 postseason marketing campaign
Major League Baseball this week is unveiling a new postseason marketing campaign featuring popular entertainer DJ Khaled
MLB to be seen on ABC for first time since 1995
Major League Baseball this week will be seen on the ABC broadcast network in the United States for the first time since 1995 as the league’s newly expanded playoffs begin.
MLB finalizes seven-year rights extension with Turner
Major League Baseball has finalized a seven-year media-rights deal with Turner Sports worth more than $3.7bn (€3.2bn), keeping the WarnerMedia-owned outlet in the fold as one of the league’s key partners.
MLB awarded $6m in Dominican Republic TV rights payment feud
Major League Baseball has been awarded more than $6m (€5.1
MLB rolls out expanded digital video archive
Major League Baseball this week is widely debuting the MLB Film Room, a new digital video archive product aimed at enabling far greater user customization and distribution of the the league’s extensive f…
Royals strike renewal of local rights deal with Sinclair
Major League Baseball’s Kansas City Royals have renewed their local rights agreement with Fox Sports Kansas City, owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, in a multiyear deal.
ESPN seals Little League rights extension
ESPN will continue to air the Little League World Series, one of the foremost events in US youth sports, through 2030, as part of a newly signed, eight-year contract extension
Mariners, Root Sports deploy series of production enhancements
Major League Baseball’s Seattle Mariners and local television partner Root Sports have debuted a series of production enhancements typically reserved for national-level broadcasts.
FanCode acquires streaming rights for MLB and CPL
Indian online sports platform FanCode has acquired streaming rights for Major League Baseball and the Caribbean Premier League T20 tournament in separate deals
Sky Mexico to air Mexican baseball league with matches produced by Mediapro
Production and media rights agency Mediapro will handle the production of all matches from the 2020-21 season of baseball’s Mexican Pacific League (LMP), with pay-television broadcaster Sky Mexico to a…
MLB sets several streaming records in season restart
Major League Baseball said it has set several new league records for streaming of its live games during the start of the amended 2020 regular season
MLB rights retained by beIN in France and Mena region
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has retained rights to Major League Baseball in France and across 24 countries in the Middle East and North Africa
Fox Sports to use virtual fans during Major League Baseball broadcasts
Fox Sports has revealed it will utilize virtual fans during its Major League Baseball broadcasts in the widespread absence of spectators at games during the rescheduled season
Sky Italia picks up MLB rights
Pay-television broadcaster Sky has agreed a two-season rights deal to cover Major League Baseball in Italy.
The deal takes in the impending 2020 season, as well as the 2021 campaign
Diamondbacks see robust audience for intrasquad game
Major League Baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks said they generated more than 83,000 digital page views for a webcast of its July 13 intrasquad game, a total representing by far the team’s most-watched vid…