MLB Nears Major Media Rights Deals with ESPN, NBC, and Netflix
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Major League Baseball is close to finalizing new three-year media rights deals with ESPN, NBC, and Netflix, covering live games, playoffs, and special events like the Home Run Derby, as traditional TV viewership declines and streaming services seek sports content. The deals include NBC acquiring Sunday games and Wild Card playoffs, Netflix obtaining Derby rights, and ESPN securing a new package of in-market and national games, with all rights expiring after 2028.
- Major League Baseball closes in on new media rights deals with ESPN, NBC, Netflix CNBC
- MLB, ESPN have agreement for network to sell all out-of-market and some in-market games: Sources - The Athletic The New York Times
- Netflix Stock Slips, Comcast Rises Amid Report of MLB Sports Streaming Deals Barron's
- Exclusive | ESPN and MLB Are Closing In on a 3-Year Pact Worth Around $1.65 Billion The Wall Street Journal
- NBC nears massive MLB broadcasting deal worth nearly $600M over 3 years: report Fox Business
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