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The Yankees’ 2026 season opener will stream exclusively on Netflix, illustrating a fragmented, costly era for watching sports where fans must juggle multiple subscriptions across platforms to see all games, fueling calls for a simpler, unified viewing experience.
Five of the 14 teams under Diamond Sports Group's umbrella, including the Cincinnati Reds and the Texas Rangers, are currently missing payments for their most recent rights fees by Diamond, the Bally Sports operator that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March. Diamond has claimed that those teams should be paid a lesser fee to account for the deterioration of the traditional cable model. MLB has stated that it is in position to immediately pick up the broadcasts for teams once they fall off from Diamond and will do so by providing both a streaming option and a way to watch the games through the traditional cable model.