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MLB and ESPN agree to end broadcast partnership after 2025 season
Posted on 2/20/25 at 6:32 pm
Posted on 2/20/25 at 6:32 pm
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ESPN wanted a smaller, cheaper broadcast deal with MLB, but Commissioner Rob Manfred ?? :
"We do not think its beneficial for us to accept a smaller deal to remain on a shrinking platform..."
More: "We do not believe that Pay TV, ESPN’s primary distribution platform, is the future of video distribution or the best platform for our content. As of December 2024, ESPN was available in 53.6M homes, down from its peak of over 100M homes in 2011 and 69M homes when we struck the current deal in 2021.
“Furthermore, we have not been pleased with the minimal coverage that MLB has received on ESPN’s platforms over the past several years outside of the actual live game coverage.
“Based on the foregoing, we and ESPN have mutually agreed to terminate our agreement..."
ESPN significantly reduced their baseball coverage and instead angled themselves toward NFL and NBA. They dropped Monday night and Wednesday baseball and killed Baseball Tonight. So their only baseball focus is the singular Sunday Night Baseball broadcast.
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Posted on 2/20/25 at 6:35 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Guess it's gonna go to Fox
Posted on 2/20/25 at 6:35 pm to Lsuhoohoo
ESPN sucks
Posted on 2/20/25 at 6:36 pm to Lsuhoohoo
MLB on Fox was always better anyway
Posted on 2/20/25 at 6:39 pm to WestCoastAg
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Guess it's gonna go to Fox
quote:
We do not believe that Pay TV, ESPN’s primary distribution platform, is the future of video distribution or the best platform for our content.
Or streaming. Amazon has gotten in on RSNs. Wouldn't shock me to see them go after an exclusive game of the week. I just hope AppleTV doesn't increase their footprint.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 6:40 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Maybe NBC/Peacock
Posted on 2/20/25 at 6:44 pm to Lsuhoohoo
This had been rumored for a minute.
Still surprising nonetheless. SNBB has been a staple for 30 years.
Still surprising nonetheless. SNBB has been a staple for 30 years.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 6:47 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Well yea, ESPN has become the professional basketball drama network
Posted on 2/20/25 at 6:55 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Baseball is dying
Posted on 2/20/25 at 7:09 pm to Dale Murphy
Between the regional networks fiasco and now espn mlb is not in a good position when they don’t want your product
Maybe if the dodgers weren’t deferring every contract and you had some uniformity in the league it might work
Maybe if the dodgers weren’t deferring every contract and you had some uniformity in the league it might work
Posted on 2/20/25 at 7:09 pm to Lsuhoohoo
If they gave baseball half the attention they give the Association, the baseball ratings may have been a lot stronger.
This post was edited on 2/20/25 at 8:20 pm
Posted on 2/20/25 at 7:10 pm to Dale Murphy
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Baseball is dying
It's as strong financially as it's ever been.
Stop.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 7:21 pm to Indefatigable
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Well yea, ESPN has become the professional basketball drama network
Posted on 2/20/25 at 7:22 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Yeah ESPN only cares about the NFL and Lebron.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 7:30 pm to nicholastiger
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Between the regional networks fiasco and now espn mlb is not in a good position when they don’t want your product
Nah regular season national baseball broadcasts are dead. People only watch their own team and since ESPN broadcasts end up being Yankees/Mets/Dodgers/Cubs 75% of the time that just makes it worse for them.
This post was edited on 2/20/25 at 7:31 pm
Posted on 2/20/25 at 7:43 pm to Lsuhoohoo
I used to watch the shite out of baseball tonight as a kid back in the late 90s early 2000s range.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 8:01 pm to Lsuhoohoo
I miss baseball tonight
Posted on 2/20/25 at 8:12 pm to Dale Murphy
Go woke go broke
Posted on 2/20/25 at 8:52 pm to mattz1122
Can the MLB Network end the crappy blackout rules on the streaming app?
Posted on 2/20/25 at 9:01 pm to Lsuhoohoo
wonder if College Baseball can capitalize off this.
Get more air time during the year in national TV when other sports are off.
Get more air time during the year in national TV when other sports are off.
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