The three-year media rights deals for packages of live games come after ESPN opted out of its $550 million-per-year deal for Sunday Night Baseball.
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Major League Baseball is nearing a finalized agreement with Disney
’s ESPN, Comcast
’s NBC Sports and Netflix
on a new three-year media rights deals for packages of live games.
MLB officially announced new media rights deals with NBC, Netflix and ESPN until 2028.
Major League Baseball agreed to a three-year media rights contract with ESPN, NBCUniversal Media and Netflix that starts in 2026.
The media deals will allow the platforms to show select baseball games over upcoming seasons.
ESPN would continue to broadcast around 30 regular-season games, but not “Sunday Night Baseball.”
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