Tag: MLB.TV

The reported discussions come at a time when 27 out of the 30 MLB teams have introduced direct-to-consumer streaming functionalities.

Baseball fans aiming to tune in and watch their favorite team strive for their first win of the new campaign were unsuccessful in their efforts, displaying an era reading, “We had some trouble loading the game, please try again later.”

As the pay-TV penetration rate diminishes concurrent with cord-cutting, most media networks have seen their traditional means of distribution decline. For MLB Network in...

Since the Rockies will be offering games through its own proprietary streaming service, the local blackout will be lifted by MLB.

The fledgling regional sports network operator has already struck a similar deal with the NBA.

MLB.TV had nine of its top-10 most-watched days in its 21-year history in 2023.

"People will pay for this. So rather than having a lower price just for the Bengals, the NFL makes you buy this."

While offering the games for free in the meantime, MLB would continue to negotiate with cable providers to return the clubs back to traditional linear television outlets.

"The game is between two hours and twenty minutes and two hours and fifty minutes, pretty reliably. So if you've got a bunch of games starting at the same time, you might have a realistic viewing option..."

The league's streaming service for out-of-market games registered 11.5 billion minutes watched.