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ESPN Set To Grab MLB.TV, Some Local Games In Latest Big Streaming Deal
Forbes· 2025-08-21 17:45
(Photo by Scott A. Schneider/Getty Images)Getty ImagesOn the day ESPN is launching its much-awaited $30/month streaming app comes reports the Worldwide Leader is locking up digital rights to out-of-market games now carried on MLB.TV, and local games for five franchises.ESPN would become baseball’s primary digital distributor for out-of-market games for the next three years. Earlier in the year, Disney-owned ESPN walked away from a $550-million-a-year deal with Major League Baseball that covered a national g ...