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MLB is in talks with three different broadcasters over the rights ESPN once held, Manfred said, and he hopes a new 2026-28 ...
NBC is taking a swing at getting back into the baseball broadcasting game. NBCUniversal made an offer to the MLB to scoop up the broadcast package of regular season and playoff games that ESPN is ...
Apple TV+ is emerging as the frontrunner to acquire additional MLB media rights currently held by ESPN, according to a Sports ...
“Sunday Night Baseball” might be headed to NBC ... ESPN is currently paying, per the report. ESPN announced earlier this year it had “mutually agreed” to terminate its deal with MLB ...
MLB balked, and the sides agreed to terminate the contract after this season. NBC’s offer is evidently for well below $550M per year. It’s unclear if it tops the $200M annual sum which ESPN ...
The offer includes Sunday Night Baseball, a staple of ESPN’s lineup since 1990. The WSJ said MLB games would also appear on the Peacock streaming service. NBC is also said to be interested in ...
No postseason baseball games have aired on NBC in decades, but that would change if the league accepts the reported offer from NBCUniversal. New York Mets Gary Carter and NBC Sports Bob Costas ...
Should the MLB accept the offer, MLB games will air Sunday nights on NBC beginning after the 2025 season, when ESPN will no longer air the games. The move comes as NBCUniversal gears up to welcome ...
ESPN in February announced it would “opt out” of its seven-year deal, which was supposed to last through 2028, with executives at the Disney sports giant miffed about smaller deals MLB has ...
NBCUniversal is reportedly eying the MLB game rights that ESPN dropped earlier in 2025. The Wall Street Journal, citing ...
Though ESPN’s time with the MLB is coming to an end ... According to The Athletic, NBC, Google, YouTube and Fox have all shown interest in acquiring ESPN’s package. Kayla is a senior TV ...