MLB, ESPN agree to new deal
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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.
NBCUniversal, Netflix and Walt Disney's ESPN have been in talks with Major League Baseball for the past several weeks, according to three people familiar with the discussions, all in a bid to reappropriate a package of games that had been earmarked for ESPN through 2029,
After cutting short a previous agreement, the sides are in advanced talks on a new pact that would incorporate MLB.tv into ESPN’s streaming service.
ESPN and Major League Baseball just can’t quit one another. Months after the two sides agreed to opt out of the seven-year, $550 million annual deal that began in 2021, they are reportedly about to agree on a new one.
Just months after ESPN looked to have ended its 35-year relationship with Major League Baseball by opting out of a seven-year agreement, the broadcaster has indicated their association with the ...
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