Latest On Broadcast Package Carried By ESPN

Latest On Broadcast Package Carried By ESPN

Back in February, Major League Baseball and ESPN opted out of the final three years of their contract together. That deal is still in place through 2025, with ESPN carrying this year’s rights to Sunday Night Baseball, the Home Run Derby and the Wild Card round of the playoffs, but the rights for those events are up for grabs for the 2026-28 seasons. In May, it was reported that NBC had made an offer on that package. Now it appears that the packa…

New details on how MLB might split expiring ESPN package

The following article "New details on how MLB might split expiring ESPN package" originally appeared on Sports Media Watch. The saga of ESPN’s expiring MLB rights package involves four contenders — and perhaps more — vying for different pieces of the pie. MLB is in active negotiations with ESPN, Comcast-owned NBCUniversal, Apple and Netflix on the expiring ESPN rights package, and it is possible that other platforms could enter the mix, Andrew M…