Major League Baseball just made one of its most aggressive modern media plays, announcing a new set of three-year national rights agreements with ESPN, NBCUniversal and Netflix beginning in 2026. The ...

Fantasy Sports became a lot more popular when the Worldwide Leader in Sports got in the game. ESPN online was created by Starwave. Starwave was owned by Vulcan Ventures which was started by Microsoft ...

ESPN will also continue to be in the baseball business, with streaming rights to out-of-market games. By Alex Weprin, Rick Porter Freddie Freeman of the Los Angeles Dodgers is congratulated after ...

CLEVELAND — ESPN and Major League Baseball appeared headed for an ugly separation after the network opted out of its rights deal in February. Nine months later, it appears to be the best thing to ...

After walking away from its TV rights deal with Major League Baseball earlier this year, ESPN has a new package that will provide additional games for its streaming customers. The deal announced ...

Major League Baseball announced new national television deals for the 2026-28 seasons with ESPN, NBC, and Netflix on Wednesday. NBC/Peacock will be the new home of Sunday Night Baseball and the first ...

Major League Baseball announced its new TV deals with NBC, Netflix and ESPN on Wednesday, restructuring its broadcast future. ESPN will also have in-market rights to six clubs and will have the ...

Nov. 19 (UPI) --Major League Baseball agreed to a three-year media rights contract with ESPN, NBCUniversal Media and Netflix that starts in 2026. The rights agreements extend to 39 seasons MLB's ...

ESPN announced more game selections for its 2026 Major League Baseball schedule on Monday, including a Memorial Day matchup between the New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals. The network will air 30 ...

As expected, MLB.tv will be headed to ESPN for the 2026 season. The league’s out-of-market offering, essentially baseball’s version of NFL Sunday Ticket, will be housed within the ESPN app beginning ...

Netflix and NBC will join as MLB broadcasters this season, and ESPN will return to the fold after a public breakup with the league in 2025. At long last, MLB has put the finishing touches on its new ...

Welcome to State of the Union, a weekly column covering the commissioner's office, the players' union and all the forces shaping the future of our national pastime. MLB's media rights limbo that began ...