Yankees teaming up with Amazon to stream games

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

https://nypost.com/2019/12/03/yankees-teaming-up-with-amazon-to-stream-games/

The Yankees may soon become a major-league thorn in the side of New York’s cable providers.

The Bronx Bombers, working with tech giant Amazon, are gearing up to become the first Major League Baseball team to let fans watch games on their phones or laptops without a cable subscription — a bid to win over millennials who are cutting ties with cable TV, The Post has learned.

The plan by the Yankees’ YES cable-TV network is to allow online streaming for a limited number of Yankees games — possibly on Amazon’s Prime Video service — starting as soon as the 2020 baseball season, sources said. The ultimate goal is to provide an annual streaming package at a cost — say one year for $99, sources said.

The move comes as the Yankees saw its TV ratings drop 17% this year — despite the team winning their division. While earlier game times were a main culprit, cord-cutting also played a role, sources said.

Coming soon in the upcoming season if it is final.

 

[TheBigA]

Seems to me all of MLB is working with Amazon for access to games. They were a big sponsor last year.

 

[CTListener]

Seems to me all of MLB is working with Amazon for access to games. They were a big sponsor last year.

England's top soccer league, the Premier League, has a deal with Amazon as well. First two games were shown Tuesday afternoon US time. Some grumbling in England about the late kickoff time there, about 1 1/2 hours later than the usual 7 p.m. for night games, but money talks. You need an Amazon Prime subscription to watch, of course.