Incidentally, while FanDuel, the sports betting service, only had a branding connection with the RSNs that bear its name, it is slashing costs elsewhere. It was reported last week that the FanDuel TV channel is being phased out over the next 21 months, and the in-studio hosts for its horse racing coverage, along with about 100 other employees, will be losing their jobs.
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MLB Announces New TV Deals
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I see "no blackouts" as applying to the RADIO broadcasts that are part of MLB+. The description of MLB.TV is ambiguous. It says subscribers can watch "every" out of market game "live or on demand." I can tell you that live Red Sox games are still blacked out on my MLB.TV subscription here. However, I can watch them on demand once the games have been over for 90 minutes. How do YOU reconcile this apparent discrepancy?I was equally surprised to see the Angels there, since they just announced they are starting their own RSN.
I'm just going by what I see at MLB.com.
The main thing I see here is "no blackouts."
That's what it says for MLB+. But the specific team packages are offering the TV channel with no blackouts for a lot of the teams.
The Red Sox aren't included in this offering.
OK. I was just looking at the main MLB.TV package. NESN has its own streaming package, NESN 360, that offers the Red Sox, Bruins, minor league baseball, college sports and any other events that NESN holds the rights to. There is still no package, AFAIK, that would allow one to watch every game for every team live,with no blackouts. Even if you live way out in the sticks with no MLB team in your market area (if such an area exists; I think every inch of the US is part of some team's territory, even Hawaii and Alaska), you're still out of luck for Netflix and Apple+ games, which are exclusive to those services.
Thank ya KindlyGoogle is your friend. So is DirecTV's website. Hint: Try Channel 619 first.
Fox's WTTG, Gray Media to offer Washington Nationals games
Fox Television Stations and Gray Media will offer some locally-televised games from the Washington Nationals this season.
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WTTG to get Washington Nationals games.
Hearst stations to carry Tampa Bay Rays baseball games
Hearst Television has secured a new agreement with the Tampa Bay Rays to air a package of games across four Florida markets during the 2026 Major League Baseball season.
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Hearst has Tampa Bay Rays for their stations in Florida.
Interesting that the Mariners signed a contract with KING 5 and not with KIRO 7 (a long-time partner from the 1980s-2001 or 2002). It reminds me of the old analog TV days. Yes, you could watch occasional Mariners baseball on rabbit ears before they went cable-exclusive! Unfortunately, they seem to be back to their old "lose 3, win 1" ways...unlike last year's postseason run.
NBC Sports broadcast all 15 MLB games on Sunday July 5th. They had the exclusive. Local broadcasters were excluded.
www.nbcsports.com
NBC SPORTS PRESENTS ALL 15 GAMES LIVE NATIONALLY – AN MLB FIRST – ON SPECIAL “STAR-SPANGLED SUNDAY” ACROSS NBC, PEACOCK, AND NBCSN THIS SUNDAY, JULY 5
Division Rivalries Take Center Stage
www.nbcsports.com
I notice that the Red Sox-Angels game is scheduled for a 9:30 p.m. EDT start. I wonder how that game -- among the least attractive or meaningful on the schedule based on the teams' won-lost records -- was chosen for its stand-alone status.NBC Sports broadcast all 15 MLB games on Sunday July 5th. They had the exclusive. Local broadcasters were excluded.
NBC SPORTS PRESENTS ALL 15 GAMES LIVE NATIONALLY – AN MLB FIRST – ON SPECIAL “STAR-SPANGLED SUNDAY” ACROSS NBC, PEACOCK, AND NBCSN THIS SUNDAY, JULY 5
Division Rivalries Take Center Stage
Boston vs LA. On a network owned by northeast and coastal California-centric NBC. 'Nuff said.
They’re in the Anaheim neighborhood of Los Angeles
True, but they went back to calling themselves the Los Angeles Angels (of Anaheim) several years ago.
It's all about markets. Anaheim is no more a media market than Arlington TX, Santa Clara CA, or East Rutherford NJ.