After the announcement of Apple TV+ streaming baseball games on Friday, this morning Forbes has learned that MLB has come to terms with a two-year streaming deal with Comcast’s NBC Sports for the Monday and Wednesday Night games ESPN did not pick up in its new agreement with MLB, mainly to stream on Peacock. This deal starts this season and is worth $30 million annually. Back in February, the New York Post reported that NBC and Major League Baseball were in “serious” talks to bring baseball back to the Peacock Network and it looks like the deal has been completed.
“Prior to the agreements with Apple and NBC Sports the annual average of the league’s national media deals—which gets split evenly among the 30 teams—that begin this season was $1.84 billion. That figure is now $1.96 billion, representing a 26% increase annually over the league’s previous national media deals. The deals are a win for baseball is it boosts its overall media revenue and add substantial distribution of games and related content on streaming. NBC’s” streaming deal according to Forbes”
Welcome MLB to the streaming wars!
