The league’s app, MLB.TV is, pound-for-pound, the best app among all the sports.
Since the Rockies will be offering games through its own proprietary streaming service, the local blackout will be lifted by MLB.
At an owners meeting outside Orlando, Rob Manfred discussed a potential streaming option that would allow fans of about half the MLB clubs to stream live...
The fledgling regional sports network operator has already struck a similar deal with the NBA.
MLB.TV had nine of its top-10 most-watched days in its 21-year history in 2023.
"People will pay for this. So rather than having a lower price just for the Bengals, the NFL makes you buy this."
While offering the games for free in the meantime, MLB would continue to negotiate with cable providers to return the clubs back to traditional linear television...
"The game is between two hours and twenty minutes and two hours and fifty minutes, pretty reliably. So if you've got a bunch of games starting...
The league's streaming service for out-of-market games registered 11.5 billion minutes watched.
MLB Chief Revenue Officer Noah Garden told Sports Business Journal "I hope at one point to have in-market (streaming) available".