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Amazon, Diamond Sports Discussing Potential Streaming Deal

By Anthony Franco | December 19, 2023 at 6:51pm CDT

December 19: Evan Drellich of the Athletic reports that Diamond has streaming rights for five of the MLB teams whose broadcasting deals it covers: Detroit, Kansas City, Miami, Milwaukee and Tampa Bay. Even if an agreement between Amazon and Diamond is reached with regards to streaming, they would need to negotiate additional deals with MLB if they want to stream games for any of the other six clubs.

December 18: One of MLB’s bigger off-field stories of the past year has been the bankruptcy of Diamond Sports Group. The conglomerate’s struggles to meet its broadcasting deals has left teams contracted with Diamond — which operates the Bally Sports regional networks — in uncertain positions about the revenues they can expect from their local television contracts. That has been reflected in a few clubs (e.g. Padres, Rangers, Twins) cutting or plateauing spending.

As Diamond’s bankruptcy process continues, Lauren Thomas and Joe Flint of the Wall Street Journal report that the corporation is engaged with Amazon about a potential multi-year streaming agreement. The discussions, which are not complete and would need to be approved by the bankruptcy court even if Diamond and Amazon reach an agreement, would see Amazon invest in Diamond with a goal of eventually acquiring streaming rights for teams on those broadcasts. Diamond would continue to operate its cable networks.

There has been a general expectation that Diamond’s reorganization will see the business abandon all of its broadcasting deals with MLB after the 2024 season. Evan Drellich of the Athletic wrote last week that Diamond and MLB were nearing agreement on a deal that would at least provide clarity on how which of its 11 contracts* it would honor for the ’24 campaign. The Athletic reported last month that the company was considering dropping its contracts with the Rangers and Guardians before next season.

Even if Diamond meets most or all of its obligations for next season, those clubs won’t have clarity on how things will play out in 2025 and beyond. The potential for Amazon to support the company in exchange for streaming opportunities offers some optimism, but it remains very early in that process.

* The Angels, Braves, Brewers, Cardinals, Guardians, Marlins, Rangers, Rays, Reds, Royals and Tigers have existing contracts with Diamond. The company abandoned deals with the Padres and Diamondbacks during the 2023 season, while its contract with the Twins expired at the end of the year.

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  1. deGrom/Langford Texas Ranger

    2 years ago

    Short Amazon stock now?

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    • Yossi Ronnen

      2 years ago

      Following their track, I’d say no.

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  2. Champ world champion Texas Rangers

    2 years ago

    Get something done and let everyone watch.

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    • Tigers3232

      2 years ago

      Careful what you wish for. I’m sure when all these streaming deals are done, sports viewing is gonna be more of a carte a blanche experience. Sadly I predict a future where we’ll be purchasing a streaming package or it ll b a few bucks or whatever depending on game to stream single games.

      It mind sound foolish right now, but 10-15 years ago how many people would’ve ever believed they’d be paying as many different viewing source as they are right now to stream different content.

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      • stymeedone

        2 years ago

        In Detroit, its $20 per month to stream Tigers games thru Bally.

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      • IHLgulls

        2 years ago

        I have a job and a family, my time for watching baseball is very limited. I’d love to be able to purchase one game for a few bucks.

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        • Olddfrt.

          2 years ago

          A San Francisco Giants fan. 1987, something called Giants Vision on cable tv offered the opportunity to purchase turning on a television game. Was $7.99 each game. That was before regional sports networks. Not certain what the cost would be 35+ years later.

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        • LosPobres1904

          2 years ago

          Me and you will be dead by then

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        • Letsplaytwotomorrow

          2 years ago

          Maybe they need some Saudi money, it worked out for the PGA.

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        • LosPobres1904

          2 years ago

          I look Saudi but don’t have money

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      • Ubaldo Jimenez

        2 years ago

        And still saving 50% over cable

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  3. User 3044878754

    2 years ago

    Meanwhile, the Commissioner Rob Manfred is asleep in acting in the best interests in baseball in protecting the Cleveland Indians….yeah Rob, they’re still called the Cleveland Indians by loyal Tribe fans.

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    • Travis’ Wood

      2 years ago

      You’re just a crybaby man child if you care about a teams name lol most of us just care about watching baseball

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      • 66TheNumberOfTheBest

        2 years ago

        THEY whined and cried about the Indians, THEY whined and cried about the Redskins, THEY whined and cried about the various college teams that were named after natives and changed the team name.

        THEY never made a peep about the New Orleans Hornets becoming the Pelicans or the Charlotte Bobcats becoming the Hornets.

        Gee, I wonder why….

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        • tigerdoc616

          2 years ago

          Maybe because those are animals and not racial slurs.

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        • 66TheNumberOfTheBest

          2 years ago

          Wow…so, it’s almost like they are defending racism more than “tradition”.

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        • Chuck from Uniontown

          2 years ago

          I’m not trying to get into politics, but as a native American I am pissed they got rid of the Cleveland Indians. Why does WVU get to keep Mountaineers but Cleveland can’t be the Tribe? Same reason they got rid of the land o lakes girl but kept the quaker oats guy.

          You don’t make someone your mascot to make fun of them, you do it to honor them.

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        • etex211

          2 years ago

          I’m part Cherokee, and I’m proud of that heritage. I am told that there was a Cherokee chief a few generations back in my family. I’ve got no problem whatsoever with sports teams being named for American Indians.

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        • User 3044878754

          2 years ago

          The name itself doesn’t make it a slur. Only thought and hate do.

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        • JoeBrady

          2 years ago

          I’m Irish and I have no problem with Notre Dame being called the Fighting Irish or Boston being called the Celtics, though I do find it slightly annoying that no one pronounces it right. Iona College is called the Gaels.

          As long as it is not a racial slur like the “Yankees”, I see no problem.

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        • Dotnet22

          2 years ago

          Yes but but but …..feelings.

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        • Not a clever name

          2 years ago

          The pelicans are more regionally appropriate than the hornets it makes sense. The hornets were named after charlotte being a hornets nest of rebels during the revolution, New Orleans was part of France at that time. So of course no one complained. If Washington picked a name like swamp creatures or the deficits, then I would be ok with that too but let’s be honest commanders is stupid and so is wizards, Bullets were way more appropriate for DC.

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        • its_happening

          2 years ago

          If I heard someone call another a Padre, quite possible a fist or two will fly. But it’s not on the list of being offended.

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        • Ubaldo Jimenez

          2 years ago

          Uh, look at the old logo bro. That’s not honoring.

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        • LosPobres1904

          2 years ago

          Better not touch my Aztecs!

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    • deGrom/Langford Texas Ranger

      2 years ago

      They certainly were the Indians when they fleeced Texas for Emmanuel Clase. There are people pouting about it and trying to say the Guardians made that trade. Whatever ones’s views are about that, no old white people can change that they were the Indians at the time, just like how Scott Kazmir made his debut for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, not the Rays (though he did eventually pitch for them). Some guys are so offended by the name that they rewrite history.

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      • Ubaldo Jimenez

        2 years ago

        History isn’t rewritten. We just evolve and move on. Sorry you missed the memo and stay stuck in the mire.

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    • dixoncayne

      2 years ago

      They’re called the Guardians by fans who live in reality

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      • User 3044878754

        2 years ago

        Yeah by the same Clevelanders who think this years Browns (expansion team in ‘99) are in any way related to the original Browns under Paul Brown…. That’s a false reality

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      • el rey

        2 years ago

        Only the woke in their small minds.

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        • Melchez17

          2 years ago

          Wait… they took that lady off the syrup bottles… I thought racism was over.

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        • RandalGrichuksStubble

          2 years ago

          Ironic, because she started the company. She was a former slave that did well in budiness.

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      • LosPobres1904

        2 years ago

        Stupid name

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    • tigerdoc616

      2 years ago

      As much as I don’t like Manfred, he has been working on this issue. MLB Network has stepped in to ensure games were telecast last year for some teams. And they would just love to take over the whole thing if they could.

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    • oscar gamble

      2 years ago

      I am a life long Cleveland fan and I call them the Guardians. My friends and I never really called them the Indians, before the name change we called them The Tribe.

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      • User 3044878754

        2 years ago

        ….yeah sure

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    • Ignorant Son-of-a-b

      2 years ago

      There is some guy in here who insists on calling them the Cleveland Spiders which is probably the most outlandish take of them all. “I’ll just make up a name for my favorite team and call it that, since it can’t be the Indians.” Some people are so weird.

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      • RandalGrichuksStubble

        2 years ago

        They used to BE the Spiders.

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        • Ignorant Son-of-a-b

          2 years ago

          Yeah but they aren’t now. It’s still crazy to call a team whatever you want it to be.

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  4. oldguyG

    2 years ago

    Cutting off the 60 million a year for next 7 years to padres all of sudden was a big blow financially hope they can get a better deal going now . Thanks DSG and MLB

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    • James Midway

      2 years ago

      They are still making money from the broadcasts I just don’t know how much.

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    • stymeedone

      2 years ago

      No one service will ever get the viewers that cable had. They won’t get back the amounts that once were, as many who cut the cord, won’t be going back to pay services.

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    • BaseballisLife

      2 years ago

      Maury Brown of The Business of Baseball said that it appears that the Padres increased TV revenue from the $52 million DSG was scheduled to pay them. He pointed to the fact that the day after DSG officially defaulted the Padres had deals in place with all the cable, satellite, and streaming services they were on before and increased their potential TV households by 2 million.

      They also were the 1st team to be able to sell local MLB.tv packages. Brown said that they sold more than 250,000 of those accounts. Others have said 285,000. Brown said that MLB is giving the teams 80% of the revenue from those accounts. Arizona was the 2nd team.

      At the Winter Meetings Scott Boras echoed much of same things in saying the Padres had not lost any TV revenue in 2023 and had no financial limitations from it going forward.

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  5. Daniel Youngblood

    2 years ago

    Major League Baseball has a pretty significant exposure issue here. The league needs to figure this out and get its games more widely broadcast and easily accessible.

    Even before Bally’s went belly up, a lot of those fans in those markets were squeezed out from watching their hometown teams because of exorbitant carriage fees. Now, it’s obviously even worse.

    But the league can’t have large segments of its potential fan base unable to watch its product. Sports viewing, like most other forms of entertainment, is about habits. And once you stop watching something, it’s pretty easy and doesn’t take long to find alternative ways to spend that time.

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    • Cincyfan85

      2 years ago

      You can say that again. I stopped watching the NFL in 2016 and I’ve loved every second of my extra time. If anything, it’s made me love baseball even more.

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      • Joel P

        2 years ago

        I gave up on football around that time too. Got tired of watching people try to hurt each other and that commissioner is scum.

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      • 66TheNumberOfTheBest

        2 years ago

        Man, to think, if you were still watching…the NFL would have all time record ratings plus one.

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        • Ignorant Son-of-a-b

          2 years ago

          Who is number 66 ?

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      • LosPobres1904

        2 years ago

        Since the chargers left San Diego I quit watch the NFL. Stuck with baseball only and it’s the best sport in my eyes.

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    • Trotski

      2 years ago

      The way it’s set up now I don’t have cable and watch thru the mlb.tv app. I can watch all the games except my home team, which makes me less interested in the Rox and less likely to go to the games in person. Why disincentive home rooting interest, it’s not gonna make me pay for cable.

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      • JoeBrady

        2 years ago

        I can watch all the games except my home team,
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        Same here. I have very nice computer screen and that’s how I watch. Coming from NY, I don’t get the Yankees, but as a RS fan, I could care less.

        But I never once thought about buying Yankee tickets because of getting blacked out. I’m not sure anyone does. It is an entirely different experience.

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    • YankeesBleacherCreature

      2 years ago

      Hopefully Amazon ends the draconian local blackouts. It doesn’t effect me as I sub to YES for the NYY but it’ll be good for all fans.

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      • darinc

        2 years ago

        End blackouts, force everyone to get Amazon Prime and then they raise rates. Before you know it Prime will be over $200 a year.

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        • YankeesBleacherCreature

          2 years ago

          Personally, for what they charge now, I find is good value. I get groceries once a week through them along with their other services. It saves me at least six hours per month not having to go on shopping trips.

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        • Yossi Ronnen

          2 years ago

          They’ll have it as an add on.

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        • JoeBrady

          2 years ago

          Same here. I either walk down to the hardware store, or order on-line. And it is as much for the variety available as it is the savings.

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    • 30 Parks

      2 years ago

      Well said, Youngblood. People will find other things to do. I used to know the NHL inside & out, now I’ve totally lost interest in watching hockey on TV. It happens.

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      • LosPobres1904

        2 years ago

        Yep I started to do drawing again and working on cars instead.

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  6. SweetBabyRayKingsThickThighs

    2 years ago

    Yuck

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  7. The Former Player

    2 years ago

    The final flailing of a culturally irrelevant dying sport.

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    • Collind91

      2 years ago

      Hahaha wow, what an absolutely ridiculous comment

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      • The Former Player

        2 years ago

        See who’s laughing when mlb goes defunct within the decade. To paraphrase Jason from ‘The GodFather’: “wont be seeing them no more”

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        • Travis’ Wood

          2 years ago

          Absolutely delusional lol

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        • This one belongs to the Reds

          2 years ago

          If the system doesn’t change, you will see small market teams go by the wayside until you are left with a dozen teams or less in 20 years or so.

          When the average baseball fan of 50 plus start dying off, the sport will probably go with it mostly.

          Meanwhile, Robby the robot keeps insisting there is nothing to see here as his large market masters instruct him.

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        • JoeBrady

          2 years ago

          I have some serious idle money that says that the MLB goes to 32 teams before they go to 28.

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        • Ubaldo Jimenez

          2 years ago

          Wut. Have you been to a game lately? Loads of families and kids…

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        • LosPobres1904

          2 years ago

          Some times I feel like quitting baseball too expensive. And the same teams have to win in sports or else.

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    • UncommonSense

      2 years ago

      So irrelevant that you post on here multiple times per day about it. Clown

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    • Rightout

      2 years ago

      I’m sure you an NBA fan ..just love watching that garbage

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  8. Goin' to Sheetz

    2 years ago

    MLB should consolidate everything into their app. Everything is spread too thin across streaming as it is.

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    • Roidville Slugger

      2 years ago

      Meaning game broadcasts?

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    • JoeBrady

      2 years ago

      MLB should consolidate everything into their app.
      ============================
      While not having a clue as to what that would look like, I like the sound of it. The NFL seems to do a great job maximizing its exposure.

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      • Goin' to Sheetz

        2 years ago

        That’s the league to emulate. While the NBA gets a lot of cable revenue, people are dropping those packages more than ever.

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  9. deGrom/Langford Texas Ranger

    2 years ago

    The blackouts are inexcusable, and so is the Manfred man. There should never be a run that is neither earned, not caused by an error, yet that exists now. It’s a statistical mess now.

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    • paddyo furnichuh

      2 years ago

      Manfred Mann?

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      • BaseballisLife

        2 years ago

        And the Earth Band

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  10. The Saber-toothed Superfife

    2 years ago

    I was going to put my two cents in but we’re already up to a buck fifty…..

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  11. drewm

    2 years ago

    FFS MLB just reclaim all the rights and stream it to us direct
    shutupandtakemymoney.jpg

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  12. 99socalfrc

    2 years ago

    Why don’t they just tell Bally’s to go kick rocks and put all those teams on the MLB app? Bally’s picking and choosing what deals they can still make a profit on and just skipping out on the other teams is BS.

    The right answer for all these sports leagues is to quit letting bloodsucking, money hungry networks, cable companies, streamers etc into the equation at all.

    Imagine selling the Super Bowl as a streaming pay per view right on the NFL app, and then the league keeping all the ad revenue for themselves.

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    • The Former Player

      2 years ago

      But you wouldn’t be able to watch the superbowl on a tv if its streamed or on an app- you could only watch it on a phone then and that would take alot of the fun out of watching it

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      • TMQ

        2 years ago

        You clearly lack even a basic understanding of how streaming works. Every TV made in the last decade is capable of streaming.

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    • The Former Player

      2 years ago

      Imagine a superbowl party with 10 people all hovering over someones tiny phone screen

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      • Jaysfansince92

        2 years ago

        I’m guessing you haven’t heard of chromecast? It’s quite easy to put content from your phone onto a TV. I currently don’t have an opinion on the whole streaming situation, but using that as an excuse not to use the app shows a glaring lack of knowledge.

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        • aragon

          2 years ago

          iphone, too.

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      • UncommonSense

        2 years ago

        Imagine a person posting here that they don’t understand what an Apple TV is or a smart TV, or Google Chromecast, or a Fire TV stick

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    • stymeedone

      2 years ago

      They have a contract MLB has to honor. Unless MLB declares bankruptcy, they can’t pull out of deals like Bally. Even they need court approval to do so.

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    • harrycarey

      2 years ago

      They call it the NFL network, while the Super Bowl is still over the air on free TV the typical cable TV consumer is paying 75 cents a month of their cable bill to the NFL. So that may not be much but programming in May and June isn’t good but it’s the cost of doing business. If you don’t have the channel did you watch the 3 games on Saturday? Granted you may have not cared about any of the 6 teams. But until we turn the conversation to oppressors and oppresses nothing it seems to get done.

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      • 99socalfrc

        2 years ago

        The 75 cents a month is all fine and good, but what if I told you there are 72,000,000 cable subscribers today and that just 7 years ago there were 100,000,000.

        I guarantee you that the first professional sports league (or college football) to go entirely on their own app/ streaming service is going to be a game changer. You can use the NFL Sunday ticket as a rough barometer but because it isn’t the exclusive way to access the content the subscriber count doesn’t tell the whole story.

        People are willing to pay $200 for the entire season of the NFL, how much of that $$$ should the NFL want? All of it

        Advertisers pay for ad time on cable/ Youtube during NFL games. How much of that revenue should the NFL want? All of it.

        The options to let people pay for just their team or all games, include playoffs in your plan or buy them a la carte, are we charging for the world series/ super bowl? Will people pay more to skip commercials? The options are endless and can be reworked year after year without negotiating with some TV network or other service that needs to get paid.

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  13. BigB

    2 years ago

    I prefer to listen to games on the radio. I can focus on other things, while still keeping up with my team. Plus I find the radio announcers not as annoying as TV announcers.

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    • 30 Parks

      2 years ago

      Agreed, Big. Baseball on the radio is the best approach. Too many former players as TV “broadcasters” that simply have no feel for the job. I miss Vin Scully & professional broadcasting standards.

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    • JoeBrady

      2 years ago

      I can do that. I got hooked sneaking a radio into bed with me to listen to some of the late games as a kid.

      And this is the 2nd time in a week that I agree with Parks. Too many TV announcers have no feel for the game flow.

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  14. Braves Butt-Head

    2 years ago

    The biggest detriment to baseball and the thing keeping it from reaching out and making new fans and growing the sport is the mere fact people cannot watch their local teams. MLB has the worst promotion and it’s why they are the number 3 sport right now in populatary in the US.

    Mlb needs to let people watch their games but these teams are so greedy and so scared that these local media blackout rules are killing the sport more than anything even PEDs.

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  15. HeadHunter

    2 years ago

    Youtube TV completely ditched the MLB Network last year and there’s no sign they have any intention of bringing it back. This is yet another instance of mismanagement by MLB.

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    • etex211

      2 years ago

      The availability of the MLB channel was one of the deciding factors when I selected Fubo after cutting the cord earlier this year.

      After I made the Fubo selection, I discovered that they tack a $13 per month surcharge on there for BSSW, the RSN that carries the Rangers.

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      • This one belongs to the Reds

        2 years ago

        I ditched Direct TV after the baseball season. I saw that Fubo and Direct TV stream, ironically were pretty much the only streaming alternatives for baseball as MLB TV blacks out the Reds games here.

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    • BaseballisLife

      2 years ago

      They ditched it because they bought the multi-billion NFL Sunday Ticket package. They had a choice to drop it and many other channels or raise prices to the same price as DIRECTV who had NFL Sunday Ticket before.

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  16. 66TheNumberOfTheBest

    2 years ago

    “Thank God I don’t have to pay hundreds of dollars to watch every thing I want in one convenient place anymore!”

    “Now, I get to pay hundreds of dollars to a dozen or so companies to piecemeal watch what I want without being able to easily switch back and forth between them! The FUTURE!!!!”

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  17. This one belongs to the Reds

    2 years ago

    This would work out for me as the wife has Amazon Prime anyway. Just another add on like Paramount +, Max, etc. probably.

    It would be great for major league baseball to be streamed, as that is the way everything is going. Late to the party as usual, but glad they are finally getting there.

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  18. Simm

    2 years ago

    Maybe im wrong but I believe diamond doesn’t even own the streaming rights for these teams.

    I could see Amazon getting a deal done but after diamond is dead. They could swoop in and gather up all the streaming rights negotiating with teams individually. Then again maybe they want to do a deal with diamond so Amazon doesn’t have to broadcast the games themselves.

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    • YankeesBleacherCreature

      2 years ago

      They’re not late. They like to prowl and pounce on distressed assets.

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  19. etex211

    2 years ago

    With the new Nascar contract recently announced, 5 races in the middle of the summer will be available only on Amazon Prime Video, beginningi in 2025. If my Rangers also wind up on Amazon Prime Video, then it appears that I am going to be forced into being a customer of Amazon.

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    • highheat

      2 years ago

      Or just sail the seven seas

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  20. JoeBrady

    2 years ago

    My pure guess is that we have so many disjointed options is because the MLB saw that a lot of companies wanted to get into the game, and didn’t mind overpaying. Maybe after the industry consolidates a bit more, maybe they will chop it up more narrowly like the NFL.

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  21. LambchoP

    2 years ago

    Just get MLB network and run it through a VPN. All the home games you can handle 🙂

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    • mazbilleroski

      2 years ago

      That used to work several years ago. Now, they use the gps location on your phone.
      If you find a VPN that works, please let us know.

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    • BaseballisLife

      2 years ago

      Mlb.tv is based on the billing address of your payment.

      VPN won’t help.

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      • RandalGrichuksStubble

        2 years ago

        I do it all the time, on a PC

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  22. Win Cor

    2 years ago

    Makes you wonder why the Cardinals can’t sign quality people. Those that bring fans to the stands. This is a different era now. Fans will stay away.

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  23. TJT88

    2 years ago

    More paywalls. Yay!

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  24. carlos15

    2 years ago

    Great so we can be forced to watch baseball on 5 different streaming services, which will result in people just watching less baseball.

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  25. PiratesFan1981

    2 years ago

    Pirates should have been in on this. I was saying this for a year and again, Nutting blows a potential money grab.

    Reply
  26. johndietz

    2 years ago

    Why would Amazon need to invest in a losing company, why don’t they just step in and take over the MLB contracts and get the rest while they’re at it. MLB really made a mess of this year’s ago by not bringing all the teams under one broadcasting umbrella

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    • RobM

      2 years ago

      How would they have done that? How could they do that now?

      I do agree they made a mess of this by doing a deal with the devil here, meaning Diamond/Sinclair.

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      • This one belongs to the Reds

        2 years ago

        Every other sport does it and spilts the proceeds evenly thtough revenue sharing.

        Of course, other sports have a salary cap too and the large markets don’t run the whole show.

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  27. BaseballisLife

    2 years ago

    Streaming rights for ONE season. Then those rights revert to the teams.

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  28. Logjammer D"Baggagecling

    2 years ago

    They just need to get rid of Blackout restrictions. It’s absolutely ridiculous that mlb charges $150 for mlb.tv but it still has blackouts. For example. I’m in Las Vegas. All west coast teams are blacked out. If any I should be getting west coast teams. It’s very Annnying trying to find another streaming site that allows me to watch cubs games when they play west coast teams.

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    • BaseballisLife

      2 years ago

      They can’t until all the RSN’s are gone.

      Reply
      • RobM

        2 years ago

        …or until the local teams negotiate deals with RSN’s that aren’t locked into cable deals. They’re slowly heading that way, but not in the manner they hoped.

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      • Logjammer D"Baggagecling

        2 years ago

        What’s an RSN? Regional Sports Network?

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        • BaseballisLife

          2 years ago

          Yes. RSN is regional sports network

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          Reply
  29. akredbirds

    2 years ago

    I hope Amazon improves their platform. This past season, after You Tube didn’t carry MLB, I bought the baseball package through Amazon. It was the worst experience i’v ever had with watching sports in my life. When you record a game, you couldn’t start it at the beginning until 45 minutes AFTER the game ended. So if you wanted to watch the full game, you had two choices. Watch when it starts, or wait 45 minutes after it ended! Are you kidding me. I thought i kept doing something wrong so I chatted with Amazon. They said that you couldn’t join a game you recorded from the beginning while it was still playing! And if you stayed up until the game was over so you could watch the whole thing, their forwarding through commercials was terrible, AND the picture is much worse on replay than during the live broadcast. Does MLB know this? Do they care?

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    • LordD99

      2 years ago

      For at least half the season, watching games live on Prime had significant buffering.

      Reply
  30. deGrom/Langford Texas Ranger

    2 years ago

    nexttv.com/news/tentative-deal-between-diamond-spo…

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