A large TV network was held in discussions to replace the ESPN broadcasting deal with MLB, starting from the 2026 season.
ESPN chose the broadcasting deal on Sunday night the baseball night, derby run home, and the wild card round of the qualifiers after this season.
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Last week, John Orange from Puck stated that MLB is talking to companies including NBCunivesal, Netflix and Amazon.
The report added that the talks “focus on 2028, when all the national rights of baseball in the bloc run” instead of matching the package chosen by ESPN in the seasons of 2026 and 2027.
However, Front Office SPORTS stated that one of the sources revealed that NBC is interested in broadcasting MLB because the network could have a direct sporting event on Sunday nights throughout the year.
NBC has achieved great success with football on Sunday night and will get the American Professional League games for that hole after the end of every American Football Association season.
MLB can then cover the summer months before the return of the American Football Association.
It is not known how the price will look like to change the broadcast.
ESPN was appointed to pay $ 550 million a year until 2028.
But the Wall Street Journal reported that they were only ready to pay “no more than 200 million a year.”
ESPN is believed to have indicated that the league has cheaper deals with other companies, as Apple pays $ 85 million annually and $ 10 million Rocco.
MLB said no and that the comparisons were not fair.
The league will now look forward to finding a competitor to develop a direct television broadcasting plan.
The Sunday night pack should be attractive to a company like NBC.
Last year, the average Sunday night package of ESPN was 1.51 million viewers for this season, its highest rankings in 5 years.
NBC and MLB have a history together.
They were partners from 1947 to 1989 and from 1994 to 2000.
The NBC PEACOCK platform also had Sunday package from 2022 to 2023.
The network has a great history of the American Football Association and the Olympics, from its wonderful production to the iconic broadcasters.
NBC or anyone will get the following direct TV package from MLB, which may be similar to the current ESPN package, will have competition.
Fox has the largest MLB rights package.
The network broadcasts the annual global chain.
