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Haivision Systems Inc., a global provider of real-time video networking and visual collaboration solutions, announces that Makito X4 has been named the Official Video Encoder of Minor League Baseball (MiLB),
The following article "News: NHL media rights, Paramount-WBD, Angels and more" originally appeared on Sports Media Watch. The NHL has reportedly approached ESPN and TNT Sports about media rights renewals; Paramount has updated aspects of its hostile tender offer for Warner Bros. Discovery; and…
The following article "News: YouTube TV, MLB.TV, NFL and more" originally appeared on Sports Media Watch. YouTube TV is launching a sports plan priced at $65/month; new MLB.TV subscriptions will be purchased through the ESPN App; and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell discusses potential international…
The Seattle Mariners have announced that Mariners TV will continue to carry Mariners games across cable, satellite and streaming platforms, including a new in-market streaming option with no local blackouts.
MLB Network announces that it will televise the entire 2026 Caribbean Series in English beginning this Sun., Feb. 1. Featuring teams from the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, and Puerto Rico,
The following article "Main Street teams reportedly considering Victory+" originally appeared on Sports Media Watch. The Victory+ streaming service could be a solution to the potential collapse of the Main Street Sports Group RSNs. Tom Friend of Sports Business Journal reported Wednesday that…
Leaders from MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, and USTA sound off There have been a number of transformative moves in the past 12 months that are indicative of a tighter relationship
For live–sports-production crews, there’s a certain gravitational pull to events that break the mold. A basketball game on an aircraft carrier. A baseball game in an open cornfield. Outdoor hockey.
Beginning this season, local Washington Nationals games will be produced and distributed by MLB, making games available to in-market fans on cable and satellite television as well as through the
Reigning MVPs Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge, storied rivalries, top division matchups, and 2025 postseason clubs meeting in a scorching summer stretch of five consecutive NBC Sunday nights (June 28-Aug.
The following article "ESPN unlikely to distribute local in-market MLB games this season" originally appeared on Sports Media Watch. ESPN will apparently have to wait a year before it begins distributing local in-market Major League Baseball games via its app. Visit Sports Media Watch for more…
The American Association of Professional Baseball (AAPB) announce a one-year extension of the broadcast television agreement with Gray Media. As part of the extension, Gray will continue to deliver select
One of the most decorated franchises in the Dominican Winter Baseball League is reaching fans far beyond the Caribbean. Through locally-produced broadcasts distributed internationally on MLB Network via the MLB
GameChanger, a youth sports app for scorekeeping, live streaming, statistics, and team management, announces a new partnership with Pixellot to introduce a QR code-enabled, fixed-camera live streaming experience at recreational
New England Sports Network (NESN) has its hands full. The regional sports network that is home to MLB’s Boston Red Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates and NHL’s Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh
Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) broadcasts Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals games to fans across a seven-state region. Alongside its core baseball coverage spanning every ballpark in the U.S., MASN produces
The 2025 SVG Summit is only three weeks away and the day two sessions, set for Dec. 16 on the third floor of the New York Hilton Hotel, will feature
Major League Baseball announced new three-year media-rights agreements with Netflix, ESPN, and NBCUniversal today, marking a new era for how the game is consumed by fans. The agreements will extend
For the first time, fans will be able to watch live MLB games on Netflix courtesy of a new three-year deal announced today. Beginning in 2026, Netflix will stream multiple
ESPN and Major League Baseball have reached a significant new media-rights agreement that will reshape how fans watch baseball beginning in 2026, especially as it pertains to streaming. The multi-year
