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Behind The Mic provides a roundup of recent news regarding on-air talent, including new deals, departures, and assignments compiled from press releases and reports around the industry. In this week’s
MLB has partnered with Google Cloud on a new AI-powered feature — dubbed Scout Insights — in the MLB Gameday pitch-by-pitch viewing experience available through the league’s app. Built with
Major League Baseball (MLB) has named Polymarket as its Official Prediction Market Exchange and signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regarding prediction market
ESPN’s March 3 spring training matchup between Team USA and the San Francisco Giants drew 677,000 viewers, making it the network’s most-watched spring training game in 10 years. ESPN’s spring
The network aims for a uniform production while accommodating tech differences in stadiums in Miami, Houston, San Juan, and Tokyo The sport of baseball returns to the global stage as
Garena has announced the launch of the Free Fire World Series (FFWS) USA event, offering a pathway for teams in the United States to qualify for the 2026 Esports World Cup. The inaugural event begins on March 6th with an in-game open qualifier determining which teams secure a place in the Group…
With full squad workouts underway, MLB Network’s live Spring Training game schedule begins Feb. 20, and its comprehensive 30 Clubs, 30 Camps Spring Training series starts this Mon., Feb. 23.
ESPN announces its 2026 Major League Baseball spring training schedule, which includes four national games on ESPN, six games on ESPN Unlimited, and more than 250 out-of-market games via MLB.TV
Broadcasts of the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings will also be produced by the league at the start of the 2026-27 season The regional-sports frontier is an ever-evolving one, and as
Ilitch Sports + Entertainment has entered a first of its kind partnership with Major League Baseball, which will provide broadcast support to both the Detroit Tigers (beginning with the 2026
Genies, the AI avatar technology company powering the next era of interactive digital identity, entered into a landmark collaboration with MLB Players, Inc., the business arm of the Major League
Major League Baseball is making in-market streaming subscriptions for 20 Clubs available today for fans. Subscriptions for the following Clubs are available via the MLB App. Club Service Club Service
Beginning February 10, fans can buy MLB.TV on ESPN, a new milestone in one of sports media’s longest-standing partnerships. ESPN becomes the new streaming home of MLB.TV, bringing thousands of out-of-market live games each
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
