2021年，当MLB和ESPN签下一份7年38.5亿美元的转播合同时，其中包含一项条款：合作两方有权在2025年3月1日之前，选择跳出最后两年的合同。就在这个日期日益临近时，MLB和ESPN选择行使这个权利。

作为北美最大最全的体育版权持有者之一，ESPN正计划放弃一些大型体育联盟的媒体版权。综合SBJ、SportsPro、TA等多个权威媒体的报道，这包括三项赛事，分别是MLB、F1以及大学生区域赛事Pac-12联盟。其中最重大的决定或许是与MLB的分道扬 ...

The first four were not renewed, while the last two depressed the financial market for the sport, helping to place it in this ESPN conundrum. Apple and Roku are paying $100 million combined for ...

Plenty of people still watch baseball. But locally based fandom and cord-cutting are complicating baseball’s efforts to ...

Roku picked up some Sunday afternoon games worth about $10 million a year, according to ESPN. ESPN wanted a similar discount. However, in the memo, Manfred disputed the Apple or Roku packages were ...

ESPN felt the market had changed and that baseball should make adjustments accordingly. Apple is paying $85 million per year for baseball rights, while Roku is paying $10 million a season for ...

Manfred could learn the hard way that being in business with ESPN is good business. Or he could visit NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, who experienced life without it.

ESPN is still open to pursuing a deal with a reduced rights fee after seeing deals struck with Apple and Roku. Apple pays $85 million per season for a Friday night package it has aired since 2022 ...

ESPN and MLB are opting out of their TV deal early. Analysts say ESPN's coming streaming service will be just fine without baseball.