MLB and ESPN Agree to 8 year TV Deal Worth $5.6 BILLION

[GiambiJuice]

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/ey...illion-tv-deal

God, I hate ESPN broadcasts. Obviously they're not going away any time soon.

[Allie Fox]

I saw somewhere that this deal amounts to about 23m per team per year. That's a pretty good deal for MLB especially considering the mediocre coverage of the sport provided by EvilSPN.

Can we get back to talking about the NFL now?

[9RoyHobbsRF]

5.6 billion for all 30 teams and rumored 4 billion regional deal for the Dodgers

hmmmm

[jnakamura]

5.6 billion for all 30 teams and rumored 4 billion regional deal for the Dodgers

hmmmm

You're lowballing the Dodgers next TV deal--it could be upwards EIGHT Billion over 20 years according to Forbes.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/prishe/2...pending-spree/

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[GiambiJuice]

5.6 billion for all 30 teams and rumored 4 billion regional deal for the Dodgers

hmmmm

A regional deal is 162 games per year.

How many games per year will ESPN be showing?

[UnderPressure]

Let's hope MLB doesn't extend their Fox contract.

[9RoyHobbsRF]

A regional deal is 162 games per year.

How many games per year will ESPN be showing?

LA is 10-12 million tops

how big is the USA?

and to answer your question, I have seen 3-5 a day some days like opening day

and every yankee -red sox game and a zillion others

[PF#9]

In all seriousness the Sunday night games need to be on ABC. They are in desperate need of major sports coverage, and I think ABC having some share of MLB rights (which would also include alternating rights to each LCS, the All-Star Game, and the World Series) could also keep the NBA on the network past 2016. The NBA has not been pleased with ABC losing so much sports coverage to ESPN or other networks, and they are reportedly flirting with Fox to become the new OTA home of the NBA.

[Honus Wagner Rules]

In all seriousness the Sunday night games need to be on ABC. They are in desperate need of major sports coverage, and I think ABC having some share of MLB rights (which would also include alternating rights to each LCS, the All-Star Game, and the World Series) could also keep the NBA on the network past 2016. The NBA has not been pleased with ABC losing so much sports coverage to ESPN or other networks, and they are reportedly flirting with Fox to become the new OTA home of the NBA.

Ahhh...fond memories of my childhood! I was 10 years old when this game aired.

[Ben Grimm]

In all seriousness the Sunday night games need to be on ABC. They are in desperate need of major sports coverage, and I think ABC having some share of MLB rights (which would also include alternating rights to each LCS, the All-Star Game, and the World Series) could also keep the NBA on the network past 2016. The NBA has not been pleased with ABC losing so much sports coverage to ESPN or other networks, and they are reportedly flirting with Fox to become the new OTA home of the NBA.

Aren't ABC and ESPN under the same parent company?

[jnakamura]

Aren't ABC and ESPN under the same parent company?

Yes--they're both owned by Walt Disney.

[TommieAgeefan]

Yes--they're both owned by Walt Disney.

And technically, there is no more ABC Sports (IIRC). ESPN produces whatever is seen on ABC stations (I know this is the case for college football, you always hear them say "ESPN on ABC" or something like that.

[Ben Grimm]

Fox & TBS are both on the verge of new extensions as well. With ESPN putting out $700M annually in this new deal, Fox will be adding $500M and TBS will put $300M into the fray. That's a nice round number of $1.5B annually which is roughly 111% more than the $711M MLB receives under the current deals.

With MLB’s national media rights revenues part of the league’s central funds that are distributed evenly to all 30 clubs, each one will see $50 million annually, or an additional $26.28 million each year over the $23.72 million they currently see. These numbers are estimates until the new contracts are actually signed.