NBC, FOX, ESPN and Turner to Bid on MLB TV Rights Deal This Summer

[Namaste]

I am one of the few fans of Joe Buck.

Do the 14 of you get together once a year and play flag football before heading out for hot chocolate?

[jOOj]

They lost a few members in that firey car crash with Chip Carey.

[Miamarlin21]

Do the 14 of you get together once a year and play flag football before heading out for hot chocolate?

My chair doesn't work well on grass, so no.

[Party]

The deal was announced on Tuesday. It combines rights for TV, radio, digital and international that had been separate. The new single contract adds new rights to air a wild-card game, along with additional rights to highlights and digital content. It also gives the network more flexibility to show games involving popularteams.

The previous contracts were worth close to $360 million a year combined. A person with knowledge of the new combined deal says it will be worth about $700 million a year over eight years. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the financial figures were notreleased.

Read more: http://www.seattlepi.com/business/ar...#ixzz24tTZm9qQ

Each team will have $23 million in the bank from ESPN alone.

[HUGG]

MLB Public Relations @MLB_PR
NEWS: MLB signs new deals with FOX & TBS. Combined w/ ESPN deal, total national TV revenue up more than 100%

MLB Public Relations @MLB_PR
In new deal w/FOX starting in 2014, no more Saturday blackouts of out of market games for MLB EI & MLB.TV customers

more than 100%

[THE_REAL_MIBS]

In new deal w/FOX starting in 2014, no more Saturday blackouts of out of market games for MLB EI & MLB.TV customers

HUGE fan of this. The blackout was retarded to begin with. I can tell you from personal experience that Fox never has any games on tv in my market that I care about seeing.

[emkayseven]

yay