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ESPN Will Stop Airing Major League Baseball After 2025 Season In Widely Expected End Of Long-Term Partnership
As had been widely expected, ESPN has officially decided to opt out of its Major League Baseball rights deal after the 2025 season.
In making this decision, we applied the same discipline and fiscal responsibility that has built ESPN’s industry-leading live events portfolio as we continue to grow our audience across linear, digital and social platforms,” the Disney-owned sports operation said in a statement. The split had been predicted given the downward trajectory of MLB ratings in recent years apart from October playoffs and the World Series. Ahead of that debut, it has been looking to lock in certain rights, extending carriage of the NBA in an 11-year renewal signed last summer, and reconsidering others given the larger austerity efforts occurring companywide at Disney and other media companies.
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