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Sources Deny Report That MLB Could Announce Deal To Stream Local Games

Sources for both MLB and Fox are denying a N.Y. Post report that the two sides are close to deal to stream games locally. While MLB would not comment on the record, a Fox source said the report does not reflect the conversations the net has been having with MLB about in-market streaming. The source: "That's not a deal Fox would do” (THE DAILY). In the initial story, the N.Y. POST’s Josh Kosman cites a source as saying that MLB is "expected to announce in the next few days a deal with a national distributor, like a wireless provider, to stream local games of every MLB team." The price to stream "has not yet been set." MLB is currently the "only major sport that does not stream games of local teams." MLB.com streams every game, but "blacks out local games to protect its teams’ deals with RSNs." The deal is "expected to put pressure on ... RSNs to work out a similar deal with MLB." Negotiations between MLB and Fox Sports, which owns 15 RSNs, Comcast (six) and DirecTV (four) "have been on-again, off-again for more than a year." Talks have "accelerated in the last two weeks, and both sides are optimistic a deal will be reached before Opening Day." However, those discussions are at a "crucial stage and may not be done by the season opener." A deal between MLB and the RSNs is "expected to allow fans to stream local games at no extra charge" (N.Y. POST, 3/20).

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