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Fox, MLB Talking About Extending Current Rights Deal

Fox' current deal with MLB runs through '21, and the net has reportedly been paying $525M per yeargetty images

Fox and MLB are "moving toward a new multibillion-dollar deal" to extend the net's rights deal, which includes the World Series, for the "foreseeable future," according to Andrew Marchand of the N.Y. POST. Sources said that MLB is looking at an extension with Fox because it is "happy with the relationship, and it would be receiving a substantial enough increase without going on the marketplace." Fox' current deal with MLB runs through '21, and the net "has reportedly been paying" $525M per year. Keeping MLB rights would "fit into Fox's live-sports mantra" after its $71.3B deal with Disney. MLB is "not believed to have started any new formal negotiations with ESPN or Turner" (NYPOST.com, 11/5).

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