YouTube and MLB partnering for 21 exclusive streaming broadcasts for 2021 season
This will be the third consecutive season MLB has streamed exclusive broadcasts on YouTube.
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Sports fans are hostages in carriage disputes and we often pay the ransom
Our addiction to sports is costing more and more money
NESN is also getting bumped from YouTube TV
Another RSN is being dropped with no live games airing over at least the next two months.
Keith Olbermann has left ESPN early to do a “The Worst Person In The World” political commentary series on YouTube
Olbermann is again leaving ESPN, but on good terms.
YouTube TV is dropping the Fox RSNs (again)
YouTube TV continues to make enemies of its subscribers.
YouTube’s Tim Katz and MLBN’s Scott Braun talk MLB games on YouTube: “We’ve seen great response.”
"We think it's just more compelling to have more of a two-way conversation with fans versus the one-way conversation that people are accustomed to on linear TV. Our platform lends itself nicely to having that."
Kyle Long will be hosting a weekly show with Paul Swan on NASCAR’s YouTube channel
Shortly after joining CBS Sports Network's That Other Pregame Show, Kyle Long is now also launching a weekly talk show on NASCAR's YouTube channel.
ESPN debuting ‘Bet’, a digital gambling show produced at new Vegas studio
ESPN is also launching a gambling-focused YouTube channel to collect sports betting segments from across ESPN programming.
YouTube will air four MLB games in September, two of which will be exclusives
The YouTube/MLB partnership lives on for another season.
YouTube TV reportedly set to add NFL Network to base package, RedZone to a new “Sports Plus” tier
YouTube TV has resisted premium channel bundles so far, but building one around RedZone makes sense.
YouTube TV is raising its price to $64.99/month
YouTube TV was originally priced at $34.99 a month. It's nearly doubled over the last two-plus years.
Bored sports commentators are finding unique ways to call play-by-play during quarantine
Hey, if you can't do play-by-play for sports, find something else to do play-by-play for.
The YouTube TV-Sinclair deal for the Fox RSNs appears to have significantly tightened who can get certain networks
Many YouTube TV subscribers who used to get particular Fox RSNs now don't get those networks under the new Sinclair-YouTube TV deal.
