Appeals court upholds ruling that MASN owes Washington Nationals $100 million over TV rights
MASN plans to appeal this decision to New York’s appellate court.
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ESPN’s MLB Opening Day game averaged 4 million viewers, most-watched regular season game since 2011
The game's viewership peaked with 4,480,000 viewers at 8:30 p.m. ET.
Nats’ analyst F.P. Santangelo tells Tempur-Pedic “I need a new bed,” claims “Wasn’t looking for free” after they ask for 245K RTs
"Anyone work for @TempurPedic I need a new bed and want a deal because we're World Champs #NotSubtle"
Nationals-Astros delivered least-watched World Series Game 7 ever, but enough viewers to only be third-least watched World Series
Game 7 drew 23.013 million viewers, the lowest for a World Series Game 7, but still more than enough to make this not the least-watched World Series ever.
Here’s the Washington Nationals radio call of the final out to win the World Series
"SWING AND A MISS! SWING AND A MISS! SWING AND A MISS! AND A WORLD SERIES GAME 7 WINNING CURLY W IS IN THE BOOKS! THE CELEBRATION IS ON! THE WASHINGTON NATIONALS ARE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS! REMEMBER WHERE YOU ARE!"
If the World Series ends in Game 6, that game will need around 18 million viewers for the series not to be the...
If Game 6 ends the World Series, it may well be the least-watched World Series ever unless the average viewership goes up by over six million from Game 5.
Nationals-Astros World Series Game 2 is lowest-rated Game 2 on record, sixth-lowest World Series game ever
The first two games of this year's World Series are both in the 10 least-watched World Series games ever.
Game 1 of the World Series recorded the lowest average audience in five years and the second-lowest on record
The first game of the World Series was the second-lowest Game 1 on record with 12.194 million average viewers, only slightly ahead of 2014's 12.191 million.
Judge rules in favor of Nationals in rights fee dispute with Orioles, orders MASN to pay out $296.8 million
If the ruling stands, MASN will also owe interest on the $296.8 million.
Reporter says Nationals threatened his credentials because he unknowingly violated Darren Rovell’s “exclusive rights to a sandwich”
The Nationals posted a photo of the new "Natitude" sandwich on their PR site on Sept. 28, 2017. Darren Rovell claimed it as an "exclusive" on Oct. 6, and the team got mad at local TV reporter Brody Logan for posting a photo that interfered with Rovell's "sandwich exclusive."
Nationals’ Juan Soto hits home run after reverse announcer’s jinx from Keith Hernandez in the Mets’ broadcast booth
Hernandez said Soto was "not a home run hitter." Soto then proved him wrong.
MLB committee rules, again, that MASN owes the Nationals millions of dollars in TV rights fees
MLB's revenue sharing committee decided that the network owes Washington about $20 million more annually in TV rights than it paid out between 2012 and 2016.
The latest MASN dispute is going to arbitration, as the Orioles wanted, after the Nationals’ petition was denied by a judge
"It would be illogical to allow MLB — a potentially conflicted party — to determine whether MLB itself had a financial interest in one of the parties to the dispute at the relevant time."
