Major League Baseball said ESPN agreed to double the annual...
Major League Baseball said ESPN agreed to double the annual fee the network pays to the league in a new license agreement that will keep baseball games on ESPN through 2021. The deal marks a “new all-time record for an…
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MLB broadcasting deal,” the league said. ESPN will get a big increase in the amount of games it can carry each season and will begin in 2014 to carry one Wild Card playoff game each season, the league said. It will also get the right to any potential regular season tie-breaker games, the league said. Sports Business Daily reported ESPN will pay about $700 million a year under the deal. ESPN didn’t immediately comment.