The 2026 World Baseball Classic, for which Netflix held exclusive streaming rights in Japan, has set a Netflix viewing record. The live stream of the Japan vs Australia game is now the most-watched title ever on Netflix in Japan – surpassing every series, film, anime, and other sports programme on the streaming platform. In Japan, […]
Pocket.watch, the first and largest kids and family creator media company, and Major League Baseball, the most historic professional sports league in the US, has announced the premiere of Ballpark Blast! The Series. Co-produced by pocket.watch and MLB Studios, Major League Baseball’s award-winning multi-platform production label, this marks the first-ever full season of “Ballpark Blast!,” […]
Netflix has announced that it will become the new home of the 2026 World Baseball Classic in Japan, as part of an exclusive media rights partnership with World Baseball Classic, Inc. (WBCI), an organisation that is owned by Major League Baseball (MLB) and jointly operates the World Baseball Classic tournament with the MLB Players Association. […]
NESN, New England’s sports network, has announced the relaunch of NESN 360 with a redesigned experience and key upgrades, available just in time for the second half of the Red Sox season that begins tonight. Now powered by ViewLift, a specialist in digital solutions for content owners, the enhanced NESN 360 app is available on […]
FuboTV and Rangers Sports Network have announced an agreement that will bring the Texas Rangers’ broadcast network to the sports-first live TV streaming platform. Effective immediately, Fubo will stream Rangers Sports Network’s coverage of every available Texas Rangers game, including pre- and postgame shows, to subscribers of its English-language paid channel plans in the Rangers […]
DAZN, the sports streaming platform, and the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), the international governing body for Baseball, Softball and Baseball5, have announced a partnership that will see DAZN become the global distributor of WBSC content for the next eight years. Under the new agreement, DAZN will distribute WBSC’s portfolio of events across all available […]
Bolt+, the interactive streaming platform, has secured the global live streaming rights for WBSC’s 2024 Women’s Softball World Cup Finals in Italy and WBSC’s 2024 Women’s Baseball World Cup Finals in Canada. Through a partnership with The Dooya Media Group, Bolt+ will be the streaming home for these events in most territories around the world. […]
Joymo has secured a long-term partnership with the World Baseball Softball Confederation Europe (WBSC Europe) as the exclusive provider of its owned and operated OTT streaming services. The agreement, confirmed after a competitive pitch process, has seen Joymo develop and build a new digital content platform baseballeurope.tv which is now live and will broadcast baseball, […]
Roku has acquired the exclusive multi-year rights for Major League Baseball (MLB) Sunday Leadoff live games in the US. From May 19th, Roku will offer Sunday MLB games for free on The Roku Channel, plus an all-new MLB Zone to help baseball fans discover live and upcoming games, nightly recaps, highlights, a fully programmed MLB […]
Viewership in the US for ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball – Major League Baseball’s (MLB) marquee national game of the week – started up 17 per cent from last year, according to Nielsen. The St Louis Cardinals vs Los Angeles Dodgers game averaged 1,821,000 viewers on March 31st, peaking with 2,360,000 viewers at 9:45pm ET. The […]