Major League Baseball has new three-year agreements with a trio of entertainment giants for the 2026-28 seasons, the league announced Wednesday.

ESPN, NBC Universal, and Netflix are divvying up significant pieces of the pie, but the renewed covenant with ESPN is the notable headliner. For much of the last year it seemed they were on the precipice of uncoupling after over three decades, after the two “mutually agreed” to end their agreement last February, three years before the seven-year extension they signed in ’21 was due to expire.

Now, they will be more intertwined than ever in what ESPN’s press release called “a new fan-focused, multi-faceted agreement.”

Starting in ’26, ESPN will be the exclusive rights-holder to MLB.TV, with all out-of-market games available to stream live and on

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