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Bolt+ lands WBSC’s 2024 WBCS’s Women’s Finals

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. […]

June 24, 2024

Joymo strikes WBSC Europe partnership

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, […]

May 22, 2024

Roku lands MLB Sunday Leadoff rights

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 […]

May 14, 2024

ESPN’s Sunday Night MLB opener viewing up 17%

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 […]

April 2, 2024

Pixellot partners with Korea Little League Baseball Federation

Pixellot, a specialist in AI-driven sports video and data solutions, has announced its new partnership with The Korea Little League Baseball Federation (KLBF) through its partner in South Korea YST. This strategic alliance is set to transform the way youth baseball is broadcast in the country, making high-quality, multi-camera automated sports production accessible to fans […]

March 19, 2024

Baseball United partners with Sunset+Vine

Dubai-based Baseball United, the region’s first professional baseball league, has announced that sports producer Sunset+Vine has been appointed to deliver the television coverage of the Baseball United’s inaugural All-Star Showcase, taking place on November 24th and 25th at Dubai International Stadium. The Showcase will include a two-game series between Baseball United’s East All-Stars and West […]

November 16, 2023

Japan: Asian Professional Baseball on Prime Video

Prime Video has announced it will livestream all of the Samurai Japan games in the Asian Professional Baseball Championship 2023 at Tokyo Dome, starting with the opening game between Japan and Chinese Taipei on November 16th. Prime members in Japan will be able to exclusively watch the Asian Professional Baseball Championship 2023 at no additional […]

October 4, 2023

ESPN, Patriot League extend content deal

The Patriot League, the collegiate athletic conference, and ESPN have reached a multi-year extension that will keep ESPN+ as the exclusive digital home for live and archived Patriot League sporting events. The sports streaming service will be home to more than 750 annual events, including college football and men’s and women’s basketball and men’s and […]

September 21, 2023

Data: Most-watched ESPN Little League since 2015

The 2023 edition of the Little League Baseball World Series Presented By T-Mobile was the most-watched on ESPN platforms since 2015, according to Nielsen. The 38-game slate averaged 1,081,000 viewers in the US, up 22 per cent from last year, and was also up double-digits in all key demos, including M18-34, M18-49, M25-54, P18-34, P18-49 […]

August 30, 2023

BT Sport to air 2023 World Baseball Classic

BT Sport will broadcast the 2023 World Baseball Classic, an international tournament featuring some of the world’s best national teams, including Great Britain, USA and Japan.BT Sport will broadcast coverage of Great Britain’s Pool C game against reigning champions, USA, live on BT Sport 1 on March 11th. There is also live coverage of Great […]

March 8, 2023By Nik Roseveare