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Title: Apple Reportedly Looking to Broadcast Major League Baseball Games Next Season Post by: HCK on January 12, 2022, 04:05:07 pm Apple Reportedly Looking to Broadcast Major League Baseball Games Next Season
Apple has entered into discussions with Major League Baseball about a potential deal that would see the company broadcasting MLB games next season, reports The New York Post (https://nypost.com/2022/01/10/apple-in-serious-talks-with-mlb-to-broadcast-games/). (https://images.macrumors.com/article-new/2021/03/mlb-banner.jpg) The talks are described as "substantial" and "serious," and a deal would provide Apple with a way to establish Apple TV+ (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/apple-tv-plus/) as a destination for sports content. At the current time, ‌Apple TV+‌ offers TV shows and movies, but compared to competitors, it is not able to appeal to sports fans. A lack of live sports access is a serious negative for Apple TV (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-tv/), as competitors like Amazon do have established deals. Amazon has inked a deal to air "Thursday Night Football" games starting this fall, and Amazon paid more than $1 billion for the access. At the current time, ‌Apple TV+‌ does not offer support for any kind of live television, providing access only to on-demand television and movie content, so Apple would likely need to build in a new sports-oriented section with live TV access. ‌Apple TV+‌ does integrate with the TV app, which in turn integrates with apps that provide access to live sports through the Sports tab. You can, for example, choose a favorite team in the TV app and it will suggest streaming a game in the appropriate app whenever the team is playing. MLB is shopping its weekday national games that used to be exclusive to ESPN, so it's likely that ‌Apple TV+‌ would offer the Monday and Wednesday games that ESPN no longer has access to if a deal works out. Discussions have also been held with Barstool Sports and Amazon, but no deal was reached. <div class="linkback">Tag: MLB (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/mlb/)</div> This article, "Apple Reportedly Looking to Broadcast Major League Baseball Games Next Season (https://www.macrumors.com/2022/01/10/apple-major-league-baseball-games-talks/)" first appeared on MacRumors.com (https://www.macrumors.com) Discuss this article (https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apple-reportedly-looking-to-broadcast-major-league-baseball-games-next-season.2330766/) in our forums <div class="feedflare"> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img> (http://feeds.macrumors.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?a=eBMiMb3bTK4:q6qpbKYw9KU:yIl2AUoC8zA) <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?d=6W8y8wAjSf4" border="0"></img> (http://feeds.macrumors.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?a=eBMiMb3bTK4:q6qpbKYw9KU:6W8y8wAjSf4) <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img> (http://feeds.macrumors.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?a=eBMiMb3bTK4:q6qpbKYw9KU:qj6IDK7rITs) </div> Source: Apple Reportedly Looking to Broadcast Major League Baseball Games Next Season (https://www.macrumors.com/2022/01/10/apple-major-league-baseball-games-talks/) |