The Grinder Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 8 hours ago, BrittBurnsFan said: I agree with what you are stating...but if Iowa is all 6 of those organizations "territories"...then they should be considered their "in-market". Sure that is just my opinion...but all 6 organizations claim Iowa as home markets...what is the difference between living in Dubuque, Iowa and Naperville? Both communities are in White Sox "territory"...these "black-outs" suck! That said...I have access to the games via free antenna so I watched yesterday...but it sucks to live in Iowa in regards to MLB.TV (and sucks for some other reasons as well...but won't go there in this forum)! I live close to Dubuque. When you say "territory " do you mean geographically or in popularity? It seems the Cubs have a lock on popularity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 1 hour ago, The Grinder said: I live close to Dubuque. When you say "territory " do you mean geographically or in popularity? It seems the Cubs have a lock on popularity Six teams claim that same territory. Cubs Brewers Sox Twins Royals Cardinals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrittBurnsFan Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 4 hours ago, The Grinder said: I live close to Dubuque. When you say "territory " do you mean geographically or in popularity? It seems the Cubs have a lock on popularity Meaning for TV rights and marketing purposes...MLB allows all 6 Midwest teams to claim Iowa as their territory...so that is why Iowa gets 6 teams blacked out on the national MLB.TV streaming service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted November 4 Author Share Posted November 4 (edited) https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2025/10/monday-musings-streamers-bail-out-rsns-adam-silver/ From the above article, the five teams listed below are averaging $20 million in value, with the Twins probably at the very bottom. Makes it quite easy to put the White Sox in that same $12-18 million bucket...compared to $70 million they were previously receiving. "According to Andrew Marchand of The Athletic, baseball commissioner Rob Manfred and ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro have reached agreement on a deal that would give the network the rights to sell all out-of-market regular season games digitally — the current MLB.tv business model — as well as in-market games for the Minnesota Twins, Arizona Diamondbacks, San Diego Padres, Colorado Rockies, and Cleveland Guardians." Pirates Marlins Rays A's also with serious ongoing concerns with broadcasting deals, one would assume. Edited November 4 by caulfield12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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