The Grinder Posted March 28, 2025 Share Posted March 28, 2025 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, 2025 Author Share Posted March 28, 2025 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, 2025 Share Posted March 29, 2025 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, 2025 Author Share Posted November 4, 2025 (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, 2025 by caulfield12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/02/braves-announce-creation-of-bravesvision.html The commissioner is really going to have an immense challenge getting those Top 10-12 markets (including AT and Texas) into the ESPN+ bundle for maximum negotiating leverage (over the next 2-3 years). Going by the quotes in the story, the White Sox $70 million RSN fee was likely halved to $35 million, but $20-22 million for 2025 with all the initial chaos with CHSN feels much more accurate from a revenue standpoint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
77 Hitmen Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 11 hours ago, caulfield12 said: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/02/braves-announce-creation-of-bravesvision.html The commissioner is really going to have an immense challenge getting those Top 10-12 markets (including AT and Texas) into the ESPN+ bundle for maximum negotiating leverage (over the next 2-3 years). Going by the quotes in the story, the White Sox $70 million RSN fee was likely halved to $35 million, but $20-22 million for 2025 with all the initial chaos with CHSN feels much more accurate from a revenue standpoint. If this video is accurate, the Twins are now only making $5M in TV revenue vs. $55M before the RSN model imploded and the $330M/year that the Dodgers are making on TV revenue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 2 hours ago, 77 Hitmen said: If this video is accurate, the Twins are now only making $5M in TV revenue vs. $55M before the RSN model imploded and the $330M/year that the Dodgers are making on TV revenue. It explains the lack of offseason spending by everyone but Detroit quite well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 (edited) Tigers going with their own network as well...with other half of the year Red Wings (also Illitch owned) games. "Down the line, it will be interesting to see if this leads to a significant difference in the revenue brought in. Several teams have ended up with MLB after the collapse of an RSN deal. This route can sometimes lead to more viewers as it allows clubs to offer direct-to-customer streaming with no blackouts, but it can also lead to less revenue overall. Travis Sawchik of MLB.com reports that teams in this bucket get about 50% less than before, on average. As of a few years ago, the Tigers were getting about $60MM from their RSN deal. Having the Red Wings and Tigers in the same package could lead to more subscribers but the revenues will also presumably be split." https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/03/tigers-announce-launch-of-detroit-sportsnet.html Edited March 3 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted 6 hours ago Author Share Posted 6 hours ago (edited) https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2026/03/angels-own-operate-fanduel-sports-network-buyout-main-street/ "The MLB Los Angeles Angels have assumed ownership of the regional sports network FanDuel Sports Network West, which will continue to operate under that name, it was announced Monday. The Angels already held joint ownership of the RSN, which like all of the other “FanDuel Sports Network” stations was part of the Main Street Sports Group portfolio. According to multiple reports Friday, the team bought out Main Street’s ownership share of the network." Edited 6 hours ago by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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