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It would seem because Rogers owns the team and Sportsnet, almost every Jays game should stay right where they normally are next season.
But there's been a big change down in the U.S. and it's likely some fans there won't be entirely happy.
NBC has regained baseball rights for the first time in decades. (Remember when Joe Garagiola did colour on those Saturday afternoon games? That seems a long time ago and it was.) They'll get a game of the week every Sunday, beginning next season. (To show you the pecking order of sports down south, if the Sunday night game takes place at the same time as the NBA or the NFL, baseball moves over to the company's Peacock streaming service.)
ESPN, which had the run of baseball for years, has a new restructured deal that sees it get only 30 games, a far cry from what it had.
And here's the only one that could possibly take a Jays game availability away from viewers here, although it does not seem likely. Netflix is set to take viewers out to the ball game, but only for special occasions. "Netflix is set to become the new home of the Home Run Derby and will broadcast some of MLB's special location games, including the Field of Dreams Game in Iowa.
You may remember this season, when a few Jays games aired on AppleTV+ on Friday nights and were not on Sportsnet. It does not appear that will happen this year.
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RadioActive wrote:
You may remember this season, when a few Jays games aired on AppleTV+ on Friday nights and were not on Sportsnet. It does not appear that will happen this year.
Friday night games on Apple TV+ will still be happening. What I'm curious about is whether non-Jays games airing on NBC/Peacock will be available to MLB.TV subscribers in Canada (I watch a lot of baseball, not just the Jays).
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My guess is that Peacock may have demanded exclusivity, or why bother? And as you know, that service is not available in Canada. So it's possible it could be carried on MLB.com but only for Canada when it's on the NBC streamer. That's happened before for America-only services.
Things sure get complicated fast with this stuff.