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Hulu\u2019s subscription TV service has added MLB Network to its core channel lineup in the nick of time for the league\u2019s Opening Day 2024. This will provide customers with access to \u201cover 100 MLB games nationally broadcast over the course of the season,\u201d along with the network\u2019s original programming and studio shows. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
YouTube TV, one of Hulu with Live TV\u2019s primary competitors, abruptly dropped MLB Network early last year after it was unable to reach a new carriage agreement with Major League Baseball. And with no announcement of a return ahead of today\u2019s opening games, it appears that YTTV subscribers will go without it for another year. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Perhaps that shouldn\u2019t be surprising after the company shelled out $2 billion for the rights to NFL Sunday Ticket; something had to be sacrificed for that deal, and football brings in far more viewers than baseball nowadays. But MLB Network continues to be offered by the majority of YouTube\u2019s competitors, including the aforementioned Hulu with Live TV, Sling TV, and Fubo. The latter service also just added the YES Network so that subscribers can tune into New York Yankees and Brooklyn Nets games. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The outlook for live sports streaming could be much different by the time Opening Day 2025 rolls around. Earlier this year, ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery announced plans to form a sports streaming juggernaut that will fold in channels such as ESPN, TBS, TNT, ABC, FOX, and many others. (Disney owns both ESPN and Hulu.) That move has already drawn the attention of the Justice Department, which will reportedly review the proposal to see whether it will harm competition or leave consumers worse off. Fubo has strongly objected to the plan and has gone so far as to sue the companies involved to ensure that it isn\u2019t left at a disadvantage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Hulu with Live TV costs $76.99 per month for a bundle that also includes Disney Plus and ESPN Plus \u2014 all with ads \u2014 or $89.99 monthly if you want the ad-free experience of the other included services.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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