WARS A REPORT EARLIER THIS WEEK
FROM THE NEW YORK POST
REVEALING MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
IS IN TALKS TO LAUNCH A
NATIONWIDE STREAMING SERVICE.
>> IT WOULD ALLOW FANS TO WATCH
THEIR FAVORITE TEAM'S HOME
GAMES WITHOUT A CABLE
SUBSCRIPTION AND THERE ARE
TALKS THAT THE NBA AND NHL MAY
BE INVOLVED WITH
THE DEAL. JOIN ME NOW TO BREAK
DOWN ALL THE ACTION IS THE
FOUNDER AND PUBLISHER OF
BALLPARK DIGEST KEVIN RIGHT
CARD I KEVIN THANKS SO MUCH FOR
COMING ON THE SHOW.
GIVE ME SOME DETAILS HERE ABOUT
WHAT THE MLB'S YOU STREAMING
SERVICE WOULD BE AND WHAT IT
WOULD OFFER USERS.
>> WELL YOU RIGHT NOW THINGS
ARE ARE JUST A VERY
CHATTY PHASE RIGHT NOW IN TERMS
OF WHAT'S BEING LOOKED AT
WHAT'S BEING IN MISSION MLB'S
BEEN LYNN KIND OF EYEING THE
STREAMING SPACE FOR SEVERAL
YEARS NOW DATING BACK TO 20 19
AND IN FACT WAS INTERESTED IN
ACQUIRING THE REGIONAL SPORTS
NETWORKS BEFORE
SINCLAIR BROADCASTING ACQUIRED
THEM A
STREAMING SERVICE WOULD WOULD
BE LIKE IN THE U.S. PN PLUS YOU
KNOW IT WOULD ALLOW MLB TO
EXPAND THE MARKET
FOR BASE ALL IT WOULD ADDRESS
SOME SERIOUS ISSUES AND WILL BE
HAS IN THE STREAMING SPACE WITH
THE
ARSONS RIGHT YOU CAN STREAM
GAMES IN PLACES LIKE THE EASTER
LAS VEGAS, NORTH CAROLINA,
THERE'S POCKETS AND AND SO TO
ADDRESS THOSE AND QUITE
HONESTLY TO CEMENT
RELATIONSHIPS OF STREAMING
SERVICE REALLY DOES MAKE SENSE.
>> I JUST TALKED TO ME MORE
ABOUT THE WAY THAT THE AND ON
THE TELEVISED AS THESE GAMES
WILL IS THE EXPERIENCE AT A
VIEWERS ARE TAKEN THROUGH.
>> WELL RIGHT NOW YOU SEE THE
RESULT BROADCAST THROUGH THE
REGIONAL SPORTS NETWORKS.
THE ARSONS I'M
SINCLAIR CONTROLS 21 OF THEM,
THE YANKEES AND
AMAZON HAVE CONTROL OF THEIR
OWN AND THE CUBS HAVE THERE ARE
18
OUR SONS AS OUT
THERE AND AND SO IT'S SORT
OF A SUDDEN IT ALL DEPENDS OF
THE TEAM, HOW YOU INTERACT WITH
THE QUITE HONESTLY AND NBC ALSO
AS A PLAYER IN THE SPACE WITH
THE COMCAST
UNITS HERE AND SO EVERY SEEMS
AS A AS THEIR OWN ARSON DEAL.
THE ANGELS HAVE A GREAT ONE.
THE WATER THE BREWERS
HAVE NOT A GREAT ONE AND IN
FACT ONLY CAME TO TERMS ON A
DEAL THE SEASON RIGHT BEFORE
THE
SEASON STARTED AND SO HOW YOU
EXPERIENCE YOUR LOCAL GAMES.
KIND OF DEPENDS ON
YOUR ARSON BUT BASICALLY HOME
GAMES WERE BLACKED OUT THIS IS
THIS IS A LEGACY FROM THE OLD
DAYS WHEN ALL LOCAL GAMES WERE
BLACKED OUT ALL THAT TIME AND
SO IF YOU'RE IN AN MLB
MARKET AND I'LL USE MY EXAMPLE
OF IN
MADISON WISCONSIN. IF I'M
IF I SUBSCRIBE TO MY ARE SENT
THROUGH CABLE. I STILL CAN'T
WATCH BREWERS HOME GAMES FOR US
AND IN SO YOU'RE YOU'RE SORT OF
A CAPTIVE TO WHAT THE ARSONS
WILL LET
YOU WATCH NOW STREAMING SERVICE
TO PAY EXTRA FOR YOU CAN WATCH
THE HOME GAMES.
IN FACT, ONE OF THE FACTORS AT
PLAY HERE IS SHARING THAT
REVENUE WITH THE
OUR ESSENCE.
>> OKAY, WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS
AND LET ME JUMP IN HERE AND
WHAT THE
PRICE POINTS. THAT WE'RE
TALKING WHAT SHOULD CONSUMERS
EXPECT TO PAY WHAT KIND OF
BENEFIT DOES THIS BRING OUT THE
LEAGUE NEEDS ANY OF THE
STREAMING PROVIDERS THAT IS.
>> WELL I THINK I THINK THAT
THE PRICE HAS BEEN BANDIED
ABOUT IS IS FOR TEEN
99 OR UNDER AS OF RIGHT NOW,
BUT I THINK THAT DEPENDS ON THE
PLAYERS INVOLVED AND IN THE
SPORTS INVOLVED
QUITE HONESTLY. ESPN PLUS IS
YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW THE LEADING
PLAYER IN IN IN SPORTS
STREAMING SO
TO SPEAK. AND THEY'VE GOT A
MUCH LOWER PRICE POINT TO THE
BUNDLE. THE HECK OF A STUFFED
WITH OTHER DISNEY SERVICES.
THEY ALSO DON'T HAVE ALL THE
SPORTS UNDER CONTRACT RIGHT NOW
THAT THE
TRANCE WANT. I FOR
ONE WOULD WE'LL CERTAINLY
SUBSCRIBE TOMORROW TO A TO A
SERVICE WITH
WATCHING OF OF MY HOME GAMES AS
WELL AS ACROSS THE
ENTIRE SPORT.
>> OKAY, SO AS WE AWAIT AS WE
KNOW THE MLB IN TALKS TO
LAUNCHES NATIONWIDE VIDEO
STREAMING SERVICE WHAT'S THE
NEXT STEP KEVIN, I MEAN WHAT'S
THAT TIMELINE HERE IN TERMS OF
WHEN WE MIGHT GET THIS.
>> WE'RE IN SUCH A STATE OF
FLUX RIGHT NOW IT'S HARD
TO SAY HOW FAST THINGS MOVED, I
MEAN YOU SEE REPORTS
OBVIOUSLY OF.
>> ESPN DEBATING WHETHER TO
SPIN OFF
WE'VE SEEN SOME FINANCIAL
ISSUES
BESETTING SINCLAIR AND ITS DEBT
LOAD AND WE'VE SEEN HIM YOU SEE
AND A TEAM TO PUT UP THERE ARE
SONS ON
THE MARKET. NOW IS THERE ROOM
FOR ALL OF THE PLAYERS THE
SPORTS HOLDINGS AND WORK WITH
THEM WILL BE AND THE NBA AND
THE NHL. IT WOULDN'T BE
SURPRISING. THERE'S A LOT OF
BOLD MOVES BEING FUNDED BY
I THINK PRIVATE EQUITY FOLKS