MLB announces new broadcast deal with Netflix joining coverage
After a historic Major League Baseball season, MLB announced a new three-year broadcast rights agreement with NBC, ESPN and Netflix.
Less than a month after the Los Angeles Dodgers were crowned back-to-back MLB champions with a dramatic World Series title, the landscape of baseball may be shifting.
On Wednesday MLB announced a new three-year broadcast rights deal with three media giants: Netflix, ESPN, and NBC.
The agreement with ESPN extends the partnership to 39 consecutive seasons. NBC will once again broadcast games regularly, with some available to stream through Peacock. The big news from the announcement is the addition of Netflix, which will have the rights to regular season MLB games for the first time.
MLB has formed new three-year media rights agreements with Netflix, NBCUniversal, and ESPN.
— MLB (@MLB) November 19, 2025
The agreements, which cover rights for the 2026-2028 MLB seasons, mark the return of NBC to regularly airing MLB games on its broadcast network for the first time in 26 years, will expand… pic.twitter.com/uqMXYpbQFP
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Another major change means that Sunday Night Baseball will no longer be broadcast by ESPN, which had held the rights since 1990. Those games are now owned by NBC Universal, which also secured the rights to the Sunday Leadoff and Wild Card Series in the postseason for NBC and Peacock.
Netflix, which had already established itself in the world of sports with the NFL and boxing, will now do so with Major League Baseball. The streaming giant will broadcast the Home Run Derby, as well as the game at the Field of Dreams and the World Baseball Classic in Japan.
Finally, ESPN will receive a national package of midweek games throughout the season, in addition to acquiring the rights to sell MLB.TV, the off-market streaming service that in 2025 set a record of 19.4 billion minutes viewed.
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“Our new media rights agreements with ESPN, NBC Universal and Netflix provide us with a great opportunity to expand our reach to fans through three powerful destinations for live sports, entertainment, and marquee events,” said MLB Commissioner Robert D. Manfred, Jr.
“Following our last World Series game that averaged more than 51 million viewers globally, these partnerships build on MLB’s growing momentum that includes generational stars setting new standards for excellence, new rules which have improved the game on the field, and increases in important fan engagement metrics like viewership, attendance, participation and social media consumption.