Hulu’s
subscription
TV
service
has
added
MLB
Network
to
its
core
channel
lineup
in
the
nick
of
time
for
the
league’s
Opening
Day
2024.
This
will
provide
customers
with
access
to
“over
100
MLB
games
nationally
broadcast
over
the
course
of
the
season,”
along
with
the
network’s
original
programming
and
studio
shows.
YouTube
TV,
one
of
Hulu
with
Live
TV’s
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’s
opening
games,
it
appears
that
YTTV
subscribers
will
go
without
it
for
another
year.
Perhaps
that
shouldn’t
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’s
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.
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’t
left
at
a
disadvantage.
Hulu
with
Live
TV
costs
$76.99
per
month
for
a
bundle
that
also
includes
Disney
Plus
and
ESPN
Plus
—
all
with
ads
—
or
$89.99
monthly
if
you
want
the
ad-free
experience
of
the
other
included
services.
(Originally posted by Chris Welch)
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