The Cincinnati Reds are scrambling to find a new television deal. How will fans watch games in 2025 and what does this mean for the teams revenue?
https://thestateofsports.com/2024/11/13/cincinnati-reds-look-to-find-new-television-deal/
The Cincinnati Reds are scrambling to find a new television deal. How will fans watch games in 2025 and what does this mean for the teams revenue?
https://thestateofsports.com/2024/11/13/cincinnati-reds-look-to-find-new-television-deal/
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Stream East works well for me after closing a few pop ups.
MLB has made it increasingly difficult for fans to consume their product, and then wonder why they’re not growing the game as much as the NFL, NBA, etc.
Am I understanding this correctly?
The Reds very well could partner with a local TV station. If that happens only the people in Cincy or very close to it will be able to watch these games without an MLBtv subscription.
If this happens and you’re out of market you can just get an MLBtv subscription and go that way.
If you’re like me though and are just far away enough to not get local Cincy stations but are still in market and blacked out, there’s no legal way to watch the games.
And of course, as soon as the Reds opt out of their deal with Diamond, [Diamond makes a deal to put games on an Amazon Prime channel](https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/11/13/diamond-sports-group-amazon-prime-video).
Whoever made the Bally graphic in that article needs to learn their Ohio geography.
I have my… ways.
A few days after the Reds left Diamond Sports Group, Diamond announced they will partner with Prime Video to allow streaming for local markets with an added subscription. This inlcuded any sport. So if you were Cleveland you got the Guardians and the Cavs, probably the Tigers too with how massive “local markets” are. I found that hilarious.
Do you think they are really “scrambling” though? The Reds front office don’t strike me as “scrambling” kind of people.