LWIB: MLB In-Market Live Streaming, Stadium Financing Update

This week in LWIB, opinion about the future of “in market” live streaming of MLB games and stadium financing news concerning the Yankees, Twins and Marlins. MLB IN-MARKET LIVE STREAMING LWIB the San Diego Padres became the second MLB club to announce that “in market” live streaming of their games will be available this season.  The Padres partnership with MLBAM and Cox Communications to stream in market live games copies the template announced the previous week in the Yankees /YES/Cablevision/MLBAM partnership. The SportsBusiness Journal reported that all clubs received a June 19 memo from Commissioner Selig detailing the structure of the new business model for in market live streaming of games. Major League Baseball believes it has broken through its self-described “logjam” for in-market live streaming of games by developing an economic model that pays MLB Advanced Media half of all related revenue. The terms for local streaming deals,.....will send the other half of the relat...