With Major League Baseball’s Opening Day beginning next week on March 30, Fubo announced today that it is adding MLB.
TV to its offering in the coming days. The out-of-market package will be available as an add-on for $24.99 per month.
The live TV service already offers MLB Network, MLB Strike Zone, as well as regional sports networks.
local broadcast networks and national sports networks such as ESPN, Fox and FS1.
Please note that Fubo does not broadcast TBS, so some games will not be available to subscribers.
The news of MLB.TV coming to Fubo comes on the heels of YouTube TV dropping the MLB Network carriage after failing to reach a deal with the league.
“With today’s partnership with MLB.TV, Fubo now offers the most baseball coverage of any streaming company.
In addition to our already leading position in local sports coverage and our robust NFL and college sports packages,” David Gandler, Fubo co-founder and CEO, said in a statement . “
Customers continue to vote for Fubo we added more net subscribers in Q4 2022 compared to our peers in the space that have reported because of our sports lead with a premium user experience.
We are more confident than ever in our market position and believe consumers will continue to choose Fubo as we head into baseball season.”
Formerly FuboTV, the company rebranded as Fubo earlier this week.
The company claimed the new name reflected its recent growth. In the fourth quarter of 2022.
It said it had 1.45 million paid subscribers in North America and 420,000 paid subscribers in the rest of the world.
The first games of the 2023 Major League Baseball season are just around the corner, but for those using YouTube TV, there was a place to watch.
FuboTV is stepping up and adding MLB.TV support to its service. FuboTV will be available “in the coming days” and will add support for the MLB.TV add-on for its subscribers.
The add-on will be ready in time for MLB Opening Day 2023, which is the 30th.
This comes in addition to Fubo’s support for MLB Network, MLB Strike Zone, select regional sports network.
As well as other streaming channels from ESPN and more. Fubo says it “will have the most baseball coverage of any other streaming platform.”
Sources: Techcrunch | beamstart