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<\/p>\nMain Street Sports Group, owner of FanDuel Sports Network, the largest holder of local sports media rights, announce that the Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals, and Milwaukee Brewers each exercised options to extend their local media rights agreements with the network.<\/p>\n
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These renewals build on the partnership between Main Street Sports Group and its team partners, ensuring high-quality coverage and multi-platform availability for fans.<\/p>\n
Brewers, Reds, and Royals broadcasts will remain available across FanDuel Sports Network\u2019s ubiquitous access model, including cable, satellite, and vMVPD packages; TV Everywhere (TVE) streaming; and the network\u2019s direct-to-consumer app, available on iOS, Android, smart TVs, connected devices, and Amazon Prime Video.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese renewals reflect the confidence in what Main Street Sports Group set out to build: a local, innovative, fan-first multi-platform business that helps teams grow their audience while ensuring clarity and consistency for their fans,\u201d says David DeVoe, President of Main Street Sports Group. \u201cThe Brewers, Reds and Royals are fantastic partners who share a commitment to accessibility and excellence. We are excited to work together as we reinvent the local sports media landscape by delivering a new viewing standard for teams and their hometown fans.\u201d<\/p>\n
These renewals build on a record 2025 MLB season across FanDuel Sports Network\u2019s nine partner clubs, averaging 1.5 million nightly viewers and delivering streaming growth. More than 900,000 unique fans tuned in through the network\u2019s app, with total streaming up nearly 70% year-over-year and more than 2.8 billion minutes watched as FanDuel Sports Network continues to engage a younger, digital-first audience.<\/p>\n
Team Executive Comments:<\/p>\n
Rick Schlesinger, President of Business Operations, Milwaukee Brewers: \u201cWe\u2019re proud to extend our partnership with FanDuel Sports Network as the broadcast home of the Milwaukee Brewers. This past season\u2019s surge in viewership is a reflection of our fans\u2019 passion and the growing accessibility of Brewers baseball. We look forward to building on that momentum and continuing to deliver a high-quality viewing experience that brings the energy of Brewers baseball to fans.\u201d<\/p>\n
Phil Castellini, President & CEO, Cincinnati Reds: \u201cIt\u2019s a priority to give Reds fans dependable coverage, great storytelling, and the ability to watch Reds baseball across a variety of platforms, and FanDuel Sports Network delivers all three. Main Street Sports Group has been an exceptional partner, constantly raising the bar in how Reds baseball is produced and distributed to our fans.\u201d<\/p>\n
John Sherman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Kansas City Royals: \u201cThere is nothing more important to us than connecting with and making our games available to our great fans. Our viewership is growing and continues to rank among the best in baseball both through linear cable and streaming, and we look forward to continuing that strong momentum through our ownership group\u2019s investment and the exciting team JJ Picollo and his staff are building.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Main Street Sports Group, owner of FanDuel Sports Network, the largest holder of local sports media rights, announce…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-274992","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-mlb","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}