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Major League Baseball (MLB) has rules for exclusive broadcasting, called "blackout" rules, which bar certain areas from watching certain live games. [1] Most blackouts exist for two reasons: to set a given team's local broadcaster's exclusive broadcast territory, which induces cable systems in those areas to carry the regional sports networks that carry the games, as well as MLB's desire to ...
Regionally broadcast MLB games are subject to blackouts; games from outside of a viewer's designated market are blacked out to protect the local team. In addition, certain national regular season telecasts on ESPN , FS1 , and TBS are non-exclusive, and may also air in tandem with telecasts of the game by local broadcasters.
Those who are impacted can continue to watch Tigers games on the Bally Sports+ app, DirecTV, Fubo, and MLB.tv. The Tigers have no voice in this matter but are hopeful the two sides will come to an ...
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The Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 affects Title 15 of the United States Code, Chapter 32 "Telecasting of Professional Sports Contest" (§§ 1291-1295) [1] The act amended antitrust laws to allow, among others, sports leagues to pool the broadcasting rights by all their teams and sign league-wide exclusive contracts with national networks.
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Blackout Game: September 30, 2008 Minnesota Twins: 0–1 Chicago White Sox: 2008 American League Central tie-breaker game, known for being the lowest-scoring game in MLB tie-breaker history and for fans wearing all-black clothing to show support for the White Sox. [31] [32] The Imperfect Game: June 2, 2010 Cleveland Indians: 0–3 Detroit Tigers
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