Fox Sports activities introduced Tuesday it has secured American broadcast rights for the 2026 World Baseball Traditional.
Seven video games will air on the Fox community itself: three of the US crew’s Pool B video games, two quarterfinal matchups and the championship sport, which is ready for March 17 in Miami.
The remainder of the WBC video games will air on FS1, FS2, the Fox Sports activities app, Fox One and Tubi. Fox Deportes will carry all 28 video games for Spanish-language viewers.
Twenty groups will compete within the sixth iteration of the World Baseball Traditional, with video games staged in Miami, Houston, Tokyo and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Fox broadcast its first WBC in 2023, with the championship sport between Japan and the US garnering 5.2 million viewers on common.
“FOX Sports activities has been an excellent companion to MLB for many years showcasing the talent of the gamers, storylines on and off the sector, and depth of the competitors, which can all be on full show throughout the World Baseball Traditional,” MLB deputy commissioner for enterprise and media Noah Backyard stated in a press release. “Whereas it is often known as America’s favourite pastime, baseball is also a world sport with gifted gamers coming from all over the world. In once more bringing the World Baseball Traditional to baseball followers within the U.S., FOX Sports activities will assist enhance the occasion’s profile and seize the unbelievable results of when baseball competitors meets nationwide satisfaction.”
In August, it was introduced that Netflix acquired the rights to stream each WBC sport in Japan, residence of the WBC defending champions. It is the primary dwell occasion Netflix will stream in Japan.
–Discipline Stage Media
