YouTube TV Loses MLB Network

We’re nonetheless a few months out from the beginning of the 2023 MLB season, however YouTube TV subscribers who love the MLB Community may have to start out wanting elsewhere for a supplier. At the moment, YouTube TV introduced that they didn’t renew their cope with the baseball channel and can cease carrying it beginning at present.

In an e-mail despatched to subscribers, YouTube TV says after negotiating and “working laborious” to resume their cope with MLB Community, they have been “unable to succeed in an settlement.” MLB Community content material will disappear from the streaming service beginning at present, January 31. As a result of the channel is disappearing, additionally, you will lose entry to any earlier Library recordings you might have had.

This will not be the tip, although. YouTube TV makes it clear that they’re having continued conversations about carrying MLB Community and that might occur down the street. Ought to that occur, content material might then be restored too.

Right here’s the complete e-mail going out to YouTube TV prospects:

Hello Kellen,

We now have been working laborious to resume our cope with the MLB Community to proceed carrying their content material on YouTube TV. Nonetheless, now we have been unable to succeed in an settlement, and beginning at present, January 31, 2023, MLB Community content material will now not be accessible on YouTube TV. Additionally, you will lose entry to any earlier Library recordings from this channel. Members will have the ability to proceed watching choose nationwide MLB video games by way of protection on FOX, ESPN, and TBS via our Base Plan. We additionally present the pliability to pause or cancel your membership anytime.

We apologize for the information and can proceed conversations with the MLB to advocate in your behalf, within the hope of restoring their content material on YouTube TV.

As all the time, thanks for being a YouTube TV member, and to your endurance and understanding.

Sincerely,
The YouTube TV group

We’ll let if they can re-add MLB Community.