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Brewers, Reds and Royals Extend 2026 Local Rights With Main Street’s FanDuel Sports Network

The extensions reflect strong 2025 audience gains, underscoring a shift to multi-platform access.

Overview

  • Each club exercised its option for 2026, with the Royals confirming a mutual option and the teams retaining their existing local-rights framework.
  • Games will continue on cable, satellite and vMVPD providers with TV Everywhere streaming, the FanDuel Sports Network app and an Amazon Prime Video add-on.
  • Main Street reported an average of 1.5 million nightly viewers across its nine MLB markets in 2025 with streaming up nearly 70% year over year and about 2.8 billion minutes watched.
  • The company says it remains on pace to reach roughly 1 million direct-to-consumer subscribers by year-end after surpassing 900,000 unique app users.
  • The Brewers ranked among baseball’s top local draws with the No. 2 market rating and more than 400 million minutes streamed, following a one-year pact signed in January that preceded this option pickup.