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Netflix Secures Exclusive Japan Rights to Stream 2026 World Baseball Classic

The streaming pact underscores MLB's shifting media strategy with U.S. rights still unannounced.

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The logo of Netflix the American provider of on-demand Internet streaming media is seen during a photocall in Paris, France, April 29, 2025. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
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Overview

  • Netflix will carry all 47 World Baseball Classic games live and on-demand exclusively for viewers in Japan.
  • The tournament will be Netflix’s first live event in Japan, expanding its growing slate of live sports programming.
  • The 2026 WBC runs March 5–17 with 20 teams and first-round pools in Tokyo, San Juan, Houston and Miami, and Japan enters as defending champion.
  • Financial terms were not disclosed, and U.S. broadcast arrangements for the 2026 tournament have yet to be detailed after Fox carried the event in 2023.
  • Reports indicate Netflix is expected to obtain U.S. rights to MLB’s Home Run Derby, though that deal is still developing and not finalized.