The Sports Network (TSN) is a Canadian English language discretionary sports specialty channel owned by CTV Specialty Television,owned jointly by Bell Media (70%) and ESPN Inc. (30%),itself a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. TSN was established by the Labatt Brewing Company in 1984 as part of the first group of Canadian specialty cable channels. TSN is the largest specialty channel in Canada in terms of gross revenue,with a total of CA$400.4 million in revenue in 2013.
Sportsnet is a Canadian English-language discretionary sports specialty channel owned by Rogers Sports &Media. It was established in 1998 as CTV Sportsnet,a joint venture between CTV,Liberty Media,and Rogers Media. CTV parent Bell Globemedia then was required to divest its stake in the network following its 2001 acquisition of competing network TSN. Rogers then became the sole owner of Sportsnet in 2004 after it bought the remaining minority stake that was held by Fox.
Matt Vasgersian is an American sportscaster and television host. Vasgersian is a play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Angels,as well as a studio host for MLB Network and FOX Sports. In the past,he has served as an announcer for Fox Sports' National Football League and Major League Baseball coverage,ESPN's coverage of Major League Baseball,NBC Sports' coverage of the Olympic Games,and NBC Sports' coverage of the original XFL. He formerly called play-by-play for the Milwaukee Brewers and the San Diego Padres.
John Albert "Buck" Martinez is an American former professional baseball catcher and manager,and is currently the television colour commentator for the Toronto Blue Jays. He played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Kansas City Royals,the Milwaukee Brewers,and the Toronto Blue Jays. Since the end of his playing career,he has been a broadcaster,working on the Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles radio and television broadcasts,and nationally for TBS and MLB Network. Martinez managed the Toronto Blue Jays from 2001 to May 2002 and Team USA at the inaugural World Baseball Classic in 2006.
David Braxton Flemming is an American sportscaster who has been a play-by-play announcer for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball since 2003. Flemming also calls college football,college basketball,major league baseball,and golf on ESPN,as well as the World Series and World Baseball Classic for MLB International.
Jim Hughson is a retired Canadian sportscaster,best known for his play-by-play of the National Hockey League. He was the lead play-by-play commentator for the NHL on Sportsnet from 2014 to 2021 and Hockey Night in Canada from 2008 to 2021. His career spanned 42 years.
Gary Francis Thorne is an American sportscaster. He was the lead play-by-play announcer for Baltimore Orioles games on MASN from 2007 to 2020. He has also worked for ESPN and ABC,including National Hockey League,Major League Baseball,college football,and the Frozen Four hockey tournament. He also works for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE),where he is the narrator for the WrestleMania Rewind program on its WWE Network streaming video service.
Patrick Sean Tabler is an American former Major League Baseball player. After retiring from professional baseball,he became a color analyst for the Toronto Blue Jays on the Canadian sports television networks TSN and Sportsnet from 2001 to 2022.
Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio is the brand name for exclusive play-by-play broadcast presentation of Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio. The coverage has most recently been presented by Indeed,along with AutoZone for the postseason;previous presenting sponsors included Wendy's,Barbasol,Nesquik,DraftKings,Xerox,AutoZone,Excedrin,United States Postal Service and Mercedes-Benz.
Sunday Night Baseball is an exclusive weekly telecast of a Major League Baseball game that airs Sundays at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on ESPN during the regular season.
Rod Black is a Canadian sports announcer best known for his work with CTV Sports and TSN from 1990 to 2021. He is now a host and brand ambassador for NorthStar Bets,a brand of NorthStar Gaming.
Jon "Boog" Sciambi is an American sportscaster for ESPN and the Marquee Sports Network,and has been the everyday play-by-play announcer for the Chicago Cubs TV broadcasts on Marquee since 2021. He has worked extensively as a baseball play-by-play announcer,calling games for ESPN television and on ESPN Radio. Sciambi's nickname,"Boog," was given to him owing to his physical resemblance to former major league player Boog Powell.
Toronto Blue Jays on Sportsnet is a live telecast of Toronto Blue Jays baseball games that air on Sportsnet,Sportsnet One,or Sportsnet 360. Starting in 2003,some games were broadcast in high definition. As of 2007,all games that air on the network are presented in high definition,and as of 2016,all home games are broadcast in ultra-high definition. Sportsnet began showing Blue Jays games in 1999 and is now their official television carrier,carrying all televised Blue Jays games throughout the regular season.
The MLB on TSN is a television presentation of Major League Baseball games on Canada's TSN. TSN has broadcast Major League Baseball games since they went on the air in 1984. Their current MLB schedule consists of simulcasting ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball broadcasts on TSN2. TSN had previously broadcast Sunday Night Baseball from 1990 to 2000. TSN has also broadcast Toronto Blue Jays (1984-2009) and Montreal Expos games.
MLB International is a division of Major League Baseball primarily responsible for international broadcasts of games. In partnership with DirecTV and MLB Network,it produces and syndicates the All-Star Game,and the World Series,as well as the Caribbean Series,the Australian Baseball League Championship Series and the World Baseball Classic to broadcasters in over 200 countries,and the American Forces Network for U.S. military troops abroad. It previously broadcast the NLCS and ALCS,alternating between the two each year. MLB International broadcasts content that shows baseball in a local context,e.g. sneaker shopping in Japan or baseball games in India,and explains concepts and rules of baseball to viewers who may not be familiar with the sport.
On August 28,2012,it was announced that ESPN and Major League Baseball had agreed on a new eight-year deal that increased ESPN's average yearly payment from about $360 million to approximately $700 million.
The following is a general overview of Major League Baseball on television in the 2020s. During the 2020s,Major League Baseball announced its first exclusive television contract with a paid streaming service. Due to the bankruptcy of Diamond Sports Group,MLB took over the production of the local broadcasts of the San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks.
