{"id":552034,"date":"2026-02-03T10:16:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/552034\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T10:16:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:16:31","slug":"braves-expected-to-launch-their-own-tv-network-per-report-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/552034\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves expected to launch their own TV network, per report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier on Monday, we got word<\/a> that the Atlanta Braves were one of three teams (alongside the Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Angels) that didn\u2019t decide to follow the Brewers, Cardinals, Rays, Reds and Royals to MLB Media as far as their televised games are concerned.<\/p>\n

Well, now we know why the Braves didn\u2019t join that pack of ballclubs when it came to making that jump. As it turns out, the Braves are reportedly about to launch their own TV network. Tom Friend of Sports Business Journal is reporting<\/a> that this is the path that the Braves are going to go down. He laid it out pretty clearly in his article detailing what the Braves and the eight other clubs are planning to do with their TV coverage going forward.<\/p>\n

\u2026The Braves are expected to launch their own network, perhaps to air on a national streaming platform such as Amazon or Apple or with a template similar to\u00a0the Rangers Sports Network\u00a0\u2014 which has direct-to-distributor deals with cable and satellite providers, a local over-the-air partner and a streaming outlet in\u00a0Victory+.<\/p>\n

In case you\u2019re wondering, here\u2019s a link to the Rangers Sports Network\u2019s programming page<\/a>. The way it works for them is that the Texas Rangers have their own platform where they can reach fans through either cable and\/or satellite, over the air, and even streaming as well. The cable\/satellite and OTA options would be available for fans across the Braves TV market (which is essentially the vast majority of the entire Southeastern region of the United States) and the streaming option would give fans from outside of the market a way to watch the team as well \u2014 and in Atlanta\u2019s case, the options of Amazon Prime and Apple TV would be very appealing.<\/p>\n

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The Braves were already available to watch locally via streaming platforms on Amazon Prime if you chose to buy a subscription to FanDuel Sports Network through that platform for $19.99 a month. Id imagine that if this is what the Braves do then they\u2019d simply transition to that platform while staying on Amazon Prime, so I can\u2019t anticipate that this would be a major change for fans who have already been watching the Braves via streaming platforms.<\/p>\n

However, this would be a pretty big change for the TV side of things, since this would essentially be a brand-new frontier for the Braves in terms of TV. They\u2019ve been part of the RSN model since their days of being broadcast nationwide on cable via the TBS Superstation (a.k.a the good ol\u2019 days) and now it\u2019s apparent that the team has decided that the future involves doing their own in-house production and televising of their own product.<\/p>\n

Either way, it\u2019s clear that the Braves are going to be out of the RSN TV business if this is the path that they\u2019re going down. There\u2019s still no guarantees yet when it comes to figuring out a permanent TV home for the Braves but as of right now, we\u2019re closer to figuring that out now than we have been in the past. We\u2019ll see what happens!<\/p>\n

UPDATE [3:52 p.m. ET]: The Braves have released a statement concerning the situation:<\/p>\n

The Atlanta Braves are aware of the reports regarding Main Street Sports Group.\u00a0 While disappointed with this development, we have been actively preparing for this outcome and are well on our way towards launching a new era in Braves broadcasting.<\/p>\n

Throughout Braves Country and beyond, we have one of the largest and most dedicated fan bases in sports, as well as one of the most expansive television territories, and we are excited about bringing Braves baseball to our fans in new ways.<\/p>\n

To our fans, we want to assure you that we will be ready for the 2026 season, and all Atlanta Braves games will be broadcast across the entirety of Braves Country.\u00a0 We look forward to sharing our path forward in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earlier on Monday, we got word that the Atlanta Braves were one of three teams (alongside the Detroit…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552035,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2394],"tags":[22,191,46,4166,5,192,160,53,56,4,297,252,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-552034","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-braves","8":"tag-arizona-diamondbacks","9":"tag-atlanta","10":"tag-atlanta-braves","11":"tag-atlantabraves","12":"tag-baseball","13":"tag-braves","14":"tag-cardinals","15":"tag-detroit-tigers","16":"tag-los-angeles-angels","17":"tag-mlb","18":"tag-rays","19":"tag-royals","20":"tag-texas-rangers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116006183543547424","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}