Fox to televise 2026 World Baseball Basic in U.S.

Fox Sports activities introduced Tuesday it has secured American broadcast rights for the 2026 World Baseball Basic.

Seven video games will air on the Fox community itself: three of the US workforce’s Pool B video games, two quarterfinal matchups and the championship sport, which is ready for March 17 in Miami.

The remainder of the WBC video games will air on FS1, FS2, the Fox Sports activities app, Fox One and Tubi. Fox Deportes will carry all 28 video games for Spanish-language viewers.

Twenty groups will compete within the sixth iteration of the World Baseball Basic, with video games staged in Miami, Houston, Tokyo and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Fox broadcast its first WBC in 2023, with the championship sport between Japan and the US garnering 5.2 million viewers on common.

“FOX Sports activities has been an amazing associate to MLB for many years showcasing the talent of the gamers, storylines on and off the sector, and depth of the competitors, which is able to all be on full show in the course of the World Baseball Basic,” MLB deputy commissioner for enterprise and media Noah Backyard mentioned in a press release. “Whereas it is often called America’s favourite pastime, baseball is also a worldwide sport with proficient gamers coming from around the globe. In once more bringing the World Baseball Basic to baseball followers within the U.S., FOX Sports activities will assist improve the occasion’s profile and seize the unbelievable results of when baseball competitors meets nationwide pleasure.”

In August, it was introduced that Netflix acquired the rights to stream each WBC sport in Japan, house of the WBC defending champions. It is the primary reside occasion Netflix will stream in Japan.

–Discipline Stage Media