Major League Baseball shortly known as MLB, is one of the most popular native American sports competition in United States. The tournament features large number of thrilling contests and as a result attracts so many viewers throughout the campaign. According to stats, MLB’s title deciding fixture averaged 9.78 million watchers across the 6 encounters. Although the competition mainly attracts the fans from the American regions and is overshadowed by the game of cricket in UK and some parts of Asia, it still has lots of followers in different parts of the planet. In this content, we will list out all the broadcasting TV channels and sources which air MLB games in various countries.
MLB 2022 Broadcasting TV Channels (Worldwide)
United States and Canada:
Before heading towards the rest of the world, lets have a look at the broadcasting options within the host nations of the competition. In US, the TV right is shared by multiple television channel networks. ESPN Network, Fox Sports Network, TBS and MLB Network, all these channels share the right and each of them broadcast a portion of the competition live, including MLB Playoffs games. Among the Canadian ones, the English language broadcasting right is shared by Sportsnet and TSN while the French version coverage are available through RDS and TVA Sports.
| Country |
Broadcasting Network or Channels |
Coverage Details (Short Description) |
| United States of America |
ESPN Network (ESPN, ESPN2) |
Exclusive Coverage of Monday, Wednesday, Sunday Night, Opening Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Home Run Derby, Potential Tiebreaking Games, 1 Wild Card Match |
| Fox Sports |
Saturday Afternoon Fixtures (12), World Series, All Star Game |
| FS1 |
Saturday Afternoon Encounters (40), Division Series (2), League Championship Series (1) |
| TBS |
Sunday Afternoon Matches, Division Series (2), League Championship Series (1), Wild Card Match (1) |
| MLB Network |
Non-exclusive MLB Network Showcase Games (26), Division Series (2), Simulcast Matches from Local Networks |
| Canada |
Sportsnet, Sportsnet One, Sportsnet 360 |
All Toronto Blue Jay Matches, FOX Saturday Baseball, All Star Game, Post season, Simulcast Other Games from US regional networks |
| TSN |
Sunday Night Baseball, Monday Night Baseball, Wednesday Night Baseball |
| TVA Sports |
Blue Jay (Select Matches), Other US based MLB sides (Select Matches) |
| RDS |
SNB, MNB, WNB, 50% Post Season Coverage (French Version), World Series |
Americas:
The following chart presents the MLB broadcasting TV channels of the American region or countries (South America, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean) excluding USA and Canada.
| Country or Region |
Broadcasting TV Channels or Sources |
| Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay (South America) |
Fox Sports International, ESPN International |
| Caribbean – Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados,, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, St Barthelemy, St Eustatius, St Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent, Suriname, Tortola, Trinidad & Tobago and Turks & Caicos |
ESPN International |
| Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, St. Maarten |
TeleCuracao, ESPN International |
| Brazil |
Fox Sports International, ESPN International |
| Colombia |
Telecaribe, Fox Sports International, ESPN International |
| Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua (Central America) |
Fox Sports International, ESPN International |
| Dominican Republic |
CDN 2 Sportsmax, Fox Sports International |
| Mexico |
Televisa, Fox Sports International, ESPN International |
| Panama |
RPC, TVMAX, Fox Sports International, ESPN International |
| Puerto Rico |
WAPA Deportes |
| Venezuela |
TLT TVA, Fox Sports International, ESPN International |
Asia, Pacific and Oceania:
| Country or Region |
Broadcasting TV Channels or Sources |
| Australia, New Zealand |
ESPN Australia |
| Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Guam, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam |
Fox Sports Asia |
| China |
Tencent, Guangdong TV (GDTV), Jiangsu TV (JSTV), Liaoning TV (LNTV), Tianjin TV (TJTV), China Education TV, Fox Sports Asia |
| Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, New Zealand, Palau, Samoa, Tahiti, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Western Samoa |
ESPN Pacific Rim |
| Japan |
TBS, NHK, J Sports, DAZN |
| Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan |
Viasat Sport East |
| South Korea |
MBC Sports+, MBC ON |
| Taiwan |
FTV, Fox Sports Asia |
Europe:
| Country or Region |
Broadcasting TV Channels or Sources |
| Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine |
Viasat Sport East |
| Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Switzerland |
DAZN, Sport1 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia (Balkans) |
TV Arena Sport |
| Cyprus, Greece, the Netherlands, Turkey |
Fox Sports Europe |
| Czech Republic |
O2 Sport |
| Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden (Scandinavia) |
Viaplay |
| France, Monaco, Andorra |
beIN Sports France |
| Italy, Malta, San Marino |
DAZN |
| Spain |
Movistar+ |
| UK (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) and Ireland |
BT Sport – ESPN |
Middle East and Africa:
| Country or Region |
Broadcasting TV Channels or Sources |
| Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen (MENA) |
beIN Sports Middle East |
| Israel |
Sport 5, Fox Sports Europe |
| Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo Democratic Republic, Congo Republic, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, St. Helena, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zanzibar, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Sub-Saharan Africa) |
Fox Sports Africa |
| Madagascar |
beIN Sports France |
| Mauritius |
Fox Sports Africa, beIN Sports France |
MLB Online Streaming Options in USA and Canada:
- US based viewers who love to watch MLB actions via online streaming can enjoy all the national level televised MLB fixtures through AT&T TV Now, Sling TV as well as YouTube TV as each of them gives access to ESPN network channels, Fox, FS1, TBS and MLB Network.
- Hulu+ Live TV is another online streaming option which contains all the national level MLB broadcasting channels except MLB Ntwork.
- MLB.tv a specialty service for the alluded competition, offers the viewers All Team Pass, Single Team Pass and Offseason Package costing 121.99 USD, 93.99 USD and 24.99 USD (subject to change) respectively.
- Canadian viewers can catch the actions by subscribing DAZN and the service charges 20 CAD per month and 150 CAD per year.
- SN NOW and SN NOW+ provide plenty of actions and are the best online streaming platforms for the Canada based followers. SN NOW costs 19.99 CAD per month. On the other hand, SN NOW+ has multiple sign up options. The service makes the subscribers pay 9.99 CAD per week, 27.99 CAD per month and 249.99 CAD per year.
