 The Milwaukee Brewers announced on Tuesday that they’ve reached an agreement with Diamond Sports Group to handle in-market broadcasting for the 2025 season. While the team didn’t disclose the specifics of the rights fees, this move marks a significant development in their broadcasting strategy.
This decision represents a change from plans announced in October when Major League Baseball (MLB) indicated it would oversee in-market broadcasting for the Brewers. This announcement came after Diamond, the parent company of FanDuel Sports Networks (formerly Bally Sports Networks), initially abandoned its contract with the Brewers. After finalizing a plan to avoid liquidation and emerge from bankruptcy, Diamond is set to continue operations for at least another year. Despite the earlier intention to switch broadcasting management to the league, ongoing communications between Diamond and the Brewers led to a newly agreed-upon fee. This fee is presumably lower than what Diamond would have owed under their previous contract, allowing both parties to maintain their relationship for another season. Rick Schlesinger, Brewers' president of business operations, told Adam McCalvy of MLB.com that the team could still consider transitioning the broadcast rights to MLB as early as the 2026 season. Schlesinger stated, “Long term, whether it’s 2026 or thereafter, I do think MLB Media is the place where we’re ultimately going to land, and I think that’s going to be in the best interest of the fans and the teams and the league to get a model that provides for the widest possible distribution across the most number of platforms with the highest technology and the best economics for the league and the teams,” Schlesinger said. “But we are comfortable with the quality of the production that Diamond Sports, Ballys and now FanDuel are operating under, and we like the continuity. Our fans will find the games the same places they found it last year.”
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