Overview
Shortly before a nine-day bench trial was scheduled to start this morning, Major League Baseball settled an antitrust suit alleging it is anticompetitive for Major League Baseball broadcast out-of-market games only as part of a allegedly overpriced all-or-nothing packages. As part of the settlement, MLB will offer reduced price packages for fans to stream out-of-market games for a single team. Packages for all out-of-market games will also be discounted.
The case was before Judge Scheindlin. Our previous coverage of the case is here.
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