The Milwaukee Brewers will turn their broadcast rights over to Major League Baseball next season, meaning games will no longer air on FanDuel Sports Wisconsin in 2026.
The Brewers confirmed the move Monday, Feb. 2, shortly after John Ourand, a sports media analyst for Puck, posted to social media that the Brewers will be one of six teams making the switch.
“Moving to MLB’s platform marks an exciting evolution for how our fans experience Brewers baseball away from the ballpark, through both traditional broadcast television and via streaming options,” Brewers president Rick Schlesinger said in a release.
“The consistency and quality of that experience in many ways will be enhanced. In addition to wide linear broadcast distribution on cable and satellite throughout the Brewers home television territory, MLB has built one of the most successful and reliable streaming ecosystems in all sports. Viewers will enjoy new production elements and features not previously available on broadcasts.”
Fans within the Brewers home television markets will have the option of watching all 162 games on cable and satellite, or streaming live through MLB.TV. That represents a similar arrangement to the status quo, though the MLB app will replace the FanDuel Sports Wisconsin app that previously offered live Brewers games. Channel locations will be announced later. MLB.com and MLB App subscriptions will go on sale later in February.
It’s unclear if the subscription cost for the app would fluctuate, but the markets whose team broadcasts were run by MLB last year had access to an app that was roughly the same cost as the FanDuel Sports Wisconsin app. MLB broadcasts have tried to add some innovations, using live drones, umpire cameras and special cameras in the stadium outfield corners.
The specific broadcast voices, many of whom are already team employees, likely also won’t change dramatically.
The move is a logical next step for the Brewers after ample reporting around the financial difficulties of Main Street Sports, the parent company that oversees FanDuel broadcasts.
Ourand reported that the Miami Marlins, Tampa Bay Rays, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds were likewise moving from FanDuel to MLB broadcasts, while three more Main Street teams – the Atlanta Braves, the Detroit Tigers and the Anaheim Angels – hadn’t decided on their future.
Evan Drellich of The Athletic first reported in early January that the broadcaster had canceled its contracts with its MLB teams, opening the door for those franchises to look elsewhere.
The Brewers teased a move just like this one before the 2025 season, first announcing that they would be switching to MLB for broadcasts, then changed their mind and returned to FanDuel.
MLB has been eager to regain streaming rights for its clubs – a quest that would ultimately reduce blackout restrictions across the country – and already reclaimed rights to the Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres, Cleveland Guardians, Arizona Diamondbacks, Minnesota Twins and Colorado Rockies.
In November, MLB’s agreement with ESPN included in-market streaming rights for those teams, but Drellich reported in January that ESPN probably won’t take over local streaming until 2027.
Ourand also reported that Main Street Sports executives have indicated they plan to produce NBA and NHL games through the regular season, meaning Milwaukee Bucks broadcasts would remain on the FanDuel network through the regular season — and presumably through the first round of the playoffs, as in past years, if the Bucks get that far.
(This story was updated to add new information.)
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Brewers to switch TV broadcasts from FanDuel to MLB in 2026
Reporting by JR Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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