The Nationals and Baltimore Orioles ended a legal fight over television rights dating to 2012 when Major League Baseball announced Washington will be freed from its deal with the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network after the upcoming season
ByRONALD BLUM AP baseball writer
NEW YORK — The Nationals and Baltimore Orioles ended a legal fight over television rights dating to 2012 when Major League Baseball announced Monday that Washington will be freed from its deal with the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network after the upcoming season.
MLB said Nationals’ games will be broadcast by MASN in 2025 under a new, one-year contract.
“After this term, the Nationals will be free to explore alternatives for their television rights for the 2026 season and beyond,” MLB said. “As part of the settlement, all disputes related to past media rights between the Nationals, Orioles and MASN have been resolved, and all litigation will be dismissed.”
MASN was established in March 2005 after the Montreal Expos relocated to Washington and became the Nationals, moving into what had been Baltimore’s exclusive broadcast territory since 1972. The Orioles were given a supermajority partnership interest in MASN, starting at 90%, and Washington made a $75 million payment to the network for an initial 10%.
The agreement called for the Nationals’ equity to increa