AppleTV+ to be the Home of MLS through 2032

hav77 · Nov 14, 2025

Lazy Assed Assassin said: ↑

Good news or bad news depending on your current subscriptions. Next season there’s no standalone MLS package on AppleTV. Now you’ll just pay the regular monthly fee. Good news if you already subscribed, bad news if you only bought the MLS package (effectively you’re going be paying ~$6 more per month).
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Oh man...guess I'll have to wait until after MLS Cup to subscribe so I can just binge watch the season over a weekend. 34 to 37 games over a 48 hr period is possible right???

Dawdler · Nov 14, 2025

https://www.sportico.com/leagues/soccer/2025/apple-mls-streaming-contract-change-1234876902/

MLS will be paid $200 million for its 2026 season, the last under the current calendar, then $107.5 million for the shortened “sprint” campaign in 2027, according to someone familiar with the details. It will then be paid $275 million each for the 2027-28 and 2028-29 seasons, said the person, who was granted anonymity because the details are private. MLS ownership was briefed on the new deal at league meetings in Florida on Thursday.

That works out to an average of $250 million for the three full seasons that are now left on the deal, plus the additional $107.5 million. The original deal also carried a $250 million average, though those payments were tiered to increase towards the end of the original term. The new terms represent a roughly $50 million increase over what MLS would have been paid through June 2029 under the prior deal, one of the people said.
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skydog · Nov 15, 2025

Dawdler said: ↑

https://www.sportico.com/leagues/soccer/2025/apple-mls-streaming-contract-change-1234876902/
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So TV is worth $8.33mil/yr per team. Pretty low by US professional sports standards but probably fair given our tv ratings.

SopasesosHumanos · Nov 20, 2025

Lazy Assed Assassin said: ↑

...bad news if you only bought the MLS package (effectively you’re going be paying ~$6 more per month).
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I'm definitely in the bad news camp on this one. Didn't intend on adding another subscription in a time of contemplating cutting down on some. I guess we'll see what it looks like as the new season approaches. Maybe a discounted annual option at least? Though I did enjoy those couple episodes of Severance that I saw during a trial period.

Beakmon FC · Nov 27, 2025

I got the Apple TV subscrption gratis as I'm a Season ticket holder.

What was the annual fee for unlimited access? ? $100 or something like that.