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The Nationals and Orioles have settled their dispute regarding MASN rights fees
between 2012-16, as first reported by Chelsea Janes and Ben Strauss of the Washi
ngton Post. The agreement comes two months after a New York appellate court rule
d in favor of the Nationals and MLB as part of a longstanding legal battle with
the O’s.
According to the Washington Post, the network is paying out a little less than $
100MM to each franchise. (Andy Kostka and Dylan Segelbaum of the Baltimore Banne
r specify the payment around $99.2MM.) As Janes and Strauss note, the deal requi
res the network to pay equal rights fees to each organization. The payment still
represents a win for Washington since the O’s have a much greater ownership st
ake in MASN.
To be clear, this does not permanently resolve the dispute between the organizat
ions. They’re still divided on fees for the 2017-21 period. Janes and Strauss r
eport that MLB is preparing to put that issue before its revenue sharing committ
ee. The sides negotiate rights fees every half-decade, so they’ll also have to
figure out the 2022-26 numbers in due time.
金鶯國民長年的轉播金糾紛，今天終於有些進展了
MASN同意支付$99.2M給國民，解決掉2012-2016轉播金問題
但雙方接下來要繼續處理2017-2021年的
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Ted Leonsis, who already owns the Capitals, Wizards, and Mystics, leads a group
bidding $2 billion for the Nats, though that process is put on hold as this liti
gation plays out.
巫師隊老闆Ted Leonsis先前早已開價超過20億美金給Lerner家族要買國民
但因轉播權糾紛擱置了
Last August, Leonsis took full ownership of the area’s other RSN, NBC Sports Wa
shington. It’s been reported the Leonsis could want the Nats on the network, wh
ich is expected to rebranded.
Ted Leonsis在去年八月買下了NBC Sports Washington
根據報導他打算把國民轉播轉過去