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NBC and Peacock Carry Every MLB Game on Star‑Spangled Sunday

NBC staged a national test of centralized streaming that placed most games behind Peacock.

Overview

  • On Sunday NBC and Peacock made all 15 MLB games involving all 30 teams available nationally in a single-day package.
  • Two games — Mets at Braves and Padres at Dodgers — aired on broadcast NBC while the other 13 feeds were carried primarily on Peacock.
  • Several teams’ usual regional sports network feeds were displaced, with the AstrosRays game streaming on Peacock instead of the AstrosSpace City Home Network.
  • Peacock features such as a four-game multiview and catch-up highlights were used in the rollout and most viewers needed a Peacock subscription tier that includes live sports to watch.
  • NBC paired national oversight with local production by using many teams’ regular announcers and regional crews, a hybrid approach intended to test whether centralized rights and streaming can aggregate audiences and reshape RSN access.