Hulu with Live TV adds MLB Network just as baseball season gets underway

Photo by Brian Rothmuller / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Hulu’s subscription TV service has added MLB Network to its core channel lineup in the nick of time for the league’s Opening Day 2024. This will provide customers with access to “over 100 MLB games nationally broadcast over the course of the season,” along with the network’s original programming and studio shows.

YouTube TV, one of Hulu with Live TV’s primary competitors, abruptly dropped MLB Network early last year after it was unable to reach a new carriage agreement with Major League Baseball. And with no announcement of a return ahead of today’s opening games, it appears that YTTV subscribers will go without it for another year.

Perhaps that shouldn’t be surprising after the company shelled out $2 billion for the rights to NFL…