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On This Day December 14 1988 – CBS Paid 1.08 Billion Dollars for the Exclusive Rights to Major League Baseball

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On This Day December 14 1988 – CBS Paid 1.08 Billion Dollars for the Exclusive Rights to Major League Baseball.

On this day December 14 1988 CBS paid 1.08 billion dollars for the exclusive rights to Major League Baseball, marking one of the largest and most groundbreaking sports broadcasting deals of the decade. The agreement gave the network full control over national MLB television coverage beginning in 1990, reshaping how fans across the country would watch the sport. The size of the contract signaled a major shift in the value of live sports and the rising influence of television networks in...
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