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The deal is for eight years and covers national rights in the US. (I believe all of Canada is the Jays' regional territory).

Anyway, this is what the new deal means to the Jays financially.

While individual teams each look after their own regional television broadcasts and earn separate money through these deals, money from national television is split evenly among all 30 teams. The new deal with ESPN ensures that each team receives more than $23 million a year from 2014 – 2021. The previous deal with ESPN worked out to $306 million per year, which meant that each team received over $10 million annually. With funds more than doubling, we may get a glimpse of the salary escalation we’ve been expecting sooner rather than later.

Would this make the price for MLB.tv higher next year?

BigLeagueChew wrote:Would this make the price for MLB.tv higher next year?

If the price goes up, it's probably not related to this, only MLB wanting more revenue.

Well if you ever believed the spending issues were about the Jays actual balance sheet then this is great news. Of course, not many here believe that to be the case, so then it's kind of meh. Or, more likely, just another reason to have a little snit or two this offseason about Rogers cheapness when BOS signs Jawsh for 12/250 or some other equal nonsense.