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Major League Baseball on Fox or MLB on Fox is the brand name for the Fox Broadcasting Company’s presentation of Major League Baseball games, produced by Fox Sports. Major League Baseball on Fox began on June 1, 1996 and will continue at least through the 2013 World Series. In September 2000, Major League Baseball concluded a six year, .5 billion contract with Fox to show Saturday baseball, the All-Star Game, selected Division Series games and exclusive coverage of the League Championship Series and World Series. 90% of the contract’s value to Fox, who paid Major League Baseball 7 million per year, came from the postseason, which not only attracted large audiences, but also provided an opportunity for the network to showcase its fall schedule. The contract protected Major League Baseball in the event of a labor dispute (something that didn’t occur with “The Baseball Network” in 1994). If some of the games were cancelled by a strike or lockout, Major League Baseball still got all its money, but had to compensate Fox with additional telecasts. On the other hand, a repeat of the 1994 Major League Baseball strike would’ve cost Fox well over billion; the television contract created an incentive not to cause a strike, as it would hurt broadcast networks since they paid for the deal, unlike the 1994-95 television package. Under the previous five year deal with Major League Baseball, Fox paid 5 million while NBC only paid million per year. Fox paid about 5 …

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