Major League Baseball announced Thursday it will take over broadcasts of the Cincinnati Reds in 2025, making them the seventh team to abandon a traditional broadcast partner in favor of a cord-cutter friendly deal with the league.

Major League Baseball will take over Cincinnati Reds local TV broadcasts for the 2025 season, as had been expected after the Reds agreed to terminate their local TV deal with Diamond Sports Group last week.

MLB will produce and distribute local games for the Cincinnati Reds during the 2025 season. The new arrangement will give more Reds fans in the Club’s home television territory the opportunity to watch games on television or to stream digitally with no blackouts for locally distributed games.

Cincinnati Reds fans who have cable services that carried Bally's broadcasts in 2024 will still be able to find Reds games on their service in 2025.

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Cincinnati Reds fans will have a new place to watch their team. MLB announced Thursday they will produce and distribute local games for the Reds during the 2025 season. This change means no blackouts for locally distributed games, according to the MLB.

Major League Baseball will produce and distribute local broadcasts for the Cincinnati Reds next season. The announcement was made on Thursday after a judge in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Houston approved the Reds and Diamond Sports Group ending their joint venture.

MLB announced Thursday that it will take over the distribution of local broadcasts for the Reds in 2025. Fans of the club will still be able to watch on television as they have in the past, but there will also be a direct-to-consumer streaming option with no blackouts.

Major League Baseball has announced they will produce and distribute games for the Cincinnati Reds this coming season.