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.

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.

What had been long suspected became official Thursday as the Cincinnati Reds announced their home games would be produced and distributed by Major League Baseball. The Reds’ hunt for a new broadcast partner began last week when it terminated its joint venture with Diamond Sports Group,

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.

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 today 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.

The Reds announced Major League Baseball will produce and distribute their games for the 2025 season. The new arrangement will give more Reds fans in the Club's home television market the opportunity to watch games on television or to stream digitally for locally distributed games.