ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves revealed Tuesday they will launch their own television network called BravesVision, which will begin broadcasting games starting with the 2026 season.
The team will handle all aspects of producing, selling, marketing and distributing telecasts for more than 140 games each season. Rather than allowing Major League Baseball to manage their broadcasts, the Braves decided to maintain direct oversight of the BravesVision initiative.
This move comes after several teams cut ties with their broadcast partners earlier this month. On February 2nd, six franchises — the Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals, Miami Marlins, Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals and Tampa Bay Rays — announced MLB would handle their local television coverage this season. These teams, along with the Braves, Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Angels, ended their agreements after Main Street Sports Group, which runs the regional FanDuel Sports Network channels, failed to deliver promised rights payments on schedule.
Major League Baseball will manage broadcasts for 14 franchises this season. The league is also offering direct-to-consumer streaming for Braves and Angels games through braves.tv and angels.tv respectively.
According to the Braves, they are working to finalize partnerships with cable providers, satellite companies and streaming platforms. BravesVision programming will also be accessible through MLB’s streaming service.
Team president and CEO Derek Schiller expressed enthusiasm about returning broadcast control to the organization, noting it will remind fans of the days when games aired on TBS.
“Generations of Braves fans were raised watching games on a network that shared ownership with the baseball team,” Schiller said in a statement released by the team. “With BravesVision, we believe that we can present Braves baseball in new and innovative ways allowing us to expand and elevate our storytelling capabilities across all of our platforms.”
The organization announced that some games will air free of charge on Gray Media’s television stations throughout Atlanta and the Southeast region. The team plans to reveal which specific games will be available before the season starts.
Gray Media will also broadcast 15 Braves spring training contests.
