Pros and Cons: How to Watch the Minnesota Twins Without Cable

[SF Twins Fan]

This is a little bit off topic but isn't there a way for the Wolves, Lynx, Wild and Twins to come together to build a network that could cover all of their sports?  Similar to the YES Network for the Yankees.  Would this not work for the Minnesota teams?  There is some overlap between the Wild / Wolves and Twins / Lynx but if it's a streaming model that wouldn't matter.

[USAFChief]

1 hour ago, SF Twins Fan said:

This is a little bit off topic but isn't there a way for the Wolves, Lynx, Wild and Twins to come together to build a network that could cover all of their sports?  Similar to the YES Network for the Yankees.  Would this not work for the Minnesota teams?  There is some overlap between the Wild / Wolves and Twins / Lynx but if it's a streaming model that wouldn't matter.

Maybe it's a solution now, but it's been tried. 

"Victory Sports"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Sports_One

[Original_JB]

5 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Maybe it's a solution now, but it's been tried. 

"Victory Sports"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Sports_One

Although Victory Sports One didn't have enough content to carry an entire network. If you had the Twins partner with just one of the Wild/Wolves, I think they could make a go of it.

[twinstalker]

Not sure whether Wild or Wolves are free agents.

[darin617]

3 hours ago, twinstalker said:

Not sure whether Wild or Wolves are free agents.

Bally is done with NBA & NHL. 

[Major League Ready]

On 5/7/2024 at 12:47 PM, SF Twins Fan said:

This is a little bit off topic but isn't there a way for the Wolves, Lynx, Wild and Twins to come together to build a network that could cover all of their sports?  Similar to the YES Network for the Yankees.  Would this not work for the Minnesota teams?  There is some overlap between the Wild / Wolves and Twins / Lynx but if it's a streaming model that wouldn't matter.

Where streaming is concerned, this model won't be able to compete in terms of content with the platform ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros is rolling out collectively.  However, someone has to produce the content if Bally's goes away and the relationship with the NBA/NHL appears to be over.  The big contracts from RSNs is over which makes this model much more viable today than it was in 2001 for Victory Sports.  There were limited distribution options back then.  Today, there is a myriad of options and a model such as the Yes network can distribute through a myriad of options.  It makes sense and if they're going this route, the decision has likely already been made.  The question is what are their alternatives?  Does MLB have something in the works?  Is there another collaborative effort in the works to produce the NBA/NHL and MLB content?