MASN+ launched!

[imref]

Direct to consumer: $19.99 a month or $89.99 for the rest of the season

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2025/04/21/orioles-nationals-add-direct-to-consumer-streaming-with-masn/

[Smithian]

That may be it for my cable subscription.

[The Chief]

Wow.  Never thought I'd see the day.

[nobleisthyname]

Oh my god.

I have been waiting for this day for over 13 years.

[Natsinpwc]

Direct to consumer: $19.99 a month or $89.99 for the rest of the season

https://www
.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2025/04/21/orioles-nationals-add-direct-to-consumer-streaming-with-masn/

Seems reasonable and long overdue.  Happy for you all in the DMV.

[nfotiu]

We weren't last!   Hopefully the app works well and pq is decent.

The Astros are now the only MLB team without an in-market, blackout-free DTC product on either the league’s platform or a third-party platform. Houston’s legacy carriage agreement will eventually be worked out.

[1995hoo]

Anyone signed up for this yet? I have not, mainly because I haven't gotten around to it and secondarily because I haven't had time to watch any games this week anyway (the Caps playoffs take priority for me, and then on Tuesday I was doing something else). I am now glad I have not yet signed up: Yesterday, there were some reports that people who should have been charged $89.99 for the rest of the season were instead charged $8999. FP Santangelo mentioned it on Twitter by noting, "@scorebook_bob is worth it."

[imref]

There have been a few threads on it on Reddit. Several folks experienced glitches with audio and video but others say it works fine.

[nobleisthyname]

I've watched three games on it so far. The app is total amateur hour and lacks a lot of functionality that comes standard with pretty much any other streaming service, but it works. For me at least. Maybe it's just because I went without baseball on TV for basically 15 years but that's good enough for me. No issues with billing either thankfully.

I still prefer listening to Charlie and Dave but I've found it's simple to manually sync up the audio with the video so that's enhanced my enjoyment of it as well.

[imref]

i have a samsung smart TV and use the streaming apps that it provides. It would be annoying to have to get a fire stick or roku, and switch to. it, only to watch MASN+

[nobleisthyname]

i have a samsung smart TV and use the streaming apps that it provides. It would be annoying to have to get a fire stick or roku, and switch to. it, only to watch MASN+

That's fair. I have an Apple TV and a Fire Stick for the two TVs in our house.

[HalfSmokes]

$20 a month for a year the team is punting seems steep

[varoadking]

$20 a month for a year the team is punting seems steep

...about $20 per month too much...

[GburgNatsFan]

Watching it now. I haven't watched a television broadcast of a Nats game in three years. $20 a month is less than a buck a game. I'll take it.

Just FYI, it's sort of an iffy app. Lots of clicks on this and that to get to the actual broadcast. But the quality is pretty good.

[varoadking]

I haven't watched a television broadcast of a Nats game in three years.

You haven't missed anything... 

[imref]

Watching it now. I haven't watched a television broadcast of a Nats game in three years. $20 a month is less than a buck a game. I'll take it.

Just FYI, it's sort of an iffy app. Lots of clicks on this and that to get to the actual broadcast. But the quality is pretty good.

picked a good game to watch (so far)

[machpost]

There’s no way I’d pay for this. I’ve tried everything and can’t get it to work on Apple TV through cable provider authentication. All I get is a blank screen. Horrible junk app.

[GburgNatsFan]

There’s no way I’d pay for this. I’ve tried everything and can’t get it to work on Apple TV through cable provider authentication. All I get is a blank screen. Horrible junk app.

Does it work through cable provider authentication?

I started by downloading the app to my phone and registering and paying there. Pretty simple from that point.

[GburgNatsFan]

You haven't missed anything... 

Listening on the radio is once-removed from the crappy action on the field.