MLB Network is feeling the glow

Team USA’s win over Puerto Rico at the 2017 World Baseball Classic championship game wrapped up a record run for MLB Network, as the channel drew 2.3 million viewers for the game on Wednesday night, marking MLB Network’s second-most watched telecast ever, and continuing a streak of non-postseason bests. The telecast beat MLB Network’s prior record for a World Baseball Classic game telecast by 58% (1.4 million viewers set during Tuesday’s semifinal game between Team USA/Team Japan). Overall viewership for the 2017 tournament grew 32% over the 2013 WBC tournament and delivered MLB Network’s most-watched week ever. In addition, Wednesday now ranks as MLB Network’s second-best viewership for both prime time (1,595,000 persons) and total day (475,000).

Meanwhile, MLB.TV subscribers in the US consumed a record 70 million minutes of live World Baseball Classic games on all supported streaming platforms, including the MLB.com At Bat app, throughout the 2017 tournament, with video views across all MLB.com owned and operated platforms swelling 59% over the 2013 tournament, with more than 3 million video accesses by fans.

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