Frontier League Ink Landmark Streaming Rights Agreement With FloSports

CRESTWOOD, IL — The Frontier League of Professional Baseball, the largest of Major League Baseball's Partner Leagues, and leading sports streaming service FloSports, inked a multi-year partnership that will make the Frontier League the only professional baseball league featured on the OTT platform. Games will air on FloSpotsTV.

The partnership will deliver high quality and creative productions of the league's brand of exciting minor league baseball games and original content to Frontier League fans throughout its footprint in the United States and Canada, and beyond. FloSports programming also includes top NCAA conferences including Power 5 baseball tournaments, NASCAR Roots racing, Tour de France, and the Professional Bowlers Association.

"The Frontier League is fully committed to offering our fans exceptional experiences in our ballparks, in their homes, and on their devices", said Jon Danos, CEO and commissioner of the Frontier League. “With FloSports as a partner, our League content is even more accessible, and we take additional steps toward offering a go-to league preferred by players whose talents can be further enjoyed on a big stage along their journey to the big leagues".

Last year alone, 17 MLB teams purchased the contracts of 47 Frontier League players.

"The addition of the Frontier League games to FloSports represents our continued commitment to delivering the highest quality baseball competition to our subscribers," said Chris Keldorf, Senior Director, Global Rights Acquisition, FloSports. "We're excited to bring this programming to our platform to showcase the level of athletic talent that is part of the Frontier League."

Frontier League and FloSports FAQ

What is the partnership between FloSports and the Frontier League?

The Frontier League has entered into a partnership with FloSports to exclusively broadcast all regular season league games, the Frontier League All-Star game, and league Playoffs on a digital only, OTT streaming service.

What is the partnership between FloSports and the Frontier League?

The Frontier League now has a place to call home. Frontier League games can be viewed on ONE platform, making it easier for fans to experience the best of Frontier League baseball anywhere, anytime and on any device. The Frontier League and its teams believe live streaming sports on OTT platforms is the new way of media consumption, which is how the Frontier League's fans and younger demographics are already consuming media. So we wanted to distribute our events to align with their viewing habits and the current viewership trends. In addition, FloSports can guarantee international distribution.

Why are we making this change, and is it better than what we had before?

The Frontier League strives to give fans the best overall viewing experience and the FloSports platform takes us to the next level. In addition to game broadcasts FloSports will be the place where fans will have access to news and curated content around the Frontier League. Fans can just log in to FloSports and they'll be able to watch a game live or on-demand anytime, anywhere. They can watch on their phones, TVs, desktops or through the app. This partnership allows us to reach fans where they are.

That's great, but how much does this cost our fans?

FloSports offers both MONTHLY and ANNUAL subscriptions.

The monthly rate is $29.99 a month, billed monthly. The annual subscription is a better value and saves you money in the long term. That subscription is billed once and at $149.88 annually. The annual subscription equates to almost a 60% savings from the monthly subscription. It's important to stress the value of the offering. Both the monthly and the annual subscription gives you access to the ENTIRE FloSports network. All of their available collegiate and summer league baseball programming as well as football, motorsports, cycling, softball, wrestling, grappling, volleyball, cheerleading and other sports competitions, new and original films and documentaries, breaking news, exclusive interviews, training tips and more.

How do fans sign up?

Fans can sign up by visiting Frontier League FloSports.

This press release was produced by the Windy City Thunderbolts. The views expressed here are the author’s own.