Media Views: A Cardinals game next week will be shown only on YouTube

Media Views: A Cardinals game next week will be shown only on YouTube A television camera sits behind home plate prior to a baseball game between the New York Mets and the Washington Nationals, Saturday, April 6, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Julio Cortez If you aren’t jumping into the stream, you’re headed to dry dock as far as your customary wide array of sports-viewing options are concerned.Streaming services have gained immense popularity in recent years, and continue to grow — NFL and NHL games are headed there under recently struck contracts. And next week a Cardinals game is being shifted from Bally Sports Midwest to YouTube, the first time in two seasons such a move has been made with a Redbirds contest.Their game on Thursday, a 12:40 p.m. contest in Milwaukee, will be available only on the aforementioned video streaming service. It’s part of YouTube’s deal with Major League Baseball to exclusively show 21 games this season, and the Cardinals could end up there again — the YouTube weekly schedule has been announced only through May.It’s the third straight year YouTube has had such an arrangement, following a similar streaming deal Major League Baseball had with Facebook…
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