Tigers confirm they will be on FanDuel Sports Network Detroit in 2025

The Detroit Tigers confirmed Tuesday that they will remain on television.

The Tigers will remain on FanDuel Sports Network Detroit (formerly Bally Sports Detroit) for the 2025 season under a revised deal with Diamond Sports Group, as the regional sports network’s parent company begins to emerge from months of bankruptcy proceedings.

Terms of the Tigers’ deal were not disclosed, but it is widely expected that the Tigers will receive millions less — possibly tens of millions less — which could be significant as the team sets its salary budget for next season and beyond. The original TV deal with the Tigers and Diamond Sports Group was set to run through 2025, before Diamond threatened to void the contract unless the ball club renegotiated the Terns.

“We are excited to renew our long-standing partnership with the Tigers and continue delivering broadcasts to passionate fans across Michigan,” David Preschlack, CEO of Diamond Sports Group, said in a statement Tuesday. “Through an expanded linear and digital offering, our renewed partnership will ensure Tigers games reach fans across platforms, keeping them connected to the team they love.”

FanDuel Sports Network is expected to broadcast at least 150 Tigers games through 2025, across cable and streaming. For non-cable customers, Tigers games will be available through a Fan Duel Sports Network-plus app subscription, for approximately $20 per month, or per game, starting at $6.99.

Customers of cable companies that carry FanDuel Sports Network Detroit — including .

The Tigers join the Pistons and Red Wings in staying with FanDuel Sports Network Detroit. Like the Tigers, the Red Wings and Pistons have also made cuts in rights fees to remain with the RSN.

The Tigers had other options for 2025 and beyond, but none made the fiscal sense to stay with FanDuel Sports Network Detroit, including going under the MLB distribution umbrella, as some teams are doing, or starting their own network, as Christopher Ilitch has proposed . in the past, but it hasn’t been talked about much in public for years. There is potential to move away from the RSN model in the coming years. That’s why new play-by-play man Jason Benetti is an employee of the Tigers and not FanDuel Sports Network Detroit.

Diamond Sports Group owns 16 RSNs, which broadcast games for dozens of MLB, NHL and NBA teams. Diamond filed for bankruptcy in the spring of 2023 and is on track to emerge from it by the end of the year amid a flurry of new deals, including one with Amazon, which will stream games at a price beyond a typical Prime subscription. FanDuel also became the new brand of the RSNs in October, taking over from Bally.

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