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The Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise owners are to vote on a new television contract with Fox and a bespoke agreement with the over-the-top (OTT) streaming service DAZN, according to the Associated Press (AP).

An as-yet unpublished agenda for two days of meetings in Atlanta next week will also see the board vote on a new term of MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, according to the global news agency.

Manfred, who succeeded Bud Selig as commissioner on a five-year contract in January 2015, will reportedly be kept on until 2025.

Fox, which has exclusive rights to broadcast the World Series and All-Star Game, splits the Championship Series with Turner Broadcasting as part of an eight-year deal until 2021 – while the Division Series is shared between Fox, Turner and the MLB Network.

DAZN, whose chairman is former ESPN president John Skipper, is apparently negotiating a $300 million, three-year deal with MLB for in-game cut-ins, according to AP.

The deal would mark the first domestic major league sports property for DAZN in the US. September saw the DAZN Group take its OTT service to the States with a primarily fight sports-orientated offer built around a US$1billion joint venture with Matchroom Boxing to broadcast 16 fights annually.

ESPN, which first began televising MLB games in 1990, broadcasts up to 90 regular fixtures per season as part of an eight-year deal running until 2021.