Friday Mailbag & Open Thread: The Streaming Nerd edition

Friday Mailbag let’s gooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Let’s start here. Because it was announced this very afternoon that there will not be a TV deal, because the Fire have decided to sell their local TV rights to ESPN, and will be on ESPN’s OTT streaming service ESPN+, which will cost $4.99 a month. The service at launch will be available on desktop, android, iOS, and Chromecast, with presumably more coming in the future, like to gaming consoles and such.

For that $4.99 a month, you also should get access to every out of market MLS game, because the former MLS Live is joining the servace as well. You’ll have access to other ESPN owned sports properties, including the 30 for 30 archive. Watch the…