A New York court on Tuesday released a redacted version of a Major League Baseball panel’s decision ordering the Orioles-controlled television network to pay the Washington Nationals tens of millions of dollars more in broadcast rights fees.
Also filed with the New York Supreme Court was the official notice that the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network — which is super-majority-owned by the Orioles but broadcasts both teams’ games — plans to appeal.
The Baltimore Sun reported May 3 that the decision — issued by an arbitration panel composed of three MLB team officials — awarded the Nationals nearly $100 million, or about $20 million a year, in additional rights fees for 2012 through 2016.