Netflix drops clock format in first year broadcasting MLB Home Run Derby
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Qwame Skinner
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Netflix is in its first year of a three-year, $50 million-per-year deal to broadcast the MLB Home Run Derby. In a notable departure from traditional baseball broadcasting, Netflix is removing the timed format and switching to a fixed allotment of swings per round. This comes after ESPN's final broadcast was criticized for poor camera work and confusing production decisions.
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· 2 pulledOne year after ESPN's final broadcast of the Home Run Derby was plagued by dizzying camera cuts, camera operators struggling to follow the baseball in flight, and a puzzling decision to fix half the screen on the pitcher and batter rather than tracking the ball's trajectory on every swing, the annual slugging competition has a new home on Netflix.
The streamer is in its first season of a three-year, roughly $50 million-per-year deal to become an MLB broadcast partner, and is already cutting against the grain.
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