So, if you want to watch any game on any given night, you need
- a cable package for ESPN, etc
- the MLB.tv package
- Apple+
Guessing a lot of bars are going to find alternate Friday night programming.
- a cable package for ESPN, etc
- the MLB.tv package
- Apple+
Guessing a lot of bars are going to find alternate Friday night programming.
Do you mean that they will be showing baseball (because people can't watch it at home) or won't be showing baseball (because they won't buy Apple TV+)?
$4.99/mo isn't really an interesting amount for a bar to pay to get access to Friday night games. If they need a public performance license (depending on the size of their space or the size of their TVs), they'll be paying a lot more than that.
If anything, I'd think that bars would welcome this if it means more people coming to the bar to watch the game. If the bar can pay $5/mo and people come because they don't want to individually pay $5, that's a huge win for the bar. People come and drop a lot more than $5 on beer/food/snacks.
There is a 100% chance they will require a licence. For example:
https://plus.espn.com/business
(I ma geoblocked from that page, weirdly by a JS redirect long after the page loads)