Infographic: Everything you need to know about the MLS media rights deal

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Major League Soccer (MLS) spear headed by Commissioner Don Garber has witnessed a historic media rights deal which comprises of ESPN, FOX and Univision combine to pay MLS a whopping $90 million per year for 8 years. The current deal pays MLS $18 million per year growing the income 5 folds. Following is tabulated data on evolution of MLS media rights since 2007 and an infograph explaining every thing you need to know about the MLS Media Rights Deal.

MLS TV Rights Deals

YEAR	NETWORK	TOTAL	AV. ANNUAL VALUE
2007-09	AXS TV	$ 3.25 M	$1.08 M
2007 – 14	UNIVISION	$ 79.4 M	$ 9.9 M
2007 – 11	FOX SOCCER CHANNEL	$ 11 M	$ 2.2 M
2007 – 14	ABC/ESPN	$ 64 M	$8 M
2012 – 14	NBC	$ 30 M	$ 10 M
2015 – 22	UNIVISION	$ 120 M	$ 15 M
2015 – 22	ESPN/FOX	$ 600 M	$ 75 M

MLS MEDIA RIGHTS EXPLAINED