MLS: broadcasting agreement with Apple to end early in 2029 & additional $50m in revenue to be collected

Major League Soccer and the American group Apple, will terminate their global broadcasting contract early at the end of the 2028-29 MLS season, according to information from the American website Sportico on 14/11/2025, confirmed by several American media outlets.

Apple had initially acquired exclusive worldwide (US and international) broadcasting rights to MLS for the 2023-2032 cycle (10 seasons) on 14/06/2022 for a total of $2.5bn (€2.39bn), or $250m (€239m) per season, according to The New York Times.

As part of the renegotiation of the agreement, MLS will receive $200m in media rights from Apple for the 2026 season, then $107.5m in 2027 and finally $275m for each of the 2027-28 and 2028-29 seasons, also according to Sportico, which added that the new terms of the agreement allow MLS to receive an additional $50m compared to the initial contract, which provided for staggered payments with a gradual increase in the amounts until 2032.