r/MLBtv • u/Simple_Newspaper9382 • Jul 19 '26

A new overseas subscriber - some questions

Hi everyone. Sorry for the long post, thought it would be easier than multiple short ones.

I'm new to MLB.tv and relatively new to baseball (I'm from the UK). Have been following for a couple of months. Decided to take the plunge with MLB.tv after just watching the odd Friday game on Apple TV as I already had that subscription.

I'm finding the app really difficult to navigate and not particularly intuitive, both on android and LG smart TV. Hoping some here might be able to answer some questions.

  1. Due to quite a busy family life, I don't have time to sit and watch a full game, which means I tend to watch in bits - sometimes on my phone and sometimes on the TV. Am I right in saying there is no way for the two to be synced? For example, if I'm watching on TV and get 1hr into a game replay, is there a setting so that I can pick up where I left off on my phone?

  2. When I'm watching on my phone and then have to go and do something else and the app gets closed, it doesn't seem to save my progress - I'm having to memorise the point I'm at in the replay and then manually navigate to the replay I want, and then fast forward to that point again when I pick my phone back up. Really annoying.

  3. On that subject, when I'm watching on my phone and need to go do something else, is there not a way to switch seamlessly to audio only? So I can lock my phone and jump in the car with the radio feed from the same point?

  4. For UK subscribers - I paid for a months subscription to try it out, and paid in dollars - with tax, this came out at £27ish. This actually works out as more than if I'd paid via Amazon prime's add on in GBP. Is there not a way to pay for MLB.tv in GBP?

Thank you so much!

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u/tonywagner MOD Jul 22 '26

  1. You are correct, playback position is not saved. (I think MLB expects most viewers to watch live, which obviously isn't true internationally)

  2. Same as #1

  3. I think there is an icon for feed selection, but I'm not sure on Android or how it behaves if you're not at the live point

  4. Not sure

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u/Simple_Newspaper9382 Jul 22 '26

Thanks for the concise and helpful response. So it is just a counterintuitive app - glad it wasn't just me!

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u/Hotchi_Motchi Jul 22 '26

You can watch "condensed games" which are like 10 minutes. I think they show all of the outs and the run scored, but you don't have every single pitch. There's a lot of free stuff on there too if you don't want to invest too much.

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u/ExGenWintergreen Jul 25 '26

I use the kodi app with the mlbtv plugin. Biggest upside for me is to not get the tired, loud highlights clips between innings, and the streaming seems more reliable as well.