Cardinals reach new broadcast deal with Diamond Sports Group [Video]

ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Cardinals reached a new deal with the Diamond Sports Group weeks after the company announced it would not broadcast the games without a new deal.

The Cardinals and Diamond Sports Group announced the new, multi-year deal in a press release Thursday morning. The games will be broadcast on the newly-renamed FanDuel Sports Midwest.

The deal includes a direct-to-consumer option that will let fans watch games with a FandDuel Sports Network subscription rather than requiring a cable subscription.

“We are pleased to enhance and expand our long-term partnership with Diamond and FanDuel Sports Network Midwest,” Cardinals President Bill DeWitt III said in a press conference. “We valued the continuity for our fans of staying on the same network as the Blues, and we are excited that we will now be able to expand access to our games and other great Cardinals …