Updated April 3, 2026, 5:26 p.m. CT
The Milwaukee Bucks will be on the search for a new TV broadcast home after the season, with official word that Main Street Sports is closing its regional-sports network operation.
Main Street, which oversees the FanDuel Sports Wisconsin network that carried Milwaukee Brewers games before 2026 and still carries Bucks games, will no longer carry games for a slew of NBA teams in addition to Milwaukee. All those teams will be free to find new in-market deals for 2026-27.
The news doesn’t come as a surprise for the floundering sports group, but it does leave Bucks broadcasts next year in limbo.
According to the Sports Business Journal:
“For linear – where the rights fees will likely be under $10M annually – many of those teams could either switch to local over-the-air channels or their own in-house networks, such as the Cavaliers’ Rock Entertainment Sports Network.
“For streaming (and even linear, as well), the NBA is urging teams to sign one-year deals or packages with at least a one-year exit clause, in the event the league does not launch a national streaming platform until the 2027-28 season.
“But sources said there is a sense multiple teams could shift to a streaming-only template for next season with platforms such as DAZN or Victory+ – which would be a first for NBA teams.”
In other words, wherever the Bucks land next year, it could be a different model than what fans have known in recent years – and it could be temporary.
Main Street ended its relationship with a number of baseball teams after the 2025 season, with Brewers games now produced by Major League Baseball. Among new agreements with a variety of providers, games are now streamed on the Brewers.TV platform operated by MLB.
SBJ also indicated none of Main Street’s 13 NBA teams have received local media rights payments in 2026, though each team could receive as much as 60% of their lost TV money from Main Street’s creditors once they sign a dissolution agreement.
“FanDuel Sports Network has reached agreements with the NBA and NHL to broadcast games and other programming through the end of the 2026 NBA regular season and the end of the first round of the NHL playoffs,” said a FanDuel spokesperson.
“We are preparing to wind down our operations upon seasons’ end unless we reach a strategic transaction. We’re pleased to finish out the NBA and NHL seasons, and we appreciate the collaborative relationships we have enjoyed with our team and league partners as well as the connections we have fostered with local fans.”
(This story has been updated with new information.)