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Verizon Strikes New Deal With MLB
FiOSTV to ramp up baseball offerings...
by Karl Bode Saturday 15-Nov-2008 tags: Video · business · telco · HDTV · Verizon
Verizon this week struck a new multi-year deal with Major League Baseball, the agreement bringing the MLB Network and the league's Extra Innings out-of-market package to all FiOS TV customers. According to the company's press release, MLB Network will be available to all Verizon FiOS TV customers as part of the Essentials and Extreme HD packages on Channel 86, when it debuts Jan. 1, 2009. Meanwhile, the MLB Extra Innings package provides up to 80 out-of-market Major League Baseball games per week.

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lengyelc

join:2005-12-11
Alpharetta, GA

Uverse and MLB?

Good for you Verizon. Ok, now let's talk AT&T...

aaronwt
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Woodbridge, VA

I hope they don't raise the rates

These are the last channels I will be watching. I hope they don't try to raise the rates because of this.

Mactron
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VZ DSL

How about bringing MLB back to Verizon DSL like a number of years ago ?

MrMaster
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Wish MLB.TV on the internet would lower prices

just lower the mlb.tv prices on the internet and i'll be happy.

going from $15 for just audio to around $100 for video doesn't make marketing sense to me.
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BF69
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Re: Wish MLB.TV on the internet would lower prices

said by MrMaster:

just lower the mlb.tv prices on the internet and i'll be happy.

going from $15 for just audio to around $100 for video doesn't make marketing sense to me.
Actually it's $120 a season if you want to stream at 1.2 Mbps. And you are telling me you can't tell the difference between audio and video? Let's see, even if I only watch Rays games that 75 cents per game. That's not a bad deal. whenever the NFL gets smart and allows Sunday Ticket to be sold online they for sure will charge me at least $200 a year for 16 Bucs games.

MrMaster
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Re: Wish MLB.TV on the internet would lower prices

said by BF69:

said by MrMaster:

just lower the mlb.tv prices on the internet and i'll be happy.

going from $15 for just audio to around $100 for video doesn't make marketing sense to me.
Actually it's $120 a season if you want to stream at 1.2 Mbps. And you are telling me you can't tell the difference between audio and video? Let's see, even if I only watch Rays games that 75 cents per game. That's not a bad deal. whenever the NFL gets smart and allows Sunday Ticket to be sold online they for sure will charge me at least $200 a year for 16 Bucs games.
Yeah, like I am going to be able to WATCH 162 games. Get real. There is no comparison between Sunday Ticket and MLB. There are just too many games with baseball.
jarthur31

join:2006-04-14
Carlsbad, NM
You hit the nail on the head there bud. I'd gladly pay $100/year to watch any of NFL games on my PC. I do now on Supercast but they only stream on gameday and don't give you access to any game archives.

MLB does it right; as does the NHL and the NBA via online streaming.

DataDoc
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Review those stupid blackout rules while you're at it

Lots of fans never go to a live game, yet they seem to think if it's blacked out I'm going to jump in my car and drive 500 miles to see it. If the game's sold out, show it.
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BF69
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Re: Review those stupid blackout rules while you're at it

said by DataDoc:

Lots of fans never go to a live game, yet they seem to think if it's blacked out I'm going to jump in my car and drive 500 miles to see it. If the game's sold out, show it.
If you live 500 miles away I'm 100% posistive it won't be blacked out for you. It's only baclked out for people that live NEAR the home team.

dvd536
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said by DataDoc:

If the game's sold out, show it.
They do if the game is sold out 72 hours prior to the start of the event.
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arundc

join:2004-08-11

Sorry but lost interest in baseball after 1996.

But that doesn't mean I won't sign up with FiOS TV .

NOCMan
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Colorado Springs, CO

Re: Sorry but lost interest in baseball after 1996.

Seems I'm not the only one.

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