backlash
Back in February of this year, Verizon posted the following message titled "MLB Coming to FiOS, Mom and Apple Pie Rejoice!" on their Policy Blog:
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comcast
Reader Phil writes to tell us that he's not receiving all the channels he paid for when he signed up with MLB
Extra Innings with his Massachusetts Comcast franchise:
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directv
MLB has cut a deal with InDemand to keep the "Extra Innings" out of market baseball package on cable. In addition to the package, inDemand's affiliated cable companies (Time Warner,
Comcast and Cox) will carry the MLB channel when it launches in 2009. From the CNNMoney:
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directv
Cable and Satellite companies are in the midst of a battle to attract and retain the lucrative customers who subscribe to out-of-market sports packages. DirecTV and MLB recently came to an agreement that would allow DirecTV exclusive rights to offer the "Extra Innings" out-of-market baseball package. Cable companies are fighting the deal, even arguing their case before a couple senators. So far, DirecTV's deal stands and
Cablevision is fighting back by offering to compensate former "Extra Innings" customers with a credit towards MLB's online service MLB.TV. A few shocked readers forwarded the email, which we've reproduced inside. The deal is only for customers who subscribed to "Extra Innings" last year.
—MEGHANN MARCO
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directv
Senator John Kerry, D-Mass., had questions for Major League Baseball and DirecTV at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on behalf of subscribers to cable TV and EchoStar Communications Corp.'s
Dish Network who are threatened by the DirecTV-only "Extra Innings" deal.
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mlb
DirecTV is close to sealing a deal with MLB to be the exclusive carrier of its "Extra Innings" baseball package. From Reuters:
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directv
John Kerry has released a letter from FCC chairman Kevin Martin announcing an investigation into a proposed deal that would give DirecTV exclusive rights to broadcast "
Extra Innings," a package which currently allows out-of-market baseball fans to watch their home team via cable or satellite. DirecTV has the exclusive rights to a similar package, "NFL Sunday Ticket." That deal is not being investigated, sadly.
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cable
Those of us who are fans of an out-of-market NFL team know the pain: Unless you have enough cash to go to a bar every Sunday for 3 hours, you pretty much have to get DirecTV and NFL Sunday Ticket. Could this monopoly be coming to Major League Baseball?
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Consumerist
