Despite the ailing economy, baseball is being very, very good to television networks that carry the games. With Opening Day on April 6, sponsors are lining up for the Great American Pastime. “Regular-season baseball sales are holding up very nicely,” said Fox Sports President Ed Goren. “In this environment...
Charter Communications and Cablevision Systems will add the MLB Network to their digital lineups when the network launches on Jan. 1 at 6 p.m. ET. The MLB Network will join the digital portion of Charter’s expanded basic lineup as well as Cablevision’s iO TV digital cable lineup of 68 free HD channels...
MLB Network will air the Ken Burns documentary series “Baseball” as part of its programming launch when the channel goes live Jan. 1. The Major League Baseball-themed channel will air a new episode, or inning, every week starting Tues., Jan. 6, at 8 p.m., with future innings airing Tuesday and Thursday...
Major League Baseball’s MLB Network and the MLB Extra Innings Package will be offered on Verizon’s FiOS TV service under a multiyear deal announced today. MLB Network, which debuts Jan. 1, will be available via FiOS TV’s Essentials and Extreme high-definition packages. FiOS also will offer MLB Network...
As the song “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” suggests, not everyone who’s watching baseball on television is doing it in his living room. Turner Broadcasting, which televised baseball’s American League Championship Series last month, commissioned new research to find out how many people are watching games...