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DIY Network and MLB Network are teaming up for their “Who Wants a Man Cave?” contest. “Man Caves” hosts Tony “Goose” Siragusa and Jason Cameron, along with MLB Network studio analysts and former MLB players Harold Reynolds and Mitch Williams, will transform the contest winner’s home into the ultimate...
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MLB Network said it is adding a package of live Saturday evening games to its broadcast schedule, doubling the number of games it will carry in its first season. The first Saturday night game will air April 11 and feature the Los Angeles Dodgers at the Arizona Diamondbacks. MLB Network previously had...
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The MLB Network has set its Thursday night baseball schedule for April and May, starting with its first regular-season game April 9 when the Milwaukee Brewers visit the San Francisco Giants. On April 16, when the cable channel airs the first regular-season game to be played in the Yankees’ new stadium...
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Verizon has added MLB Network HD and MLB Extra Innings to its FiOS TV service. MLB Network HD is free to Verizon Extreme customers with HD set-top boxes, while MLB Extra Innings is a premium-service package available to all FiOS TV subscribers for $169 before April 12. MLB Extra Innings will showcase...
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MLB Network will broadcast 61 spring training games, including 45 live games. Each game will be a simulcast of the local broadcast. The network’s spring training broadcast schedule kicks off Feb. 25 with San Francisco at Cleveland live from Goodyear Ballpark in Goodyear, Ariz. All 30 Major League Baseball...
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Baseball fan Bob Costas has joined the lineup for the MLB Network. Mr. Costas will continue his duties at NBC Sports, including hosting NFL and Olympics coverage, but MLB Network will be his exclusive cable outlet, the channel said Tuesday. On MLB Network, Mr. Costas will host specials and contribute...
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MLB Network will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with the debut broadcast of the documentary “Pride and Perseverance: The Story of the Negro Leagues.” The one-hour special, airing at 9 p.m. ET on Jan. 19, is narrated by Hall of Famer and Negro Leagues advocate Dave Winfield. The documentary includes...
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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...
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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...
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MLB Network will launch Jan. 1 at 6 p.m. ET with the live, one-hour studio show “Hot Stove.” The program will be followed by a broadcast of Don Larsen’s 1956 World Series perfect game, as called by Mel Allen and Vin Scully, with new commentary from Mr. Larsen and Yogi Berra. The broadcast will mark the...
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MLB Network is naming its studios in honor of baseball legends Jackie Robinson and Babe Ruth. The new channel’s Studio 42, a nod to the uniform number worn by Mr. Robinson, baseball’s first African-American player, is a half-scale baseball field that the network’s ex-player analysts will use for demonstrations...
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MLB Network has added more on-air talent in preparation for its Jan. 1 launch. Baseball veterans Al Leiter and Harold Reynolds have been named studio analysts for the new network. Trenni Kusnierek and Hazel Mae have been named reporters. The new staffers join Matt Vasgersian, who hosts the network’s...
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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...
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With economic bad news dominating headlines, high-definition television executives are betting TV’s comfort factor will keep increasing demand for HD programming, according to a panel of industry powerhouses. The Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing kicked off its 2008 convention in...
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ESPN and MLB Network have acquired broadcast rights for the 2009 World Baseball Classic tournament. The second international tournament, scheduled for March 5-23, 2009, will feature baseball players representing 16 different countries and territories competing for the top spot. As part of the deal ESPN...