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05-04-07, 11:42 AM
D-Day For MLB Extra Innings
By Maury Brown bizofbaseball.com Friday, May 4, 2007
Today is the deadline for any carrier that did not already ink a deal for MLB Extra Innings to get an agreement signed, or they will be unable to negotiate for the package until 2013 when DirecTV and iN Demand's deal with MLB expires.
As we've been reporting for sometime on The Biz of Baseball, the biggest players are Cablevision and Charter Communications. Both companies have said that they are working on completing a deal, which is contingent on placing The Baseball Channel on the basic tier when it goes online in 2009. Charter has said that they are very close to reaching a deal, while Cablevision's comments have been more of the "we hope to get a deal done" variety.
As for DISH Network subscribers, chances of a deal being worked out with them are now virtually nil. More than one source has told The Biz of Baseball that no communication between the parties have taken place in weeks, and their website posts a message saying that "an agreement with Major League Baseball regarding the Extra Innings package no longer exists."
So, today is D-Day for those that wish for MLB Extra Innings on one of the smaller carriers that didn't already ink a deal.
http://www.bizofbaseball.com/index.php
By Maury Brown bizofbaseball.com Friday, May 4, 2007
Today is the deadline for any carrier that did not already ink a deal for MLB Extra Innings to get an agreement signed, or they will be unable to negotiate for the package until 2013 when DirecTV and iN Demand's deal with MLB expires.
As we've been reporting for sometime on The Biz of Baseball, the biggest players are Cablevision and Charter Communications. Both companies have said that they are working on completing a deal, which is contingent on placing The Baseball Channel on the basic tier when it goes online in 2009. Charter has said that they are very close to reaching a deal, while Cablevision's comments have been more of the "we hope to get a deal done" variety.
As for DISH Network subscribers, chances of a deal being worked out with them are now virtually nil. More than one source has told The Biz of Baseball that no communication between the parties have taken place in weeks, and their website posts a message saying that "an agreement with Major League Baseball regarding the Extra Innings package no longer exists."
So, today is D-Day for those that wish for MLB Extra Innings on one of the smaller carriers that didn't already ink a deal.
http://www.bizofbaseball.com/index.php