Post subject: The nail in the coffin for ESPN baseball coverage.
Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 7:25 pm
Yeah Yeah Yeah
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Programming:
* MLB Network will launch on January 1, 2009 at 6:00pm EST with the debut episode of Hot Stove, followed by the original broadcast of Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series * MLB Network will air 26 live games throughout the season * MLB Tonight is the live, nightly studio show that will be the signature program of the new network o The show will air live beginning at 6:00 p.m. Eastern until the final MLB game of the night ends between Monday and Saturday o The show will feature live look-ins of games in progress, updates, highlights, reporting and analysis. * Hot Stove is the live, nightly off-season studio show and will feature news, reports, and analysis of the moves clubs are making and planning in preparation for the upcoming season o The show will air during the off-season at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Monday through Friday o Prime 9 is the countdown program which will air throughout each week. Each program will breakdown the all-time top nine examples of its subject matter
Distribution:
* MLB Network will launch in approximately 50 million homes as the largest network debut in cable history, exceeding any other cable television launch by approximately 20 million * MLB Network will be broadly distributed across 43 cable and satellite systems on expanded digital basic cable or the equivalent * MLB Network will be available on major systems including Comcast, Cox, Direct TV, Time Warner, Charter, Cablevision and Verizon FiOS
As a baseball nut, I've been waiting for this for a long time.
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Post subject: Re: The nail in the coffin for ESPN baseball coverage.
Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 8:30 pm
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pnjguy wrote:
Quote:
Programming:
* MLB Network will launch on January 1, 2009 at 6:00pm EST with the debut episode of Hot Stove, followed by the original broadcast of Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series * MLB Network will air 26 live games throughout the season * MLB Tonight is the live, nightly studio show that will be the signature program of the new network o The show will air live beginning at 6:00 p.m. Eastern until the final MLB game of the night ends between Monday and Saturday o The show will feature live look-ins of games in progress, updates, highlights, reporting and analysis. * Hot Stove is the live, nightly off-season studio show and will feature news, reports, and analysis of the moves clubs are making and planning in preparation for the upcoming season o The show will air during the off-season at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Monday through Friday o Prime 9 is the countdown program which will air throughout each week. Each program will breakdown the all-time top nine examples of its subject matter
Distribution:
* MLB Network will launch in approximately 50 million homes as the largest network debut in cable history, exceeding any other cable television launch by approximately 20 million * MLB Network will be broadly distributed across 43 cable and satellite systems on expanded digital basic cable or the equivalent * MLB Network will be available on major systems including Comcast, Cox, Direct TV, Time Warner, Charter, Cablevision and Verizon FiOS
As a baseball nut, I've been waiting for this for a long time.
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Post subject: Re: The nail in the coffin for ESPN baseball coverage.
Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 10:46 pm
Yeah Yeah Yeah
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I am hoping this comes to Canada. At this point I would settle for a 1hr show ala Baseball Tonight on ESPN. Whenever I've been south of the border in the summer I make sure to catch it.
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Post subject: Re: The nail in the coffin for ESPN baseball coverage.
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 3:55 am
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It would be nice if baseball would disappear from regular TV altogether and you guys could get every single game on the network, but that'll never happen.
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Post subject: Re: The nail in the coffin for ESPN baseball coverage.
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 4:02 am
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Orpheus wrote:
It would be nice if baseball would disappear from regular TV altogether and you guys could get every single game on the network, but that'll never happen.
I like local commentators though.
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Post subject: Re: The nail in the coffin for ESPN baseball coverage.
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 3:07 pm
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 10:57 pm Posts: 3332 Location: Chicago-ish
pnjguy wrote:
Quote:
Programming:
* MLB Network will launch on January 1, 2009 at 6:00pm EST with the debut episode of Hot Stove, followed by the original broadcast of Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series * MLB Network will air 26 live games throughout the season * MLB Tonight is the live, nightly studio show that will be the signature program of the new network o The show will air live beginning at 6:00 p.m. Eastern until the final MLB game of the night ends between Monday and Saturday o The show will feature live look-ins of games in progress, updates, highlights, reporting and analysis. * Hot Stove is the live, nightly off-season studio show and will feature news, reports, and analysis of the moves clubs are making and planning in preparation for the upcoming season o The show will air during the off-season at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Monday through Friday o Prime 9 is the countdown program which will air throughout each week. Each program will breakdown the all-time top nine examples of its subject matter
Distribution:
* MLB Network will launch in approximately 50 million homes as the largest network debut in cable history, exceeding any other cable television launch by approximately 20 million * MLB Network will be broadly distributed across 43 cable and satellite systems on expanded digital basic cable or the equivalent * MLB Network will be available on major systems including Comcast, Cox, Direct TV, Time Warner, Charter, Cablevision and Verizon FiOS
As a baseball nut, I've been waiting for this for a long time.
* MLB Network will air 26 live games throughout the season?? That's about 1/week. For a game that plays 1000's a year, they only show 1/week? *Edit: I didn't read the whole thread *
If this going to be like the NFL network where you must have a large expanded package to get this?
Post subject: Re: The nail in the coffin for ESPN baseball coverage.
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 7:29 am
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Coach wrote:
This will only be good if it's in HD on Comcast and if it doesn't cost too much money.
I'm having a feeling it's going to be in the expanded basic package. Comcast used to have channel 48 as EESPNClassic (49 is espn, 50 is espn 2, 51 is nesn). I have a feeling 48 is going to be MLB. (I dont know about HD, I dont have it.)
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Post subject: Re: The nail in the coffin for ESPN baseball coverage.
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 8:02 pm
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cutuphalfdead wrote:
Coach wrote:
This will only be good if it's in HD on Comcast and if it doesn't cost too much money.
I'm having a feeling it's going to be in the expanded basic package. Comcast used to have channel 48 as EESPNClassic (49 is espn, 50 is espn 2, 51 is nesn). I have a feeling 48 is going to be MLB. (I dont know about HD, I dont have it.)
Post subject: Re: The nail in the coffin for ESPN baseball coverage.
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 12:26 am
Red Mosquito, my libido
Joined: Sun May 21, 2006 2:02 am Posts: 91597 Location: Sector 7-G
Coach wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
Coach wrote:
This will only be good if it's in HD on Comcast and if it doesn't cost too much money.
I'm having a feeling it's going to be in the expanded basic package. Comcast used to have channel 48 as EESPNClassic (49 is espn, 50 is espn 2, 51 is nesn). I have a feeling 48 is going to be MLB. (I dont know about HD, I dont have it.)
I'm poor and live it home. I'm pretty sure the folks have it upstairs in their room, but the TV in the living room doesn't have HD. I tend to watch a lot of sports at my local or at friends houses.
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