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MLB ahead of other sports in on-line presence
(old news - 02:43PM Thursday Oct 26 2006)
tags: Video · business · bandwidth · content
We've lamented how the NFL and the NBA really haven't effectively embraced broadband. The NBA does offer on-line video, but only to cable or DBS "league pass" subscribers. The NFL, still locked into their exclusive relationship with DirecTV, only offers on-line game viewing if you live outside North America. It's Major League Baseball that has taken the technological lead, and impresses the Globe and Mail (via Techdirt). Techdirt laments the MLB trying to "replicate the TV experience over the computer," but other sports haven't even gotten that far.

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alfnoid
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Nevermind

Nevermind.

JamesPC

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Great Web-Site

MLB.com is one of the best internet sites on the internet today.

hurleyp

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Re: Great Web-Site

I tried their Gameday Audio service - all the radio broadcasts of all MLB games for a whole season. It was excellent and cost all of $15 at the time. A few years ago it was provided by Real.com and was no good at all, but once MLB took over the service it improved considerably. They even have a minor league baseball audio/video package!
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CMiller7293

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Re: Great Web-Site

"A few years ago it was provided by Real.com and was no good at all"
This is true. I was working for Real.com around the time MLB media was available and it was a mess. There were many failures in the service, mostly due to MLB not uploading content correctly to the production servers. Bandwidth was never an issue, and the Real Player worked fine for most.

CMiller7293

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A few years ago it was provided by Real.com and was no good at all
This is true. I was working for Real.com around the time MLB media was available and it was a mess. There were many failures in the service, mostly due to MLB not uploading content correctly to the production servers. Bandwidth was never an issue, and the Real Player worked fine for most.

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said by hurleyp See Profile :

I tried their Gameday Audio service - all the radio broadcasts of all MLB games for a whole season. It was excellent and cost all of $15 at the time. A few years ago it was provided by Real.com and was no good at all, but once MLB took over the service it improved considerably. They even have a minor league baseball audio/video package!
I used their game day audio here for our connection at the office (we get poor A.M. reception) so me and a few guys pitched in and paid for it to be transmitted so we could hear it. Everybody loved the idea and looks like I will get the same thing again next year.
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said by JamesPC See Profile :

MLB.com is one of the best internet sites on the internet today.
I like it as well.The worst has to be the NHL site IMHO.
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JamesPC

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Re: Great Web-Site

Ya, the NHL has to be the worst. Try to navigate that web-site. HA

pnh102
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Baseball Sucks

I'd like to see them move the baseball game off of network TV period. I am so sick of missing evening TV programming or radio talk shows because of some stupid baseball game.
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What about the NHL?

They offer free web audio broadcasts of all their games right on their site. They also offer free video highlights of all their games. I really have only looked at the MLB site a few times, but it seems that the NHL site is pretty darn good in comparison.
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BF69

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Re: What about the NHL?

said by Nightfall See Profile :

They offer free web audio broadcasts of all their games right on their site. They also offer free video highlights of all their games. I really have only looked at the MLB site a few times, but it seems that the NHL site is pretty darn good in comparison.
Not quite the same as allowing to you to WATCH games LIVE on your computer.

Anyways the fact that MLB would be ahead of the NFL or NBA in ANYTHING is quite sad. When the NFL realizes how many MILLIONS of $$$ they are losing because of their exclusive deal with DirectTv they'll re-do that contract.

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Re: What about the NHL?

said by BF69 See ProfileWhen the NFL realizes how many MILLIONS of $$$ they are losing because of their exclusive deal with DirectTv they'll re-do that contract. [/BQUOTE :

the NFL loves their exclusive contracts though. almost everything they try to negotiate is an exclusive so I don't know how hard they'll look. except to maybe sell the NFL network exclusively to one provider or another.

I'm definitely in the minority to be a baseball fan above all others so I'm glad that MLB.com is what it is. especially being a Braves fan now that TBS is basically dropping them outside of Atlanta, now I'll just pick up mlb.tv and watch that way.
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The NFL has a deal with DirecTV thru 2009, word is the NFL & DirecTV are working on a new 5 year contact.
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Well thanks!The last time i looked it was horrible!:)Yea it seems pretty cool now.They must of Upgraded the site.:)
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BF69

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Re: What about the NHL?

said by Jigsaw See Profile :

Well thanks!The last time i looked it was horrible!:)Yea it seems pretty cool now.They must of Upgraded the site.:)
Yeah they've only had the MLB.TV option since 2003.

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Re: What about the NHL?

said by BF69 See Profile :

said by Jigsaw See Profile :

Well thanks!The last time i looked it was horrible!:)Yea it seems pretty cool now.They must of Upgraded the site.:)
Yeah they've only had the MLB.TV option since 2003.
I was talking about the NHL site .
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Re: What about the NHL?

said by Jigsaw See Profile :

said by BF69 See Profile :

said by Jigsaw See Profile :

Well thanks!The last time i looked it was horrible!:)Yea it seems pretty cool now.They must of Upgraded the site.:)
Yeah they've only had the MLB.TV option since 2003.
I was talking about the NHL site .
You responded to MY post which was about the MLB.come site. But whatever

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Re: What about the NHL?

said by BF69 See Profile :

You responded to MY post which was about the MLB.come site. But whatever
think you need to look sparky i responded to Nightfall...
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JamesPC

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Yes the NHL site is better from last year. But nothing close to what MLB has. No other national sports league has a site like the MLB. Because they went to some of the best ppl in the industry (Sun Micro Systems). NFL on the other hand uses CBS development teams. Comparing the two is like comparing a Mercedes to a Saturn.
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