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Rob Manfred wants to nationalize MLB media strategy, eliminate blackouts
The league looks to emphasize accessibility and reach in its modern media strategy.
Congressman demands investigation into ‘bull—-‘ sports blackouts
One congressman is fed up with blackouts that fans are suffering through as prices continue to rise for streaming subscriptions.
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred calls eliminating local blackouts ‘business objective number one’
"That's a product of a contractual arrangement between an individual club and an RSN, and that's one that has been hard to deal with."
MLB’s Chris Marinak talks almost two decades of MLB streaming, and changes to keep fans engaged in the offseason
MLB.tv has grown a lot over its 19 years of existence, and MLB chief operations and strategy officer Chris Marinak told AA many more changes are ahead.
Infamous Indy 500 local blackout will be lifted for just the fifth time in race history
It's time to just pull the plug on this policy for good, too.
Buffalo welcomes Blue Jays, but blacked out from games against Yankees and Mets on MLB.TV
Welcome to MLB, Buffalo! And MLB's blackout restrictions...
Some Bay Area U-verse subscribers were mistakenly blacked out from ESPN Lakers/Clippers broadcasts over zip code mixup
Parts of the Bay Area were mistakenly seen as parts of the LA area by a zip code database that regulates local blackouts.
Blue Jays fans in Canada latest to suffer from MLB’s baffling blackout restrictions
Canadian fans who want to watch the Blue Jays are faced with subscribing to two streaming services.
Sinclair, AT&T/DirecTV locked in carriage dispute over local broadcast stations
This dispute could affect 136 local broadcast stations in 86 markets.
No local blackouts for NBC’s cable 1st round NHL Playoff telecasts except in two cities
Games on NBC's cable networks will be seen in home markets except for Boston and Pittsburgh
Fifty years ago, Los Angeles residents had to build high-powered antennas to watch Super Bowl I
Imagine that a Super Bowl was blacked in the host city. It actually happened for what is now...
DirecTV Now experiences three-hour outage, has further RSN issues
It looks like AT&T’s streaming service DirecTV Now is experiencing some more growing pains. We wrote earlier about...
AT&T says DirecTV Now blackout of Fox NFL broadcasts is fixed
A big selling point for AT&T’s DirecTV Now streaming service was their deal with Fox in late November,...
