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Baseball Coverage Coming To Consoles

Posted by Soulskill on from the just-blackout-the-tigers-please dept.

Gamasutra reports that "ESPN and MLB Advanced Media are extending their current digital rights agreement through 2013, and expanding it to allow Major League Baseball content delivery through video game console services. In addition to delivering live game streaming through ESPN properties ESPN360.com and ESPN Mobile TV, the cable television network's agreement expansion includes 'alternative platforms,' like Xbox Live via its Marketplace, along with other download services like the iTunes Store and portable devices like Microsoft's Zune." Further details for the rest of the digital rights agreement are also available.

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  1. On a limb by negRo_slim · · Score: 0, Troll

    i think coverage of the latest advancements in the arts and sciences or streaming lectures by insightful minds to be a cooler feature then some dudes hitting a ball with a stick.

    oh no he didint

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  2. More proof... by Codex_of_Wisdom · · Score: 0, Troll

    consoles are not for us nerds.

  3. do people still watch baseball? by DragonTHC · · Score: 0, Troll

    seems like a complete waste of time.

    seriously, if you like baseball so much go out and play it.

    gaming is for stuff you can't do in real life, not for people too lazy to do it.

    and yet strangely, it is.

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