Don't be giving MLB too much praise, just yet. 1. They haven't cut a deal with FiOS or any of the other small TV services 2. They impose all those out of market blackout rules on their own streaming service 3. In fact, their most premium online video service allows you only the home team's announcers - unlike the streaming audio - which allows you either set of announcers. (and the timing is so out of sync that, no, you can't just do the audio from the audio service and the picture from the video service)
MLB has done a GREAT job of building product for the web. Really great. But their tv contracts and relationships are so screwed up that the most serious fans are the most frustrated fans. (Also, their TV contracts are completely short-term ratings driven as opposed to being used to build a fan-base... ).
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Don't be giving MLB too much praise, just yet.
1. They haven't cut a deal with FiOS or any of the other small TV services
2. They impose all those out of market blackout rules on their own streaming service
3. In fact, their most premium online video service allows you only the home team's announcers - unlike the streaming audio - which allows you either set of announcers. (and the timing is so out of sync that, no, you can't just do the audio from the audio service and the picture from the video service)
MLB has done a GREAT job of building product for the web. Really great. But their tv contracts and relationships are so screwed up that the most serious fans are the most frustrated fans. (Also, their TV contracts are completely short-term ratings driven as opposed to being used to build a fan-base... ).