MLB Network
| MLB Network | |
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| Launched | January 1, 2009 |
| Owned by |
Major League Baseball (67%) DirecTV (16.67%) NBC Sports Group (5.44%) Charter Communications (5.44%) Cox Communications (5.44%) |
| Picture format |
720p (HDTV) (HD feed downgraded to letterboxed 480i for SDTVs) |
| Slogan |
Our National Pastime All The Time Get Caught Looking |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English and Spanish |
| Broadcast area | United States Canada Latin America |
| Headquarters | One MLB Network Plaza Secaucus, New Jersey |
| Sister channel(s) |
MLB Network Radio NHL Network (United States) |
| Website | MLBNetwork.com |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| DirecTV (US) | 213 MLB Network (HD/SD) 213-1 MLB Network (alternate) (HD/SD) 719 MLB Strike Zone (HD/SD) |
| DirecTV (Latin America) | 656 |
| Dish Network | 152 (HD/SD) 478 (HD/SD) Alternate feed |
| Cable | |
| Available on many U.S. cable systems | Check local listings |
| Rogers Cable (Canada) | 415 (HD/SD) (Ontario systems only) |
| Vidéotron (Canada) | 791 (HD) |
| Satellite radio | |
| XM | 89 |
| Sirius | 209 |
| IPTV | |
| Verizon FiOS | MLB Network: 586 (HD) 86 (SD) MLB Strike Zone: 834 (HD) |
| AT&T U-verse | 634 (SD) 1634 (HD) |
| MTS (Canada) | 188 (SD) 1188 (HD) |
| SaskTel (Canada) | 122 (SD) 422 (HD) |
| VMedia (Canada) | 77 (SD) |
MLB Network is an American television sports channel dedicated to baseball. It is primarily owned by Major League Baseball, with television providers Comcast (through its NBC Sports Group), DirecTV, Charter Communications and Cox Communications having minority ownership.
The channel's headquarters and studios are located in the Secaucus, New Jersey facility which formerly housed MSNBC's studios. MLB Network's studios also house NHL Network with some studio sharing, which came under the management of MLB Advanced Media in mid-2015 and transferred most operations from the network's former Toronto home base.
Tony Petitti, former executive producer of CBS Sports, was named the network's first president. Petitti served as MLB Network's president until December 2014 when he was appointed as Chief Operating Officer of Major League Baseball. Rob McGlarry, who worked as Senior and later Executive Vice-president of Business Affairs at MLB Network since 2009, was named the network's second President.
As of February 2015, MLB Network is available to approximately 69,991,000 television households (60.1% of cable, satellite, and telco customers) in the United States.
Major League Baseball became the fourth major North American professional sports league to launch its own 24-hour cable network. NBA TV dates back to 1999, the NHL Network to 2001 (though not in the United States until 2007), and the NFL Network to 2003. However, MLB Network is carried in the most households of these four networks, as it is available on all of the top ten video operators in the United States.
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