iTunes Adds MLB.com Content

[Pittsax]

but espn's coverage is terrible as of late, they frequently cut out highlights of certain teams to show extended highlights of yankees/mets/red sox games.

14 dollars is a small price to pay for on demand highlights.

I totally agree. Someone seriously needs to go to the ESPN people and remind them what year the Yanks last won a championship* and get them all off of the collective jock of New York and Boston.

I don't know about this being available in Canada, but one of the few advantages to being here (entertainment wise) is that I can still get Extra Innings via cable.

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[drshaws]

I'm with you on this one... I love my team (Detroit Tigers) and I will be moving to Milwaukee in July, so I won't get the Tigers' games on cable (and I don't want to pay a whole lot extra just to get a package from Comcast, I think you'd have to get digital cable for that).

I was thinking about doing the MLB.com thing, but the quality would not be very good, and I want to be able to watch these games on my TV!!! I hope Apple makes some sort of deal with all the sports teams at some point to allow the option to subscribe to a season pass of EVERY game! I would definitely pay for that.

I certainly second that. If AppleTV could display streaming MLB.TV, I'd be a happy camper. I'd even pay MLB.TV the $120 for the expensive 700K stream - right now the only reason I have cable is because the Red Sox are on NESN - a cable only channel - 95% of the time.

Mmm...$300 for an AppleTV + $120 for MLB.TV = $420/1st year, and only $120 next year (and onwards). Standard cable at $55/month is $660 a year, and I don't get any nice Apple hardware in that equation. Throw me a bone AppleTV!

 

[nbs2]

I suppose everything is market driven, but a season highlight video or even World Series highlight videos, I imagine, would sell really well. Being able to relive the championship seasons of your favorite teams would be great - and with the more recent years, all the editing work is already done...

 

[furcalchick]

hmm...still no daily rewind over at the store. i would have expected a show by now...anyone know when it's going to be up?

 

[tyson12zoll]

Baseball is the ONLY reason I still have dish network (other that contractual obligations )

AFAIK, there will have to be something groundbreaking from apple/mlb for me to ever be able to watch games in my area without cable due to the blackout restrictions of MLB.

 

[NorCalLights]

I certainly second that. If AppleTV could display streaming MLB.TV, I'd be a happy camper. I'd even pay MLB.TV the $120 for the expensive 700K stream - right now the only reason I have cable is because the Red Sox are on NESN - a cable only channel - 95% of the time.

Mmm...$300 for an AppleTV + $120 for MLB.TV = $420/1st year, and only $120 next year (and onwards). Standard cable at $55/month is $660 a year, and I don't get any nice Apple hardware in that equation. Throw me a bone AppleTV!

I pay for the 400k stream from MLB TV and I watch it on my Mac mini hooked up to my TV via s-video. With Flip4Mac and Quicktime Pro, I can even watch it in full screen. The quality isn't anywhere near HD, but it's pretty close to SD. It looks similar to the quality of my TiVo on "basic".

And it means I can watch Giants games, and my girlfriend can watch Red Sox games in New York City.