Yahoo to Stream 180 Live Major League Baseball Games

By R. Thomas Umstead
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Major League Baseball is offering baseball fans a chance to watch online for free a MLB game every day during the regular season as part of a streaming agreement with Yahoo.

The streaming service, which streamed several live MLB games last year, will stream a total of 180 games during the league's regular season that will feature at least one appearance by each of the league's 30 teams, according to Yahoo. Free access to the games will be blacked out in local markets.

Go to Multichannel.com for more.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.