From Steve Zipay of Newsday (Long Island, NY) Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004:
Sometime after the World Series, MLB is expected to announce a deal with a satellite radio partner - Sirius or XM - to carry thousands of games next season and beyond.
Sirius, which has NFL, NBA and NHL rights and carried some major-league games on its ESPN channel, had some preliminary talks with baseball about a year ago. There was an internal dispute over which baseball entity - the broadcast division or the new media side - controlled the satellite rights.
Now, baseball owners are expected to separate the broadcast and satellite rights and accept the most lucrative offer, from either Sirius - which signed Howard Stern last week - or XM, which has four times as many subscribers.
For displaced fans, the ability to tune in out-of-market broadcasts in the car or SUV in the summer should have tremendous appeal.
Sometime after the World Series, MLB is expected to announce a deal with a satellite radio partner - Sirius or XM - to carry thousands of games next season and beyond.
Sirius, which has NFL, NBA and NHL rights and carried some major-league games on its ESPN channel, had some preliminary talks with baseball about a year ago. There was an internal dispute over which baseball entity - the broadcast division or the new media side - controlled the satellite rights.
Now, baseball owners are expected to separate the broadcast and satellite rights and accept the most lucrative offer, from either Sirius - which signed Howard Stern last week - or XM, which has four times as many subscribers.
For displaced fans, the ability to tune in out-of-market broadcasts in the car or SUV in the summer should have tremendous appeal.
