MLB.tv added Chromecast support for its iOS(s AAPL) and Android(s GOOG) apps on Thursday, giving baseball fans yet another way to stream America’s…
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MLB.tv is coming to the Xbox One
Major League Baseball’s MLB.tv launched on Microsoft’s (S MSFT) Xbox One Tuesday, giving users of Microsoft’s new game console a way to…
Read MoreMLB’s big bet on mobile apps pays off on Opening Day
MLB's At Bat app was accessed 6 million times on Monday, the first day of baseball's 2013 season. That's more than double the app's audience on Opening Day last year.…
Read MoreThe Apple Roundup: MLB fans embrace Passbook baseball tickets
Here's our daily pick of stories about Apple from around the web that you shouldn't miss. Today's installment: will mobile tickets replace paper, past complaints about Apple Maps, a gathering in Europe to hash out patent problems doesn't accomplish much, and teens continue buying iPads.…
Read MoreHappy 10th birthday MLB.tv. Now that’s what I call sports TV
MLB.tv is one of success stories of the online video streaming business. Thanks to rabid baseball fans across the globe, the service has signed up millions of subscribers, racking up mega-millions of dollars in revenues. And today, the service celebrates its 10th birthday.…
Read MoreWant to see the future of mobile coverage? Go to a baseball game
Verizon Wireless is hauling COWs and COLTs to Kansas City and Detroit but not to any livestock show. These COWs and COLTs are cells on wheels and cells on light trucks. Carriers have long been using temporary cells. What’s interesting about these is they’re 4G.…
Read MoreUpdated: MLB tries major Twitter push for All-Star Game
Major League Baseball is changing the rules for its contest to select the last two 2012 All-Stars, allowing tweets with official hashtags in the last four hours to equal browser or mobile votes. But can a tweet equal a site visit or SMS in value?…
Read MoreWill “Twitterball” become sports’ next Moneyball?
IBM detailed early results of a new sentiment-analysis experience to determine how Twitter users feel about the World Series. The findings won't tell you who'll win, but perhaps they'll set the stage for a new way of thinking about who to sign, trade and cut.…
Read MoreWhere to watch the 2011 Home Run Derby online
The 2011 MLB Home Run Derby begins at 8:00 p.m. EDT/5:00 p.m. PDT this evening, and will be available on ESPN, ESPN3, Facebook, and a variety of mobile apps. MLB players will also be live tweeting during the contest, adding a social element to the Derby.…
Read MoreMLB App Hits One Out of the Park With One-Month Free Trial
Thursday is opening day for the Major League Baseball season, and a new update for the MLB.com At Bat app has arrived just in time. New features abound, including the ability to watch all out-of-market games live on your device free for the month of April.…
Read MoreHow Content Bundles Could Make Cord Cutting Mainstream
While over-the-top video has made huge strides over the past few years, those cutting the pay-TV cord are still, by and large,…
Read MoreHow the TV Industry Can Make Up Lost Revenue Dollars
Total subscription dollars for video go down in an OTT world. And while every household in the U.S. cutting the cord is an unlikely scenario, the increased popularity of services like Netflix on Demand and Hulu Plus is real. How, then, does the world of video entertainment and pay-TV make up the lost revenue?…
Read MoreWeekend Vid Picks: Completely (Un)Forgettable Celebrity Baseball Pitches
It’s baseball season, and Will Ferrell’s most recent turn as disgraced Venezuelan pitcher “Rojo” Johnson at a minor league baseball game in…
Read MoreToday in Connected Consumer
So the iPad is finally here, and the first impressions are a bit mixed. Om thinks it’s the device we’ve been waiting…
Read MoreVid-Biz: PostSeason.TV, NeuLion, Corey Feldman
Catch the Post-Season on PostSeason.TV; MLBAM, Turner Sports and FOX Sports offer a blackout-free playoff subscription package. (paidContent) NeuLion Buys Interactive Netcasting…
Read MoreMLB’s At Bat App Downloaded More Than 400,000 Times
MLB.com’s mobile strategy is adding to — not cannibalizing — the league’s traditional web business, according to President and CEO Bob Bowman.…
Read MoreMobile Sites Show Little Improvement
Much of the focus at Mobilize 09 earlier this month was on the oh-so-bright future of the mobile Internet. But the present? That's a bit uglier than the industry would like to admit, according to a new study from the Yankee Group.…
Read MoreRoku Adds MLB.TV Channel
Roku announced today that it has added MLB.TV to its channel lineup, so anyone who owns the little set-top box and has…
Read MoreBoxee (Officially!) Partners to Bring MLB to TV
Boxee made a slew of announcements at its App Developer Challenge in San Francisco this evening, and key among them was the…
Read MoreMLBAM Launches Live Game Video Streaming On IPhone
If all goes as planned (and it does more often than not where MLBAM is concerned) baseball fans with iPhones/iTouches and the MLB.com At Bat……
Read MoreYankees to Stream Local Games Online
First, the good news: In a first for baseball, Yankees fans living in the New York market will be able to stream…
Read MorePlay Ball! Preview MLB.TV in HD Today
Hey baseball fans, or heck, even non-baseball fans, MLB.TV is offering a free preview of its brand-new HD media player today to…
Read More10 iPhone Apps for Sports Freaks
Back in the day, you used to have to count the hours until your favorite sports team took the field or court,…
Read MoreMLB.TV Adds HD Viewing
I don’t follow baseball, but I may start, just to check out the new media player from MLB.TV. Rolling out in time…
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