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Article: Major League Deal.(Major League Baseball, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network)(Brief Article)
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- CableFAX
- Article date:
- September 15, 2005
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Major League Baseball and ESPN agreed to an 8-yr deal that will continue to let the net run Sun's exclusive game as well as one Wed nights. It also picks up a new Mon night game (local market carriers' games will also run on Mons). The deal's reportedly worth $2.4bln and gives Bristol rights to MLB content for: ESPN, espndeportes.com, espn.com ESPN HD, ESPN 360, ESPN2 and ESPN International, and the ESPN branded cell phone. ESPN has acquired rights ...