informa
/
13 MIN READ
Blogs

MLB.com Streams Live Baseball Games to the iPhone

On Wednesday, Apple upgrades the iPhone with the 3.0 version of its operating system. The new era could literally begin with a home run.
On Wednesday, Apple upgrades the iPhone with the 3.0 version of its operating system. The new era could literally begin with a home run. MLB.com, which sells the popular At Bat application for the iPhone and iPod Touch, said it will add live feeds of some games for no additional charge, at least for now. Owners of the $9.99 application will at first get to see two games each day, chosen by MLB.com. (The games are subject to local blackout restrictions—and your iPhone, remember, knows where you are.) Thursday’s 2:20 p.m. game between the Cubs and White Sox will be the first to be streamed live on the At Bat application; the Tigers-Cardinals game at 8:15 p.m. will follow.
MLB.com says private dental insurance uk it plans to roll out the entire slate of games as the season progresses. Presumably it arizona auto insurance laws will make users pay to z4 insurance group watch some games, using pet insurance new york the new ability of iPhone developers to true medicare supplement insurance policies IN OKLAHOMA charge annual family insurance users for office caravan insurance content within applications. The company says it has not yet settled on tesco personal finance car insurance a price. The northern ireland car insurance online quote comprehensive insurance for car video weight loss insurance missouri flood insurance wells auto insurance medical expenses car insurance will play business hotel insurance regardless of whether an iPhone is connected to a WiFi network or a 3G network. MLB.com says its single trip travel insurance servers will detect sports instructor insurance the denture insurance strength dental insurance uk marine auto insurance of the phone’s connection and motorcycle club insurance adapt carolina insurance commission the quality of the video accordingly. (It should be interesting contents insurance wa to see washington olympia car insurance nevada tesco car insurance the quality marine insurance uk of caveman car insurance the video over pilgrim insurance AT&T’s dina dental insurance sometime spotty network.) The application great west insurance also has DVR features, car churchill idaho insurance so users can pause and rewind liability insurance cover live games from their device. The implications discount life insurance of MLB’s move are significant. Live insurance turkey television on long term care insurance yavapai, arizona golf equipment insurance salvage car insurance mobile devices has quote mexican car insurance small business health insurance california been renters insurance jewelry slow to take hold in the car crash insurance United States, as channel aggregators like MobiTV insurance pacificcare tried to dental insurance louisville recreate the cable model in the wireless ecosystem. Content ridersplus insurance owners themselves, using mobile applications to offer their video a la carte to the arkansas motorcycle insurance people visa rental car insurance who are willing to pay for it, could get missold loan insurance ais auto insurance broker small business liability insurance canada much business insurance liability online quote more canada insurance life term traction. #MLB Advanced Media car insurance rate canada insurance vehicle act regulations has oklahoma long term care insurance uhc dental insurance insurance rates after accident always been ahead of the e&o insurance game whether streaming live games for almost a car detroit insurance 20 loan insurance calculator prepaid insurance accounting decade, or purchase disability insurance revamping their websites, or jumping right into the mobile market. They deserve all the praise people give them. They’re the real deal. — J #2. June 17, 2009 10:21 am Link I’m curious who the target audience uk antique car insurance company is for this. board liability insurance While I’m a baseball fan family holiday insurance and umbrella liability insurance policy auto insurance companies for lapsed policies an iPhone owner, I can’t imagine spending 3+ hours watching liberty mutual auto insurance unicare life and health insurance a game on an iPhone. I am, however, a subscriber arkansas long term care insurance to and a big fan of the MLB.TV Premium motorcycle insurance carriers package which adelaide motorcycle insurance business insurance ny allows me to admerial car insurance watch just american access insurance about any car accident without insurance game whenever and wherever I want, either on my laptop or (with the laptop connected to an HDTV) on a large screen TV. geico car insurance costs This is far renters insurance miami florida more rewarding canadian car insurance quotes (and private mortgage insurance removal puerto vallarta car rental insurance much less solitary) than I would imagine the iPhone experience to be. — Mike rbc insurance mississauga Wyman #3. June 17, 2009 aa car insurance htm 10:33 am Link In a rare case of added liability insurance premium value, MLB is finally showing some smarts. This move will increase migration to use affinity car insurance of their software alabama geico car insurance package, build customer loyalty, and eventually build a reliable revenue base as holiday home insurance users renew their malpractice tail insurance subscriptions annually. Other sports leagues and content providers will undoubtedly watch closely as this develops. das legal expenses insurance co ltd budget car insurance telephone number I’m sure blue cross long term care insurance the sports networks automobile liability insurance reporting services pricing are eyeing this nervously as well. professional liability insurance computer consulting How about a free YES Network app ncmic insurance company mortgage guarantee insurance small office business liability insurance with 99 cent game jftr damage insurance coverage rental car feeds on demand? — hjcho #4. June 17, get cheap auto insurance 2009 house insurance ontario 11:49 am Link That’s kind national benefit life insurance company of sick, if it works. And I thought baseball was for life insurance hiv test old people. — Phil #5. June direct gerenal car insurance 17, 2009 12:23 pm Link iPhones already get the live radio feeds via claim for car insurance MLB At Bat, which I kind of prefer tv breakdown insurance anyway. — Juan-John #6. building warranty insurance lady car insurance June 17, free cheap uk car insurance 2009 1:05 pm Link Just curious why AT&T allows this over 3G and not slingPlayer doing exactly renters insurance calculator the same thing. (They travel insurance winnipeg could have required that SlingMedia reduce bandwidth.) — coverall insurance Joel M #7. June ge capital long term care insurance 17, 2009 insurance through medicare 1:05 pm Link Sounds great, except sports and fitness insurance canada for “The games are subject to local blackout restrictions” hazard insurance calculator boarding kennel insurance — unless you happen to be traveling domestically, without being able to see your local team, what’s the point? Many people, me included are only interested in their car insurance scams home car claim company insurance statistics team’s travel insurance pre existing games. And what pacificare insurance company commercial rental property insurance very cheap auto insurance is the point of these life insurance advice restrictions — employers dental insurance do they really think people dental insurance milwaukee will go — “hey honey admiral multi car insurance look, I can watch the baseball game on landlord home insurance my iPhone instead of that huge HDTV we bought recently”? — Ted Todorov #8. June 17, 2009 industrial building insurance 1:07 car insurance collector pm Link On AT&T’s network? System outages in 5…4…3…2… — Dave Newman #9. June 17, 2009 2:05 pm Link i think this is sacramento car insurance medical payments on auto insurance just another great addition to the MLB.com media that is already available. insurance claim attorney I’m a yearly MLBTV premium subscriber nys no fault car insurance already, car insurance info insuarance london so canadian auto insurance industry I penn life insurance car rental insurance requirement will michael carroll insurance only be using the car insurance companies in wollongong service on my iPhone when traveling, so temp cover car insurance japanese car insurance cheap car insurance with no deposit bodily injury insurance I’ m nervous to see the insurance factors quality when switching from 3g home protection insurance to edge all over the country.. Now, hopefully all the group holiday insurance other professional sports can follow.. I would adoption insurance arizona auto insurance law LOVE the polish car insurance NFL driving insurance rates NETWORK to do implement something similar insurance premium audit in an iphone package!! — life and casualty insurance company of tennessee Austin #10. June 17, 2009 2:10 pm Link Yep, that’s what I want to do compare phone insurance - squint car insurance women ireland to see the geico car insurance qoutes details of a gastric bypass insurance coverage baseball game on that talking with insurance adjusters regarding car damage huge display. Oh, yeah, and I’ll want to pay to do it, motorcycle trike insurance too. Remember the TV series family travel insurance uk surgery insurance Home Improvement? … lost income insurance “I don’t think so, Tim.” — Jim Bennett #11. June 17, 2009 2:25 pm licensing for car insurance in california Link Now if we can horse liability insurance get the NHL disability insurance payments to do this…. — Tony Di Giacomo #12. June 17, 2009 2:54 pm insurance company strategy Link I car insurance search was VERY excited when I heard car classic in insurance uk this- then banner life insurance company credit rating I heathcare insurance auto insurance injury claim learned of the stupid “blackout restrictions.” I don’t really care to watch an atv insurance car insurance claim deadline out of north carolina auto insurance settlement car replacement market game. I want to watch MY team. tackle insurance long term care insurance calculator Just because its on TV doesn’t mean I can get to a radian bond insurance TV. I don’t understand the concern. If td snowmobile insurance hanford california car insurance it includes commercials, expatriate medical insurance who loses? — Matthew Butch #13. June 17, 2009 2:54 pm Link This is long term health insurance a great addition Usaa auto insurance coverage in Canada to the ris insurance MLB app. I’m generally tuning into Cubs games on my TV at home, but have already found the ability to listen to a radio broadcast on my phone while auto owners insurance address at work or travelling is great. travel insurance world wide My only suggestion would be to NOT auto insurance totaling add a game-by-game cost to the app, condo rental insurance www autoone insurance com but perhaps best insurance rates insurance 4 carhire com different price levels of the app depending on the vs comprehensive car insurance features you care pos dental insurance wanted. $5 just for british columbia car insurance lawyer a scoreboard, uk esure car insurance the current $9.99 insurance auto hcai asp for adding auto club insurance assoc radio, and maybe $15 for video coverage. Still, looking forward to auto owners insurance brentwood having games at my fingertips no matter where I am. — Matt Wieczorek #14. pet insurance marks June english insurance auto hcai asp 17, 2009 3:30 pm Link #7 - I couldn’t agree more. They do travel insurance for breast cancer patients themselves more medical malpractice insurance for nurses harm than good w/ the blackout restrictions. It makes saskatchewan government auto insurance this “innovation” useless to the vast majority of new york home owner insurance potential users. — Brian blue cross pet insurance H #15. June 17, uk low insurance rates car 2009 3:56 pm dental insurance manitoba Link I love waiver of deductible car insurance car house insurance australia the At Bat application. ing auto insurance Currently, they stream baltimore car insurance condensed versions of games (just the outs, big hits, great plays) that last 8-12 minutes. It’s perfect if you want to follow exotic rental car insurance a fl home owner insurance team but do not want to tolleson arizona car insurance waste three and a half hours watching every pitch. — Eric #16. insurance aarp car car insurance term life insurance ontario tricare for life insurance rental car insurance rates europe June 17, 2009 4:12 pm Link I’ll health insurance weight second that on the black out restrictions. These might make sense insurance excess car hire in some very limited circumstances, but not camden car insurance rates often. I live 120 motorcycle insurance nyc miles from motorbike insurance carol NYC, but Yankee games on ESPN are routinely auto insurance discount rates blacked out. Like I’m marine insurance claims association massachusetts car insurance aa car insurance quote uk going to long term care insurance ny hop in the car and drive hours to see the alpha property insurance game live when I realize its expat health insurance blacked out. Very short sighted. With that rate quotes for car insurance said, I have tesco car insurance co uk this app, and it is very good and a plus auto and home insurance I do like it. — Kevin #17. June 17, 2009 car insurance in ireland 4:37 pm Link Great, adventure insurance just what indemnity liability insurance we need. MLB.com american family renters insurance is already stretched too thin to provide a quality product or reliable service. Their low down auto insurance radio service is acceptable at best. Their current mlb.tv is problem plagued and their customer service makes Russian Bureaucrats seem like Nordstrom jewelry insurance canada personal assistants. I certainly hope they’ve improved upon insurance business software travel insurance crohns disease commercial property insurance companies their ability to determine location. no nonsence car insurance small business liability insurance texas motorcycle insurance for 18 year old I canadian auto and home insurance was routinely denied access to understanding insurance law games even while traveling in Europe. The proof of the sbi health insurance pudding is in cheap auto insurance online the tasting, gcar insurance not in the selling. Unfortunately national insurance pension payments MLB.com products tend to taste pet insurance in spain like gym socks. — jethro316 #18. second car insurance and uk annuity vs life insurance June 17, 2009 4:44 pm Link This is gonna be huge! unoccupied buildings insurance Of course, it would be nice for current MLB.TV touring caravan insurance quote subscribers to get free streaming for all games. — Galley #19. horse business insurance June 17, 2009 5:02 pm Link How will they blackout home insurance rate quote the games in your region if you’re using an iPod Touch? IP address? I see how they can do it on the iPhone but the touch? — DaBx #20. illinois disability insurance June 17, family fleet car insurance 2009 5:19 pm Link I vermont dental insurance rockport insurance agree with Joel (6). It car insurance rates by age seems very title insurance lawsuit unfair to pick and choose what video orthodontic dental insurance plan I get to jd powers insurance ratings watch north carolina medical malpractice insurance on my iPhone. One of the major haggerty classic car insurance 20 things keeping me health care reform insurance from buying an iPhone motor car insurance groupl is the disabling of 3G Slingplayer cencal insurance (as well as plans individual dental insurance southern california tethering and MMS as other markets get. What ski holiday insurance are we, a insurance legal requirements commercial insurance san diego 3rd world country?) Matthew (12) and others, I swiftcover insurance think there will utah disability insurance be other ways to get games. I believe that MLB gave free car insurance estimate the Yankees (and YES) permission to stream their games (as they will eventually weekly insurance let autoplan insurance locations all the teams). Blackouts might be less of an issue. Here’s the link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/sports/baseball/07mlbtv.html Still, buy car insurance online I don’t believe life insurance heart all of these specialty programs that show ohio boat insurance various TV shows and events will give way to either a couple competition car insurance of aggregator sites like Hulu and/or full south carolina car insurance Slingplayer portland car insurance rates capability, which makes much more sense. One california automobile insurance rental car $150 or so investment and you’re done.

Latest Jobs

Treyarch

Playa Vista, Los Angeles, CA, USA
9.12.23
Senior Level Designer (Zombies)

PlayStation Studios Creative Arts

Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
9.14.23
Lead/ Senior Asset Artist

Treyarch

Playa Vista, Los Angeles, CA, USA
8.22.23
Senior Gameplay Systems Engineer - Treyarch

High Moon Studios

Carlsbad, CA, USA
9.18.23
VFX Artist
More Jobs   

CONNECT WITH US

Explore the
Advertise with
Follow us

Game Developer Job Board

Game Developer

@gamedevdotcom

Explore the

Game Developer Job Board

Browse open positions across the game industry or recruit new talent for your studio

Browse
Advertise with

Game Developer

Engage game professionals and drive sales using an array of Game Developer media solutions to meet your objectives.

Learn More
Follow us

@gamedevdotcom

Follow us @gamedevdotcom to stay up-to-date with the latest news & insider information about events & more