MLB: We’ll Meet Face-to-Face with Cable

MLB: WE'LL MEET FACE-TO-FACE WITH CABLE
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Steve Donohue]
Under pressure from Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), Major League Baseball president and chief operating officer Bob DuPuy agreed to meet with In Demand Networks to discuss a possible deal that could provide the cable-backed program supplier with the league’s Extra Innings package. The chances of the league cutting a deal with cable operators before Monday -- opening day of the 2007 season -- are slim. But MLB and DirecTV are facing heat from regulators for their seven-year, $700 million deal that will restrict the league’s Extra Inning’s package to DirecTV customers.
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