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NEW YORK Major League Baseball and DirecTV have agreed to a seven-year deal that includes the launch of the MLB Channel as part of DirecTV’s basic package.
Under the terms of the deal, DirecTV will be a minority partner in the MLB Channel, and will work with MLB to develop the network, which will launch in 2009.
The deal is reportedly costing DirecTV about $700 million for the seven years.
The new MLB Channel will be a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week network, and air year-round.
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