MLB, ESPN Extend New-media Deal

ESPN and Major League Baseball Advanced Media announced Thursday that they have extended their new-media rights deal.

Financial terms of the agreement, which run through 2013, weren’t announced. The deal will significantly increase ESPN’s ability to put MLB content onto any number of platforms and, for the first time, allow ESPN to stream live games and the Home Run Derby telecast on ESPN360.com and ESPN Mobile TV.

The live streamed games available will be “Sunday Night Baseball,” “Monday Night Baseball” and “Wednesday Night Baseball.”

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