Microsoft Buys MLB Content Distribution Rights

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NEW YORK Microsoft has inked a multi-year deal with MLB Advanced Media that will give subscribers to its premium broadband service access to live, archived and condensed Major League Baseball games.

As a part of the deal, Microsoft gains the rights to distribute live, out-of-market video broadcasts of some 250 games a month, as well as post-game highlights and radio feeds, among other features to high-speed Internet users who have a $9.95 per month MSN Premium subscription.

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