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Orioles One Of Three MLB Teams Still Subject To In-Market Streaming Restrictions

The Orioles "increasingly are an exception rather than the rule when it comes to streaming" games, as by the time the season opens April 2, only the Orioles, Nationals and Dodgers will "remain subject to the in-market streaming restrictions," according to Jeff Barker of the Baltimore SUN. The team's fans "wonder why a $112.99 MLB.TV subscription allows them to stream Orioles games only when they are outside the team's Baltimore-Washington television market, which stretches from Pennsylvania to North Carolina." Orioles games are broadcast on MASN, which the team owns a majority stake in. Other teams have "embraced or at least accepted live-streaming their games locally as an important tool for generating increased interest to secure baseball's future." The reasons for the Orioles' blackouts can "seem as complicated as the infield fly rule." The "bottom line is that they are about economics, not technology, as some teams and their local television networks worry about diluting the value of their lucrative broadcast deals." MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has said that the goal is for all 30 teams to have their games "streamed in their home markets" (Baltimore SUN, 3/21).

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