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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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27 January 2003 - 2:00 am
MLB plans to offer live video feeds of a majority of its games online using RealPlayer this year, according to the NY Times. I've paid for MLB's radio feeds using RealPlayer and used a number of the interactive features on Major League Baseball's website in years past, and I'm not sure that they are ready for live, streaming video. Their radio simulcast, while generally decent, was known to be spotty at times, with the stream often pausing or stuttering, and occasionally crashing. And I can't imagine that they'll do any better at video streaming without a huge cash outlay. And less than a year after Bud Selig (possibly erroneously) told the world that two major league teams were on the verge of bankruptcy doesn't seem like the time to shell out cash for video streaming.
An interesting aside: How will webcasting effect MLB's TV contracts, if it effects them at all?
Posted by on 27 January 2003 at 2:00 AM
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There's some "not without express written consent of Major League Baseball" joke here somewhere, but I can't seem to find it.
Posted by ben on 31 January 2003 - 5:23 AM