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Re:Blackout Forces Fred Wilson to Pirate The Knicks. What Wo... by MatthewPhillips on Tuesday January 03, 2012 @02:37PM (#3420964)
> $9/mo for just baseball is a better deal for both me and the MLB than $50/mo for 200 channels I'd never watch through a reseller.

It's obviously not a better deal for the MLB or they wouldn't be blacking out the games. If you're going to make the claim that a company is not acting in its own financial self-interest please show your math. I think people here are drastically underestimating the cost to a sports league breaking cable contracts to better serve high-maintenance customers.

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Re:Blackout Forces Fred Wilson to Pirate The Knicks. What Wo... by freehunter on Tuesday January 03, 2012 @02:56PM (#3421052)
If they show me the game on MLB.tv - $9/mo basically for the foreseeable future.

If they make me subscribe to cable - $0/mo forever. How much does the MLB make per cable subscriber is the question I cannot answer.

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Re:Blackout Forces Fred Wilson to Pirate The Knicks. What Wo... by Bud on Tuesday January 03, 2012 @05:39PM (#3421649)
Data point: ESPN gets the largest slice of your cable bill.
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