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Major League Baseball Seeks End To Local Markets Blackouts

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If you’re a New York Yankees fan living in Seattle, you’ve learned that you can watch your favorite team on Major League Baseball’s Extra Inning cable package or MLB.TV’s streaming package – except when they’re playing in your city.

That’s because a blackout occurs and only allows that fan to watch on a service that provides that broadcast – if they can find it.

Local blackout restrictions mean many fans would have to head to the ballpark if they want to see a particular game and it’s not being locally broadcast.

To remedy that, MLG has hired Billy Chambers, a longtime regional sports network executive, to figure out how to work around the local blackout issues, according to Sports Business Journal.

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