MLB Network

MLB Network
Country	United States
Broadcast area	United States; Puerto Rico; Canada; Latin America; Caribbean; Europe; Philippines
Headquarters	One MLB Network Plaza,; Secaucus, New Jersey, U.S.
Programming
Language(s)	English and Spanish
Picture format	720p (HDTV); (downgraded to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Major League Baseball (67%); TNT Sports (16.67%); Each of 5.44% owned by:; Charter Communications; Cox Communications; NBC Sports Group
Sister channels	MLB Network Radio; NHL Network; NBA TV; Motor Trend
History
Launched	January 1, 2009
Links
Website	MLBNetwork.com

The MLB Network is an American television sports channel dedicated to baseball. It is primarily owned by Major League Baseball,^[1] with TNT Sports, Comcast's NBC Sports Group, Charter Communications, and Cox Communications having minority ownership.^[2]

The channel's headquarters and studios are located at their leased facilities in Secaucus, New Jersey,^[3] a building owned by Hartz Mountain Industries^[4] which formerly housed MSNBC's studios. MLB Network's studios also house NHL Network, which came under the management of MLB Advanced Media in mid-2015 and transferred most operations from the network's former Toronto home base.

Tony Petitti, former executive producer of CBS Sports, was named the network's first president. Petitti served as MLB Network's president until December 2014, when he was appointed as Chief Operating Officer of Major League Baseball. Rob McGlarry, who worked as Senior and later Executive Vice-president of Business Affairs at MLB Network since 2009, was named the network's second president.^[5]

As of February 2015, MLB Network was available to approximately 70.0 million households (60.1% of subscription television customers) in the United States.^[6] As of June 2023^[update], the channel was available in 41.6 million homes.^[7]

^ Fisher, Eric; Ourand, John (March 31, 2008). "Fitting the pieces of the MLB Network". Sports Business Journal. Retrieved April 15, 2008.
^ John Helyar (December 27, 2007). "In stare-down with Big Cable over Pats-Giants, the NFL blinked". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 27, 2007.
^ MLB Network Headquarters Archived December 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, 40°47′05″N 74°04′19″W / 40.78475°N 74.07188°W / 40.78475; -74.07188
^ "MLB NETWORK STUDIOS OPENS". Real Estate Business. France Publications. February 10, 2009. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
^ "Rob McGlarry named president of MLB Network". Major League Baseball.
^ Seidman, Robert (February 22, 2015). "List of how many homes each cable network is in as of February 2015". TV by the Numbers. Zap2it. Archived from the original on February 23, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
^ Robert Seidman (June 4, 2023). "How many homes the sports networks are available in". Internet Compost.

[sportsbusiness-1] Fisher, Eric; Ourand, John (March 31, 2008). "Fitting the pieces of the MLB Network". Sports Business Journal. Retrieved April 15, 2008.

[NFL_Net-2] John Helyar (December 27, 2007). "In stare-down with Big Cable over Pats-Giants, the NFL blinked". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 27, 2007.

[3] MLB Network Headquarters Archived December 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, 40°47′05″N 74°04′19″W / 40.78475°N 74.07188°W / 40.78475; -74.07188

[4] "MLB NETWORK STUDIOS OPENS". Real Estate Business. France Publications. February 10, 2009. Retrieved August 22, 2019.

[5] "Rob McGlarry named president of MLB Network". Major League Baseball.

[6] Seidman, Robert (February 22, 2015). "List of how many homes each cable network is in as of February 2015". TV by the Numbers. Zap2it. Archived from the original on February 23, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2015.

[7] Robert Seidman (June 4, 2023). "How many homes the sports networks are available in". Internet Compost.

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