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PHILLYCARD wrote:I really dont have a choice here. I'm not a fan of sitting in front of my computer and watching a baseball game so I will be moving to DirectTv if this deal goes through. Being in Philly I wont be satisfied watching the Cards when they play the Phillies and Cubs. I do have MLB radio so I can listen to the games but I only use this on the weekends when the EI is not on. I need my Cardinal fix on a daily basis so unfortunately I will be moving to Directtv but doing it reluctantly...

redbirdjazzz wrote:Does anybody know if you can hook up two monitors to a computer and only watch the game or a movie, etc. on one?

omaha_red wrote:

jim wrote:

omaha_red wrote:guess i'll just catch em on espn or fox this year..

So you are not getting mlb.tv or switching? You had EI last year?

nope.. i'm not going to sit at my computer all night and i'm not
going to change my entire phone, internet and cable service just because
they pulled this crap.. and yeah.. i had it last year and loved it..
but they won't get my money ever again..

ESPN wrote:WASHINGTON -- The government is investigating a proposed deal between Major League Baseball and DirecTV Inc. that has had fans in a tizzy.

MLB reportedly seeks to strike an exclusive deal with the satellite television provider to offer its "Extra Innings" baseball package. Disclosure of the Federal Communications Commission's investigation of any such deal came in a letter from FCC chairman Kevin Martin that Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., released Thursday.

The programming option allows baseball fans who live outside the markets of their favorite teams to watch them play for an extra fee. It is currently available to a number of cable and satellite television providers.

Kerry had asked Martin to investigate the "proposed $700 million television deal that could deny many consumers the ability to watch their favorite teams."

Martin, in reply, wrote Kerry: "I share your concerns regarding this proposed deal."

The chairman added that he understood the package had been available to 75 million cable and satellite viewers for the past several years, and would only be viewable by DirecTV customers if a deal were signed.

"I am concerned whenever consumers cannot purchase the programming they want or are forced to purchase programming they don't want," Martin wrote.

DirecTV has never confirmed that the widely reported deal even exists. Robert Mercer, director of public relations for DirecTV, declined to comment late Thursday.

Martin wrote that the agency has "contacted the parties and requested additional information about their proposed arrangement. Once we have this information, we will report to you on the deal's implications for consumers and any recommended changes to the law to ameliorate any harms to consumers."