Angels Official Website: Signups for 2015 MLB.TV are underway

[AngelsWin.com]

Signups are underway for MLB.TV, which surpassed 100 million streams in 2014 for the first time in a single season and returns with a completely re-engineered web-based HD media player and an Emmy Award for the advanced technology enjoyed by millions of fans.

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[Troll Daddy]

I can't live without it ... money well spent. I subscribe to it all year long.

[Chuck]

I love it too. Been a subscriber for years. 

 

The quality that streams from my Roku to my HD big screen is amazing. I don't miss a game all season.

[Blarg]

It is pretty much worthless for me since the blackouts for home games eliminate half of the games.

[Jobu]

It's blackouts for home teams, not games. You wouldn't get any Angels games in LA/OC.

Edited February 3, 2015 by Jobu

[Schildog]

I love it too. Been a subscriber for years. 

 

The quality that streams from my Roku to my HD big screen is amazing. I don't miss a game all season.

 

good to know. nhl on the roku has been great too.

[stormngt]

It's blackouts for home teams, not games. You wouldn't get any Angels games in LA/OC.

It also black out Las Vegas.  Not worth it to me.  I don't get the black out rule.  Doesn't the station that owns the television rights send the stream to MLB?  Just show commercials and let the TV station get their revenue.

[Jobu]

It also black out Las Vegas. Not worth it to me. I don't get the black out rule. Doesn't the station that owns the television rights send the stream to MLB? Just show commercials and let the TV station get their revenue.

The territorial system is terrible, but their financial motives are obvious. Baseball is flush with cash because of regional sports networks. The networks are willing to pony up that cash because live sports are the one area that Netflix and Amazon can't beat them and it keeps an awful lot of people paying lots of money for channels they don't watch. They aren't investing in the sport, but in the continuation of their business model.

[Aaronkv]

Automatic renew for me not living in the Angels market. Also fun to be able to watch any game as well as the home/away feeds.

[Guest]

I won't be living in CA this year, so this will be awesome to have. I'm thrilled because I won't have to subscribe to cable.

[Oz27]

It's awesome MLB TV has stayed at a very reasonable price compared to the ridiculous fees the NBA and NHL charge. I didn't even bother getting the NBA one this year because it's such a ripoff.

[Blarg]

It's blackouts for home teams, not games. You wouldn't get any Angels games in LA/OC.

 

That is where I live so it is worthless. I can watch them on TV at home but at work the game would be blacked out on my laptop. That makes the package somewhat worthless since away eastern time zone games are the only ones I would need to stream.

[Guest]

It also black out Las Vegas.  Not worth it to me.  I don't get the black out rule.  Doesn't the station that owns the television rights send the stream to MLB?  Just show commercials and let the TV station get their revenue.

I get the reason for the rule, they want to force sports fans to buy a pricey cable TV package with hundreds of channels they don't need. That's why cable networks have bid so much for exclusive rights to air sports which is what funds the big free agent contracts.

 

Problem with MLB's implementation is there are a lot of places where teams are both blacked out on streaming, and not avaialable from the cable company for purchase either.

 

I usually just dodge the blackouts with a VPN myself.

[Streetkid]

I'm a 'cord cutter' in OC so the blackout rules get me. Unlocator service saved me.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

It is pretty much worthless for me since the blackouts for home games eliminate half of the games.

 

I feel your pain, brother. MLBTV and Extra Innings can stuff it.

[NrM]

I might just wait a couple months into the season since the price gets cut in half by then.

 

I'll also be using a vpn.

Edited February 5, 2015 by Poozy