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MLB.tv makes like the heart of the Giants order, strikes out on opening day

Subscribers to MLB.tv, Major League Baseball's paid game-broadcasting website, pay either $19.95 per month or $119.95 per year to watch live baseball on their computers. Theoretically, that is. So far this season all some fans have seen is a lot of swing-and-a-miss from MLB.tv and its technology provider, Microsoft. Switching to Microsoft's Silverlight, a supposed alternative to the Flash technology that runs YouTube and most other video sites, caused opening-day glitches for which the league's technocrats apologized Customers tell us it hasn't gotten much better since. Giants fans may be used to that kind of failure — watching Randy Winn, Bengie Molina and Ray Durham hit 3, 4, 5 will do that — but others are peeved. More »

3:20 PM on Thu Apr 3 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
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Latest by Nicholas Carlson: Just read your post on Valleywag.com on the MLB.TV Mosaic issues (which have since been resolved) and just wanted to clarify the situation regarding Silverlight's involvement. In short MLB.TV Mosaic is not a Silverlight application. MLB.TV offers three different download more »