MLB Network

Overall:

• MLB Network launched on January 1, 2009 in approximately 50 million homes as the largest network debut in cable history
• MLB Network airs live games, original programming, highlights, classic games, and coverage of baseball events
• The MLB Network studio is located at One MLB Network Plaza, Secaucus NJ, 07094
• Named to honor Jackie Robinson and Babe Ruth, "Studio 3" and "Studio 42" total 15,200 square feet, including 9,600 square feet for Studio 42 alone.
• Every video display in both studios are HD, as are all videos produced at the studios.

Studio 3:

• Named to honor Babe Ruth, Studio 3 is the primary home of the live nightly studio show, MLB Tonight.
• Measuring 5,600 square feet, Studio 3 features 62 video displays, including a 30x7-foot rear projection screen, 108" and 103" monitors.
• The studio features a desk that can rotate to various stations and includes six distinct broadcast areas, including a balcony, stat center, and interview area.
• The ceiling is ringed by backlit logos of all 30 MLB teams and the entire studio features lighting that can be altered to give it the feel of day or night.
• Check out on-set photos here:  Studio 3

Studio 42:

• Named to honor Jackie Robinson, Studio 42 measures 9,600 square feet, and is used as a demonstration center by MLB Network's on-air talent.
• Studio 42 is designed to be a replica baseball field, featuring a half-scale infield made of field turf measuring 45 feet from base to base and a pitcher's mound 30 feet from home plate that can be moved back for more realistic demonstrations.
• The studio also features a replica outfield wall, complete with padding, brick designs, three different seating areas that can seat up to 95 people, and an out-of-town scoreboard modeled after the scoreboard at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, which will be updated in real-time
• Check out on-set photos here:  Studio 42

Programming:

• MLB Network launched on January 1, 2009, at 6 p.m. EST with the debut episode of Hot Stove, followed by the original broadcast of Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series
• MLB Network's Thursday Night Baseball and Saturday Night Baseball will air at least 50 live regular games throughout the season
• MLB Tonight is the live, nightly studio show that will be the signature program of the new network
• The show will air live beginning at 6 p.m. ET weeknights, until the final MLB game of the night ends, and both Saturday and Sunday.
• The show will feature live look-ins of games in progress, updates, highlights, reporting and analysis.
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Distribution:

• MLB Network debuted in approximately 50 million homes as the largest network launch in cable history, exceeding any other cable television launch by approximately 20 million.
• MLB Network is broadly distributed across cable and satellite systems on expanded digital basic cable or the equivalent.
• MLB Network is available on major systems including Comcast, Cox, DirecTV, Time Warner, Charter, Cablevision, Verizon FiOS, AT&T U-verse and Dish Network.