MLB Network
The MLB Network is an American television sports channel dedicated to baseball. It is primarily owned by Major League Baseball, with TNT Sports, Comcast's NBC Sports Group, Charter Communications, and Cox Communications having minority ownership.
| 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 channel's headquarters and studios are located at their leased facilities in Secaucus, New Jersey, a building owned by Hartz Mountain Industries 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.
As of February 2015, MLB Network was available to approximately 70.0 million households (60.1% of subscription television customers) in the United States. As of June 2023, the channel was available in 41.6 million homes.