MLB Network To be launched on January 1
DIRECT TV to include Major League Baseball’s new cable channel MLB Network, based in Secaucus, N.J, in its basic programming package to be launched on January 1. MLB’s new channel is expected to reach 50 million homes during its launch. Tony Petitti channel’s CEO said “We will have the definitive highlights show in the last hour of the studio each night, ESPN has very good talent, and we will need a strong team that people see as entertaining and credible.”