Dish, MLB Reach Multiyear Carriage Agreement

Dish Network, Major League Baseball and MLB Advanced Media reached a multiyear carriage agreement, including the launch of MLB Extra Innings on Dish, Dish said in a news release Tuesday. The agreement offers authenticated access to streaming sports service MLB.TV, it said. Dish and MLB Network also reached a multi-year renewal agreement for continued carriage of MLB Network and MLB Network Strike Zone, which includes digital rights for the channels on DishAnywhere.com and the Dish Anywhere app, it said. MLB Network, channel 152, will be available in Dish's America's Top 200 programming and Multi-Sport packages, and MLB Network Strike Zone, channel 153, will be available in the sport package, it said. Dish will offer a free preview of MLB Extra Innings, channel 476 on Dish's Hopper or channel 900 for other set-top-boxes, starting April 6 through 12, it said. The channel is available for $195 for 2015, Dish said.