KFDM COOP Posted July 11, 2006 Report Posted July 11, 2006 www.foxsports.com FOX Sports and Major League Baseball reach new seven-year rights Network Remains the Exclusive National Television Home For the All-Star Game and World Series through 2013 Deal Solidifies FOX Sports as America's Top-Rated Sports Broadcaster PITTSBURGH - FOX Sports and Major League Baseball have reached an extensive seven-year national television rights agreement that keeps the World Series and All-Star Game exclusively on FOX through 2013, it was announced Tuesday. In addition to the Fall and Midsummer Classics, the network continues as the exclusive home of the FOX Saturday Afternoon Baseball Game of the Week as well as the American or National League Championship Series on a rotating basis for the contract's duration. Financial details were not disclosed. FOX Sports' new agreement with MLB gives the network the rights to: Up to 26 FOX Saturday Baseball Game of the Week regionalized single-header broadcasts, an increase from 18 previously; Exclusive coverage of the American League Championship Series in 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013; Exclusive coverage of the National League Championship Series in 2008, 2010 and 2012; Exclusive prime-time coverage of the World Series from 2007 through 2013 with Game 1 scheduled for the first Tuesday after completion of the LCS; Exclusive prime-time coverage of the All-Star Game from 2007 through 2013; This Week in Baseball, MLB's award-winning, youth-oriented magazine show which precedes the FOX Saturday Baseball Game of the Week.
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