Friday, April 09, 2004
Microsoft Roots for the Home Team - Windows
Microsoft has wasted little time turning its $40 million investment in MLB Webcasting into a marketing tool. It's offering prospective subscribers to MSN Premium three months' free access to all of MLB's live video and audio feeds, then charging $9.95/month for the remaining three months of the season. MSN Premium subscribers can thus pay $29.85 for all the live content contained in MLB.com's own "All Access" subscription.
Microsoft's critics note that MSN Premium is a Windows-only package. Mac users must buy their live baseball through MLB.com -- and Linux users don't even have that option.
|
Microsoft has wasted little time turning its $40 million investment in MLB Webcasting into a marketing tool. It's offering prospective subscribers to MSN Premium three months' free access to all of MLB's live video and audio feeds, then charging $9.95/month for the remaining three months of the season. MSN Premium subscribers can thus pay $29.85 for all the live content contained in MLB.com's own "All Access" subscription.
Microsoft's critics note that MSN Premium is a Windows-only package. Mac users must buy their live baseball through MLB.com -- and Linux users don't even have that option.
|
