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New York, NY--(HISPANIC PR WIRE - BUSINESS WIRE)--November 2, 2006--ESPN and the
Venezuelan Professional Baseball League, the top professional baseball league in
Venezuela, have reached an agreement to bring winter league baseball from
Venezuela to ESPN Deportes for the first time, it was announced today by Lino
Garcia, general manager, ESPN Deportes and Ramon Guillermo Aveledo, president of
the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League.
The new pact grants ESPN Deportes exclusive rights via all means and media.
Under the terms of the agreement, ESPN Deportes will air one regular-season game
per week, plus exclusive rights to selected playoff games and exclusive coverage
of the Championship Series. The agreement also grants opportunities involving
ESPN Deportes' multimedia assets, including ESPN Deportes Radio and
ESPNdeportes.com.
"This announcement is cause to celebrate for a variety of reasons," said Garcia. "Today, we
have significantly enhanced the offering of our winter baseball programming
line-up which already includes winter baseball from the Dominican Republic and
Mexico. Through this agreement, one network, ESPN Deportes, will now feature
three of the four Caribbean winter leagues for fans in the U.S. Adding
Venezuelan baseball gives ESPN Deportes a winter baseball schedule that is
absolutely second to none. We are also delivering a message to our viewers and
affiliates that for ESPN Deportes the baseball season doesn't end with the final
out of the World Series."
"This agreement with ESPN is a great step forward for the League," said Aveledo.
"The deal will strengthen our professional baseball and bolster ESPN Deportes'
strong programming line up. Baseball fans in the United States will be able to
experience the passion of baseball, the most popular sport in Venezuela, and see
the future heroes of major leagues, in action, today."
With the acquisition of the Venezuelan Baseball League, the Wednesday night
presentations of the Dominican Baseball League will be moved to Friday nights at
6:30 p.m., ET. The Dominican baseball Sunday schedule will remain at 4:00 p.m.
ESPN Deportes' first Venezuelan baseball game will be aired Wednesday, November
8, featuring Cardenales de
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