MLB Network is an American television sports channel dedicated to baseball. It is primarily owned by Major League Baseball, with television providers Comcast (through its NBC Sports Group), Time Warner, DirecTV, Time Warner Cable and Cox Communicationshaving minority ownership. The channel's headquarters and studios are located in the Secaucus, New Jersey facility which formerly housed MSNBC's studios. Tony Petitti, former executive producer of CBS Sports, was named the network's first president. Petitti served as MLB Network's president until December 2014 when he was appointed as Chief Operating Officer of Major League Baseball. Rob McGlarry who worked as Senior and later Executive Vice-president of Business Affairs at MLB Network since 2009 was named the network's second President.
As of February 2015, MLB Network is available to approximately 69,991,000 television households (60.1% of cable, satellite, and telco customers) in the United States.
