Facebook in line for weekly MLB match live streams

Facebook is on course to ramp up its live stream offer by airing one Major League Baseball match every week over the course of a season as the social network looks to draw sports fans to the service with a regular weekly broadcast.
The deal struck for the upcoming MLB season vindicates Facebook’s strategy to convince sports rights holders to take the medium seriously and will tread on the toes of rival Twitter which has also been angling for this sector.
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