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Root Sports in-market streaming for Astros, Mariners, Pirates and Rockies games now available

By Derek Helling

Apr 24, 2017; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Josh Harrison (5) runs to third base with a triple against the Chicago Cubs during the ninth inning at PNC Park. The Cubs won 14-3. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 24, 2017; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Josh Harrison (5) runs to third base with a triple against the Chicago Cubs during the ninth inning at PNC Park. The Cubs won 14-3. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports /
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Fans in Denver, Houston, Pittsburgh and Seattle who subscribe to most cable or satellite television services can now stream live games of their local MLB teams on their mobile devices.

Root Sports in-market streaming is now available for Astros, Mariners, Pirates and Rockies games as the AT&T property has completed its work to overcome the technical problems with authentication that had delayed the inclusion until now.

For now, Root Sports will authenticate subscriber information using MLB Advanced Media’s servers. That means fans will be able to access the streams via MLB.com, the MLB At Bat app and team web sites.

Root Sports is currently engaged in the process of building its own authentication portal, according to Forbes’ Maury Brown.

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The streams are only available to pay-TV subscribers, and furthermore only those services which have entered agreements with Root. For each of the four specific markets, here are the providers which subscribers can use to authenticate:

Root Sports Houston

  • Consolidated Communications
  • Directv

AT&T U-verse subscribers will have access soon.

Root Sports Rocky Mountain

  • Allo
  • Directv
  • Falcon Broadband
  • Golden West
  • Layer 3 TV
  • Mid-State Community
  • S&T
  • TCT
  • TVision
  • Vast Broadband
  • Vyve Broadband

TDS subscribers will have access soon.

Root Sports Pittsburgh

  • Adams Cable Service
  • Armstrong
  • Aurora by HTC
  • Beaver Valley Cable
  • CAS Cable
  • Citizens Fiber
  • Consolidated Communications
  • Directv
  • Kuhn Communications
  • LHTC Broadband
  • MetroCast
  • QCOL
  • Service Electric Cable TV
  • Service Electric Cablevision
  • Suddenlink
  • Windstream
  • Zito Media

Atlantic Broadband and Blue Ridge subscribers will have access soon.

Root Sports Northwest

  • 3 Rivers Communications
  • Access Montana
  • Ashland Home Net
  • Beaver Creek Cooperative Telephone
  • Clear Creek Communications
  • DirectLink
  • Directv
  • Hood Canal Communications
  • Inland Networks
  • KPU Telecommunications
  • LocalTel Communications
  • Mid Rivers Communications
  • MINET
  • Northland Communications
  • Nemont
  • PMT
  • Rainier Connect
  • Whidbey Telcom
  • Zito Media

With this addition at no extra cost to subscribers to the participating providers, Root Sports has put itself on par with Fox Sports in the markets that it allows in-market streaming of MLB games. While there are still some markets in which fans can’t stream the local team’s games, this development brings fans closer to the day when all MLB games are available for streaming regardless of where fans live.

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