MLB.TV Question

[Pete Incaviglia]

I'm about to buy the premium package on MLB.com.

One question:

Can I and a buddy log into the same account at the same time? This was the case about four years ago when I and another guy shared the same account. We just couldn't watch the same game at the same time.

Anyone know if you can share?

 

[Simon]

Yes...so far but we're all in the same city. I'm also pretty sure you can watch the same games because I watched Lincecum pitch last week and my friend loves Timmy so I'm sure he was watching as well.

Also, the blackout is based on the CC zip code not the city you're in. The account I share is a STL CC zip and I can watch blacked out Royals games at my house but not on campus.

 

[Pete Incaviglia]

Yes...so far but we're all in the same city.

Yeah, see, we're in different cities. Separated by about 75 miles.

A few years ago, we were on opposite sides of the country though. And it worked then.

 

[Jim Halpert]

From MLB.com...

15. Can I share my account with others?

No. Sharing of your username and password is strictly prohibited.

16. I am trying to access a game and I am getting an error message that I am already logged in on another computer, what should I do?

In rare cases, customers have forgotten to log out of their account on one computer and have tried to log in again on a separate computer. Since sharing of a single username and password is strictly prohibited and does not work, you will get an error message. If you receive such an error message, please contact Customer Support toll free in the U.S. at (866) 800-1275.

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19. I tried to log in to view the game and received a message telling me that I have logged in too many times, or am logged in on multiple computers, what should I do?

First off, please make sure that other people are not using your account. If you have shared your account information with other people, then your account may be prevented from logging in. If you are worried that others are accessing your account, you should change your password under your account profile.

The best way to prevent this error from occurring is to log out of MLB.com every time you are finished watching games by clicking the Logout button on the top right of any MLB.com page. The next time that you would like to watch a game, click on the link to load the game, and it will prompt you to login before launching the game. If this message has already come up for you, and you are sure that no one else is using your account, log out of MLB.com, close all of your open browser windows and quit your browser, then re-launch your browser, and click on the game that you would like to watch, where you will be prompted to log in again.

So, if I read that correctly, you can share the account, provided the two of you are never trying to watch a game at the same time.

 

[Pete Incaviglia]

From MLB.com...

15. Can I share my account with others?

No. Sharing of your username and password is strictly prohibited.

16. I am trying to access a game and I am getting an error message that I am already logged in on another computer, what should I do?

In rare cases, customers have forgotten to log out of their account on one computer and have tried to log in again on a separate computer. Since sharing of a single username and password is strictly prohibited and does not work, you will get an error message. If you receive such an error message, please contact Customer Support toll free in the U.S. at (866) 800-1275.

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19. I tried to log in to view the game and received a message telling me that I have logged in too many times, or am logged in on multiple computers, what should I do?

First off, please make sure that other people are not using your account. If you have shared your account information with other people, then your account may be prevented from logging in. If you are worried that others are accessing your account, you should change your password under your account profile.

The best way to prevent this error from occurring is to log out of MLB.com every time you are finished watching games by clicking the Logout button on the top right of any MLB.com page. The next time that you would like to watch a game, click on the link to load the game, and it will prompt you to login before launching the game. If this message has already come up for you, and you are sure that no one else is using your account, log out of MLB.com, close all of your open browser windows and quit your browser, then re-launch your browser, and click on the game that you would like to watch, where you will be prompted to log in again.

So, if I read that correctly, you can share the account, provided the two of you are never trying to watch a game at the same time.

Seems that way. It used to be that you couldn't watch the SAME game.

 

[JakeandElwood]

It's worked in the past where me and some friends split it, but one was a Phillies fan, one an Astros fan and I'm a Sox fan so we pretty much never watched the same game.

 

[Bullrog]

From MLB.com...

15. Can I share my account with others?

No. Sharing of your username and password is strictly prohibited.

16. I am trying to access a game and I am getting an error message that I am already logged in on another computer, what should I do?

In rare cases, customers have forgotten to log out of their account on one computer and have tried to log in again on a separate computer. Since sharing of a single username and password is strictly prohibited and does not work, you will get an error message. If you receive such an error message, please contact Customer Support toll free in the U.S. at (866) 800-1275.

...

19. I tried to log in to view the game and received a message telling me that I have logged in too many times, or am logged in on multiple computers, what should I do?

First off, please make sure that other people are not using your account. If you have shared your account information with other people, then your account may be prevented from logging in. If you are worried that others are accessing your account, you should change your password under your account profile.

The best way to prevent this error from occurring is to log out of MLB.com every time you are finished watching games by clicking the Logout button on the top right of any MLB.com page. The next time that you would like to watch a game, click on the link to load the game, and it will prompt you to login before launching the game. If this message has already come up for you, and you are sure that no one else is using your account, log out of MLB.com, close all of your open browser windows and quit your browser, then re-launch your browser, and click on the game that you would like to watch, where you will be prompted to log in again.

So, if I read that correctly, you can share the account, provided the two of you are never trying to watch a game at the same time.

Coworker of mine did this a few years ago when we worked on the desk together.
A friend of his paid for the subscription, then sent out the username/password to his friends who all used it.
MLB.TV sent him an e-mail stating that if they did it again they would cancel his subscription and would not give him a refund.

So yes, they are able to tell if your account is used on multiple computers.

 

[zebracoy]

Also, the blackout is based on the CC zip code not the city you're in. The account I share is a STL CC zip and I can watch blacked out Royals games at my house but not on campus.

So which is it?

 

[goldglovechipper]

Also, the blackout is based on the CC zip code not the city you're in. The account I share is a STL CC zip and I can watch blacked out Royals games at my house but not on campus.

So which is it?

I'm fairly confident that they determine the blackout area from the location of your IP address. This is why people go through proxies if they want to watch their local team at the office or where ever.

 

[bostonbred]

Blackout areas suck ****. I live just south of Jacksonville and I can't watch Rays or Marlins games. So I couldn't watch the opening series vs. Red Sox.

Personally, I like NHL's Gamecenter much more, which came with my package.

 

[NX]

I guess the powers-that-be at MLB.TV believe you could just hop in the car and drive on over, like it was just across town. It's about the same as my situation last year when I lived about halfway between Minneapolis and Des Moines and St. Louis and KC were blacked out.

But my blackout this year is even more laughable. I, too, am considering buying the MLB.TV package and I'm happy I'm not a Giants fan. I could understand if I were somewhere in California or Nevada or even Oregon, but I now live on O'ahu, over 2,000 miles of water away from San Francisco. I suppose I could climb into a kayak and be at McCovey Cove for a homestand in a month or two, retrieve a ball that has splashed down, then turn around and fight a south swell all the way home.

 

[Bubbler]

I guess the powers-that-be at MLB.TV believe you could just hop in the car and drive on over, like it was just across town. It's about the same as my situation last year when I lived about halfway between Minneapolis and Des Moines and St. Louis and KC were blacked out.

But my blackout this year is even more laughable. I, too, am considering buying the MLB.TV package and I'm happy I'm not a Giants fan. I could understand if I were somewhere in California or Nevada or even Oregon, but I now live on O'ahu, over 2,000 miles of water away from San Francisco. I suppose I could climb into a kayak and be at McCovey Cove for a homestand in a month or two, retrieve a ball that has splashed down, then turn around and fight a south swell all the way home.

Hey man. You shouldn't have moved to a foreign country. Buyer beware.

 

[RickStain]

The blackout isn't about protecting ticket sales. It's about protecting the cable stations.

 

[NX]

The blackout isn't about protecting ticket sales. It's about protecting the cable stations.

On O'ahu? Besides, Oceanic cable carries both L.A. teams.

 

[NX]

I guess the powers-that-be at MLB.TV believe you could just hop in the car and drive on over, like it was just across town. It's about the same as my situation last year when I lived about halfway between Minneapolis and Des Moines and St. Louis and KC were blacked out.

But my blackout this year is even more laughable. I, too, am considering buying the MLB.TV package and I'm happy I'm not a Giants fan. I could understand if I were somewhere in California or Nevada or even Oregon, but I now live on O'ahu, over 2,000 miles of water away from San Francisco. I suppose I could climb into a kayak and be at McCovey Cove for a homestand in a month or two, retrieve a ball that has splashed down, then turn around and fight a south swell all the way home.

Hey man. You shouldn't have moved to a foreign country. Buyer beware.

My wife is in the Army Nurse Corps, so didn't really have a choice. Not that I would have objected. Missing Lincecum's crappy start and Johnson's LONG road to 500 is but a small price to pay.

True, it's not the Mainland, and I, a haole, am in the distinct minority (not a bad thing), but it's far from a foreign country. My wife did rant that it was a third-world country, though, when she couldn't find a certain kind of cat litter until Petco arrived several weeks ago. It was right around the time the state got its first Target, which she was thrilled about, too.

 

[Bubbler]

I guess the powers-that-be at MLB.TV believe you could just hop in the car and drive on over, like it was just across town. It's about the same as my situation last year when I lived about halfway between Minneapolis and Des Moines and St. Louis and KC were blacked out.

But my blackout this year is even more laughable. I, too, am considering buying the MLB.TV package and I'm happy I'm not a Giants fan. I could understand if I were somewhere in California or Nevada or even Oregon, but I now live on O'ahu, over 2,000 miles of water away from San Francisco. I suppose I could climb into a kayak and be at McCovey Cove for a homestand in a month or two, retrieve a ball that has splashed down, then turn around and fight a south swell all the way home.

Hey man. You shouldn't have moved to a foreign country. Buyer beware.

My wife is in the Army Nurse Corps, so didn't really have a choice. Not that I would have objected. Missing Lincecum's crappy start and Johnson's LONG road to 500 is but a small price to pay.

True, it's not the Mainland, and I, a haole, am in the distinct minority (not a bad thing), but it's far from a foreign country. My wife did rant that it was a third-world country, though, when she couldn't find a certain kind of cat litter until Petco arrived several weeks ago. It was right around the time the state got its first Target, which she was thrilled about, too.

I was just joking with you. Enjoy the island.

 

[NX]

I should have sensed the sarcasm. I've mellowed out some since coming here. I don't know what got into me. Maybe it's being forced to watch the Dodgers, although listening to Vin Scully is like finding a treasure every day.

 

[Habeas Corpus]

This is the third straight year that I have had an account and split it with two others (three different cities in two different states). Each year we have done a test run on Opening Day to make sure we could all log on and watch games at the same time before they sent me checks for their portion. Has worked fine each year.

 

[KevinmH9]

Is anyone else having problems getting NexDef working, or is it just my computer?

 

[bostonbred]

Is anyone else having problems getting NexDef working, or is it just my computer?

you need to d/l it first. then it should work fine, it loads right up for me. sometimes, i cant max out the bars though.