New York - MLB.com, the official website of Major League Baseball, announced the fan voting has begun for the sixth annual This Year in Baseball Awards, which provides fans around the world an opportunity to choose the top players and moments from the 2007 season. Online fan voting for the awards opened with Starting Pitcher of the Year on October 4 and will continue for each of the 11 categories through Wednesday, December 5. Over the previous five years of the awards, more than 11.5 million fan votes have been cast online at MLB.com.

New York - Major League Baseball's MLB.com this week launched its post-season live and on-demand video subscription service for users residing outside of the U.S., Canada, South Korea and Japan. The MLB.com Postseason Package, available for $14.95, will include MLB.TV broadcasts of every out-of-market game for the remainder of the season, in addition to every postseason game, including the World Series.

Sterling, Va. - With online video gaining major traction over the past year, Anystream, a provider of streaming video technology, has closed $7 million in its third round of financing.

MLBAdvanced Media’s (MLBAM) hiring yesterday of Kenneth Gersh, as SVP of Business Development, marked a good excuse for a baseball fan to get an update on the pervasively expanding digital media empire. Though Gersh won’t be starting his new position until September 18, I spoke with Jim Gallagher, their SVP of Corporate Communications, to get a better idea of what Gersh will be focusing on in his new position.