The financial terms of a Devils television deal were not outlined.
Two months away from a new season, the Mariners remain the only major league team without a local television deal.
The figure of $1 billion has been mentioned as being possible for the two teams in a new television deal.
Yet it could not secure either a public television deal or a commercial record contract for the occasion.
The league has not had a major-network television deal for many years.
It is an important facet of the next television deal for baseball.
"I think what's important about this partnership is that it's more than a simple television deal."
The television deal will probably not be worked out until the late summer or early fall.
Then the film's producers held out for a television deal, which wasn't forthcoming.
The current television deal, which ends after the 2005 season, is worth nearly $18 billion over eight years.