This comes from an official press release from Major League Baseball.

World Baseball Classic, Inc. has reached agreements with ESPN and MLB Network for shared broadcast rights for the 2009 World Baseball Classic, it was announced today. The World Baseball Classic, the world’s premier international baseball tournament, will feature the world’s best players representing 16 countries and territories, and will be played in seven different venues in five nations and territories from March 5 - 23.

The MLB Network is set to debut in Janurary of 2009, ESPN broadcast all the games for the World Baseball Classic in 2006. ESPN in the first round will air the entire Toyko Pool, three games from the Toronto Pool and four games from the San Juan Pool.

The MLB Network will air the entire Mexico City Pool, three games from the Toronto Pool and two games from the San Juan Pool. In the second round the MLB Network will air one game from the San Diego Pool and and four from Miami. ESPN will cover the semi-finals and finals from Chavez Ravine March 21st through 23rd.