Sporting News and Zumobi Kick Off Pro Football Season With New iPhone and iPod Touch Application
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ — Sporting News and Zumobi today announced the launch of the Sporting News Pro Football application for the iPhone and iPod touch, offering pro football fans mobile access to breaking news, detailed stats, photos, and more for their favorite NFL teams and players. Now available for free on the Apple App Store, the Sporting News Pro Football app features the most comprehensive collection of pro football content available for the popular Apple devices:
- Easy-to-read leaderboards with live standings, scores and stats
- Top NFL headlines and breaking news
- Ability to customize app with team colors and content
- Expert analysis and articles from Sporting News journalists
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“By partnering with Zumobi we’ve expanded our digital reach to offer NFL fans unparalleled content on the iPhone and iPod touch,” said Joey Glowacki, National Digital Sales Manager for Sporting News. “This easy-to-access application enhances our digital capabilities to give fans the news and information they require to stay in touch with the game at any time and from any location.”
The new Sporting News Pro Football app gives fans a multi-dimensional, in-depth look at the sport throughout the season with comprehensive pro football content available right at their fingertips on the iPhone or iPod touch. Featuring the Zumobi ZoomCanvas interface, the app offers easy navigation from the home page with a “FAVS” scroll bar that users can tailor for quick access to their favorite teams. On the main page fans can also scan through the latest updates across the league, including breaking news, recent game scores, conference standings, top stats and current leaders in passing, rushing, receiving and touchdowns. Users can then click on specific teams and players for more detailed information such as rosters, week-by-week scores and player stats.
“After first working on the Sporting News Pro Baseball app last spring, we’re excited to partner again with the team at the Sporting News to bring their unique and comprehensive NFL content to football fans through The Zumobi Network,” said Ken Willner, CEO of Zumobi. “And in addition to its outstanding pro football content, the Sporting News Pro Football app also offers brand advertisers a rich mobile environment to engage with a highly qualified audience of pro football fans and Sporting News readers.”
The range of advertising opportunities on the Sporting News Pro Football app includes Zumobi’s signature BrandFrame and BrandBlast sponsorship platforms. Zumobi’s unique BrandFrame design allows advertisers to sponsor key content pages and prominently associate with top features on The Sporting News app. Additionally, BrandBlast offers an interactive option, allowing advertisers to link to media rich experiences, such as videos, social media and other web-based marking and sales activities without taking users outside of the application.
The free Sporting News Pro Football app is available on the Apple App Store here: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=300213367&mt=8. Sports fans can also download the free Sporting News Pro Baseball app on the Apple App Store or through The Zumobi Network, which offers a portfolio of entertaining, useful programming and applications to enjoy on next-generation smartphones. For more information on the Sporting News Pro Football app and others in The Zumobi Network, please visit www.Zumobi.com.
About Sporting News
Sporting News, a division of ACBJ, is a multi-media sports company catering to passionate sports fans. Its content is available through Sporting News magazine; a daily digital newspaper, Sporting News TODAY; a national radio network, Sporting News Radio; and a leading community-based Web site, SportingNews.com. Sporting News also is a leading publisher of sports yearbooks, and is engaged in various wireless and iTV initiatives. Founded in 1886, Sporting News is the nation’s first weekly sports publication. Charlotte, NC-based ACBJ is the nation’s largest publisher of metropolitan business newspapers. For more information go to www.acbj.com and www.sportingnews.com.
About Zumobi
Zumobi is a leading mobile media company that designs, develops and publishes branded applications for next-generation smartphones. Zumobi’s portfolio of mobile applications comprises The Zumobi Network, which provides innovative and comprehensive solutions for brands, media properties and consumers to connect and engage. For more information, please visit www.Zumobi.com.
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