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LAS VEGAS, Jan. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ESPN and Slacker, Inc. today announced live streaming of ESPN Audio shows and sporting events to Slacker listeners, part of the Slacker Radio/ESPN Audio agreement first announced in September. Live ESPN content is now available for listening on the web at www.Slacker.com, with mobile experiences coming soon. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110922/SF73204LOGO) The new live streaming feature will launch with the BCS Championship...
As part of their ongoing collaboration, Full Sail University joined with ESPN’s Emerging Technology team and EA SPORTS to unveil ESPN’s newest virtual technology application: EA SPORTS GameView. College football analyst Desmond Howard provided a demonstration of this augmented reality, which was filmed on location at the Full Sail University Sports Lab Powered by ESPN. This new technology is airing during ESPN’s Bowl Championship Series this season. WINTER PARK, FL (PRWEB) January...
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Holiday Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A college football bowl game that has been played annually at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California, since 1978, and pits a Big 12 squad against a Pac-12 opponent. This years Holiday Bowl will feature the Texas Longhorns and the California Golden Bears. Beginning with the 2010 playing, the bowl was officially to be known as the Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl. For the past two years,...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With the team selection announcement approaching in a few days, this is a reminder that the Gator Bowl recently acquired a new title sponsor and the game will officially be called the TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl. (Logo: <font size="2" face="Arial">http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110901/FL61806LOGO )</font> The official logo for the TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl is attached and can also be obtained at www.gbalogos.com....
NEW YORK, Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Creative Mobile Technologies, LLC (CMT), the nation's leader of in-vehicle technology solutions, and its media subsidiary, Creative Mobile Media, LLC (CMM) has signed an exclusive deal with American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. and ABC National Television Sales to provide premium content and advertising through ABC's local stations and sales forces in major U.S. media markets, including its flagship station, WABC-TV in New York City, where...
DALLAS, Nov. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE: PCS), today announced it signed an agreement to provide content from ABC Entertainment, ABC Family, ABC News Disney Channel, Disney XD and ESPN in its MetroSTUDIO(TM) Video On Demand application, available on all MetroPCS 4GLTE handsets. Now, MetroPCS customers can have instant access to even more entertainment that matches their lifestyles - all from an easy-to-use, on-the-go application....
NEW YORK, Nov. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Recognizing the best and brightest in sports promotion and marketing, PromaxBDA announced the winners of the 2011 Sports Media Marketing Awards, celebrating the industry's excellence, creativity and innovation. The honors were presented at a ceremony hosted by actor and comedian Norm Macdonald in New York City. "This award show, in just its second year, has already become one of the most anticipated events in the industry," said Jonathan Block-Verk,...
Play-by-Play Sports Properties LLC represents Shriners Hospitals for Children (PRWEB) November 10, 2011 A premier college football all-star game for decades has a new home in St. Petersburg, Florida at Tropicana Field in 2012 and a new radio team. The 87th Annual East-West Shrine Game will be played Saturday January 21, 2012 at 4pm EST benefitting the twenty-two Shriners Hospitals for Children in the United States, Canada and Mexico. For the past 86 years, this game has proven to be the...
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ultimate Fighting Championship® announced today that it has agreed to terms with broadcaster Jon Anik, who will serve as a commentator and on-air talent for the fastest-growing sports organization in the world. The 33-year-old Boston native, who has served as a top ESPN host for nearly six years, will handle play-by-play duties for upcoming UFC® events to air on FX and FUEL TV. Jon will also fulfill the newly-created host position for the...
Players petition NCAA to make an investment in their education NORCO, Calif., Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The NCPA and the Drexel Department of Sport Management is releasing a joint study today that finds TV revenues from five major athletic conferences and the NCAA average approximately $784 million per year while total TV revenues have soared to $1.8 billion per year. The study, titled "TV Money Windfall in Big Time College Sports", is available on the NCPA web site...
