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For most of the sports-viewing world, the big news in the deal announced today between ESPN ( NYSE: DIS ) and the Bowl Championship Series is the price tag—an estimated $500 million—and the apparently inexorable move of major sports from free over-the-air broadcast to subscription-supported cable. But...
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An interesting product placement deal from Verizon Wireless ( NYSE: VZ ), where its phones will now become part of the Disney's theme parks from now on, thus extending beyond its deal with Disney-owned ESPN ( NYSE: DIS ). As part of this new deal, VZW phones will have the ability to find restaurants...
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Would Disney ( NYSE: DIS ) consider buying Electronic Arts? That's the suggestion being floated by Heard on the Street's Martin Peers at the WSJ . With EA's stock at its lowest point in more than seven years, competitors and other media giants may decide that now is the time to try to grab...
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The controversy surrounding next Tuesday's vote at the FCC on white spaces is heating up as bigger names enter the debate. The regulatory agency will vote on whether to open the unused spectrum for auction, however there's continued debate about the potential for interference with adjacent airwaves...
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Fans of Photo Hunt rejoice. ESPN ( NYSE: DIS ) Cameraman, a new application just launched on the App Store, will seem familiar to regular users of the photo-comparison game that sits like a small TV on so many bars. Bringing a strong sports element and higher-quality photography into the mix, the free...
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A group of executives from MediaFLO USA, MobiTV, MTV, Disney ( NYSE: DIS ) and Fox sat in on an afternoon panel that addressed the various business models and use types that comprise the mobile TV space today and where they hope to see things going as more models and technologies converge. Predicting...
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ESPN ( NYSE: DIS ) has the right to simulcast Southeastern Conference (SEC) games on mobile under a new 15-year deal with the powerhouse athletic conference. The deal, reported by SBJ to be worth $2.25 billion, includes simulcasts of live games—including football and basketball—on ESPN Mobile TV. As...
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Our sister site PaidContent.org is reporting that ESPN ( NYSE: DIS ) and Major League Baseball's Advanced Media group (MLBAM) are extending their digital rights deal through 2013. Staci Kramer covered the news in two posts, one of which covers the basics , and in another that includes interviews...
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But that we knew...Forbes does a good roundup of Disney's ( NYSE: DIS ) extensive mobile efforts, focusing on content and applications, after its disastrous forays in MVNO land. Imagine all of what it could have done in the content space with the hundreds of millions it spent on ESPN and Disney kids...
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U.S. smartphone users spend an average of four hours and thirty-eight minutes a month browsing the mobile Web, whereas their British counterparts spend about two and a half hours a month, according to a report released by M:Metrics today. The discrepancy in the duration is due to the relative popularity...
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Radio Disney has launched a mobile offering, unsurprisingly developed with mDisney ( NYSE: DIS ). The Radio Disney Mobile Web Site lets people with web-enabled mobile phones receive Radio Disney information and services including the ability to listen to Radio Disney, see the last ten songs played on...
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-- Guitar Hero III Mobile will rock your BlackBerrry : Hands-On Mobile, Inc. has partnered with Activision ( NSDQ: ATVI ), Inc. to bring Research in Motion's ( NSDQ: RIMM ) (RIM) Guitar Hero III Mobile game to BlackBerry smartphones, available to the nation's top four carriers this month. Users...