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The use of the mobile internet in Britain grew eight times as fast as the growth of the wired internet, according to the latest study from research firm Nielsen Online. Of course, the actual number of Britons surfing the wired internet is still overwhelmingly higher. The Mobile Media View report found...
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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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The National Football League has confirmed that it won't be putting out an iPhone version of its NFL app anytime soon, despite the relative popularity of the Major League Baseball's app for the device, reports alleyinsider.com . Why? The NFL already has a lucrative, exclusive deal with wireless...
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Sprint ( NYSE: S ) Nextel's partnership with the National Football League, which is valued at almost $500 million over five years, is finally kicking into second gear. For the remaining eight weeks of the season the carrier will be broadcasting games that were previously only available on the NFL...
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Zumobi Releases Pro Football On App Store: Zumobi has launched a free Pro Football applications on the App Store that gives users access to NFL-related news, information, scores and updates from every team. The company hopes its four-tile design for the application will present advertising opportunities...
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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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In a case of I-told-you-so, NBC Universal ( NYSE: GE ) is reaffirming with statistics the goal it set out to accomplish on mobile during the Beijing Olympics: attract scores of new mobile users and drive usage to new heights. The network's Olympics WAP site generated 36 million page views and 6.5...
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-- CBS teams with AT&T* for exposure at Starbucks with Wi-Fi: CBS ( NYSE: CBS ) says it's doing a first here by targeting Wi-Fi users at Starbucks locations to promote some of the network's shows on AT&T's Wi-Fi login page. Worst Week , a comedy which premiered on CBS last week, is...
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Dan Hesse's been on the job at Sprint ( NYSE: S ) Nextel as CEO for nine months and made his first appearance at an investor conference in that role at Goldman Sach's Communacopia today. Hesse: "Hopefully the events of the last few days won't make a significant change" to customer...
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BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion's co-CEO Jim Balsillie announced a series of new partnerships with content providers in a morning keynote at CTIA, but hinted at much more to come. After walking the audience through RIM's ( NSDQ: RIMM ) 20-year history and the changes he expects to come to...
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T-Mobile's relationship with the NBA will continue through much of 2011. The carrier renewed its sponsorship deal, it first negotiated in 2005, for three more years, Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal reports . T-Mobile has made some big media buys with the NBA, including rights to...
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-- *AT&T* brings back college football SMS voting: AT&T ( NYSE: T ) is reminding college football fans that they can once again begin voting for their AT&T All-America Player of the Week via SMS. The carrier is also putting up video highlights and photos of each candidate on its mobile NCAA...