– Publicis-Microsoft: Advertising group Publicis has signed an agreement to provide mobile ad technology and metrics across Microsoft (NSDQ… Read more »
In less than a year, *ESPN* iPhone apps have been downloaded more than 4.5 million times — more than 2.2 2.7 million of the free ESPN (NYSE… Read more »
What’s missing from ESPN’s UK soccer package? A website to go with the TV coverage. But the U.S. network has confirmed to us it is preparing… Read more »
Aided by the holes left in a new slate of cable and broadcast partners and a full platter of weekday action, USOpen.org became the go-to sit… Read more »
Remember Visage Mobile? The San Francisco-based company was one of the unlucky few that got caught up in the MVNO heyday. Founded in 2001, V… Read more »
ESPN (NYSE: DIS) is hoping that a virtual gaming contest and online video series will help drum up interest among teen athletes for its Elit… Read more »
– Sky Player ads BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is adding online-only advertising to its live streaming TV site Sky Player. Until now the service has re… Read more »
ESPN (NYSE: DIS) is planning to revamp ESPNSoccernet and its other sports sites to coincide with the launch of its first European sports cha… Read more »
ESPN (NYSE: DIS) will enhance and expand its online sports sites as part of its launch as a UK sports broadcaster in August. The Disney-owne… Read more »
It’s not just indie companies like ngmoco or Zynga trying to grab a slice of the mobile gaming market — TV networks like *Disney*, *ESPN* a… Read more »
I’m sitting outside on a lovely Friday morning, sipping a cup of tea and catching up on the news. What’s wrong with this picture? It’s the f… Read more »
Just as football clubs get rid of their under-performing players in the summer, BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) has shut down Rivals.net, a network of fan… Read more »
Forget the international date line. I crossed the international tennis line when I flew to the UK this weekend, leaving behind a place where… Read more »
It’s been in the chase for some time, but now Disney-owned ESPN (NYSE: DIS) has finally got its hands on lucrative English Premier League so… Read more »
Huffington Post, under the newly appointed CEO Eric Hippeau, has launched its second city vertical after the Chicago launch last year: it ha… Read more »
US sportscaster ESPN (NYSE: DIS) has achieved its long-standing ambition of establishing a major foothold in the UK and Europe by winning th… Read more »
*ESPN* The Magazine becomes the latest print publication to try charging for its content online. The magazine announced on its website Frida… Read more »
U.S. tennis fans will have unprecedented free access to live broadband and mobile coverage of Wimbledon when the 2009 tourney starts June 22… Read more »
ESPNChicago.com only has a counter and a promotional video up, but on Monday, the site will go live for the Chicago Cubs home opener. The si… Read more »
Disney (NYSE: DIS) CEO Bob Iger used his street cred as the man who put Disney on iTunes and gave the go-ahead for streaming full episodes o… Read more »
It’s official — Disney Media Networks and YouTube have announced the revenue-sharing short-form deal we first reported last night. The deal… Read more »
If it’s March, it’s madness. Between now and the NCAA Men’s Division I National Championship on April 6, fans will be served an all-you-can-… Read more »
– ESPN: The company is pumping up its digital efforts abroad with the hiring of Scott Sternberg as VP-international digital media for ESPN… Read more »
Back in December, Bob Bowman told me that Major League Baseball Advanced Media planned to cut subscription prices for the 2009 season by at… Read more »
Much to the frustration of Disney-owned ESPN (NYSE: DIS), BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) will continue its dominance of live top flight football TV cover… Read more »
Disney (NYSE: DIS) is handing out 200 pink slips ABC and will not fill 200 other open positions at the network, Reuters reported. Last week,… Read more »
Here’s the latest in a long line of “Brand X launching social network” stories – with a twist. The London 2012 Olympics organising committee… Read more »
ESPN.com’s year-long revamp is finally ready today and set for its formal debut on January 5. Aside from emphasizing video and smarter searc… Read more »
The new ESPN.com is slated to go live in January, but ESPN (NYSE: DIS) Insiders (i.e. paid subscribers) are already getting a preview. And t… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
The details are still sketchy and the official announcement has yet to be made by ESPN (NYSE: DIS) and the Bowl Championship Series Group bu… Read more »
Mobile social network platform provider envIO networks has appointed former Vantrix head Manish Jha as president and CEO of the company. He… Read more »
ESPN (NYSE: DIS) and The R&A, organisers of the British Open, have a new eight-year deal that expands digital and international rights and -… Read more »
ESPN (NYSE: DIS) and The R&A, organizers of the British Open, have a new eight-year deal that expands digital and international rights — an… Read more »
ESPN.com is slated to get a major redesign this January, John Skipper, the sports networks’ EVP of Content, told ContentNext Media’s EconSp… Read more »
Here’s a move that may antagonise the Scrum.com faithful – owner ESPN (NYSE: DIS) is renaming the site “ESPNScrum.com”. The rugby site was o… Read more »