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ESPN’s Live Wimbledon Promise Centers On TV; Mobile Held Hostage

Jul 6, 2011 5:00 AM

Novak Dkojovic and Petra Kvitova weren’t the only winners at Wimbledon this year. Fans who thinking watching sports live matters won big when the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club went with ESPN (NYSE: DIS) as the exclusive rights holder and its massive live schedule for the next 12…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Sports, Media & Publishing, TV, VOD, Mobile, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Disney, ESPN, Google, Android, NBC Universal, NBC, Time Warner, ian ritchie, john skipper, wimbledon

NBC Needs To Get A Grip—Or Lose Its Grip On Wimbledon

Jul 3, 2009 11:25 AM

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 final Friday of Wimbledon and I’m reduced to either watching a pirated feed from a place where the broadcasters value live sports or following…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Sports, Companies, Disney, ESPN, NBC Universal, NBC, wimbledon

U.S. Fans Get Free Live Streaming Of Wimbledon Via NBC

Jun 28, 2009 10:07 PM

Forget the international date line. I crossed the international tennis line when I flew to the UK this weekend, leaving behind a place where I could follow most of Wimbledon live online at no charge on NBC, which even will stream the finals live, and ESPN (NYSE: DIS)  for one…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Sports, Companies, Disney, ESPN, Microsoft, NBC Universal, NBC, espn360.com, silverlight, wimbledon

ESPN Grabs Expanded Wimbledon Digital Rights; Pay Service Mediazone Out Of The Picture

May 20, 2009 12:23 AM

U.S. tennis fans will have unprecedented free access to live broadband and mobile coverage of Wimbledon when the 2009 tourney starts June 22—as long as they have access to ESPN360.com and *ESPN* Mobile. MediaZone, which sold a subscription package for the last few years, is out of the picture completely…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Sports, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Companies, Disney, ESPN, Countries, Europe, mediazone, tennis, wimbledon

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