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Soccer portal Goal.com gets makeover in advance of World Cup06 / 17 / 13U.K.-based digital media outfit Perform has completed an extensive reworking of its Goal.com global soccer portal in advance of next year’s World Cup in Brazil. Among the changes are a new visual look developed with the aid of brand design consultant Elmwood, new fantasy and prediction-base... Tags: Media |
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Leagues wonder if new TV device is friend or foe
In a matter of mere months, Sling Media Inc. and its Slingbox device have become the hot topic of the sports and media worlds and the subject of a caustic debate few are prepared to address publicly. Sling Media says concerns over the Slingbox stem primarily from ...
Tags: 24K, This Week's News
MLB Road Show adds a two-step twist
MLB Properties has hit the road for the fourth installment of its annual Road Show tour, and this year, the event is going a little bit country. Road Show stops will include the CMA Music Festival (below) and Vans Warped Tour, which has featured acts such as Sense ...
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Roll Tide! A spirited way to e-mail
The University of Alabama has signed a two-year deal with E-Fanmail.com, a Nevada-based startup specializing in interactive e-mail templates featuring team logos, photos, links to online ticket and merchandise stores, and sponsorship inventory. The e- ...
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Mets ask $10M a year to name new ballpark
The New York Mets are seeking a naming-rights deal worth more than $10 million a year for their new ballpark set to open in 2009, a deal that would be record-setting for a baseball-only facility. The design of the 45,000-seat ballpark was inspired by Ebbets Fiel ...
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Confusion slows pace of wireless
The wireless industry gave itself a dose of tough love at its top annual conference in Las Vegas last week, calling for an end to confusing device interfaces that executives and analysts say are prohibiting development and distribution of high-end mobile content. Amid a frenzied atmosph ...
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Pointing the way: Commissioner Bud Selig oversees changes in the ...
Baseball may be timeless, but the business of baseball has radically changed in recent years. After several scintillating postseasons, a new collective-bargaining agreement to boost revenue sharing and a reorganization of MLB’s business division, th ...
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Crossing media borders
Predicting the future: From left, Tony Petitti of CBS Sports, David Levy of Turner Sports and Bobby Betros of Digital Orchid. Digital convergence has given way to platform agnosticism. In a development destined to change the landscape of sports media, senio ...
Tags: World Congress of Sports
More growth seen for mobile and HDTV
Media Predictions Mobile platforms will be the leading growth segment in the media and wireless space according to panelists discussing what lies ahead on the media landscape. But Rich Bilotti, analyst for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, said, “High-definition TV is the biggest ...
Tags: World Congress of Sports
Media figures puzzle out what — and who — fits where
Sports and the Mighty Media Puzzle Jeff Shell of Comcast (left), Phil Kent of Turner (center) and Leo Hindery of InterMedia Partners Comcast’s Jeff Shell was not overly optimistic that the buildup of sports properties at OLN would include an ac ...
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Yahoo! deal to extend reach of Rivals.com
Rivals.com has signed a two-year content distribution deal with Yahoo! Sports, the company’s second major deal in less than four months designed to expand the online reach of the Brentwood, Tenn.-based outfit. After signing a distribution pact with AOL in December, Rivals.com now plans ...
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