Verizon to offer ESPN content
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The jockeying to bring the most popular names from TV and the Web to cell phones produced another exclusive deal yesterday with Verizon Wireless nabbing a multiyear agreement to offer ESPN's flashy feed of sports scores, newscasts, and video highlights on the tiny screen.
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Mobile ESPN is back on  the line. After hanging up its branded cellular phone package  in September, the Walt Disney Co. is re-entering the wireless  business with a pair of deals announced Thursday with Verizon  Wireless and MediaFlo USA.
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LOS ANGELES  - In a first for the U.S.   market, the struggling Mobile ESPN network is offering live and   complete football games for viewing on cell phones.
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The National Football League plans to broadcast Thursday and Saturday games live over the Internet to some customers of Verizon Communications Inc. and DirecTV Group Inc, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Wednesday.
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Sports media company teams with Sprint to offer a branded cell phone service.
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YouTube videos will be viewable on cell phones for the first time under a deal with Verizon Wireless, which will also allow users to upload videos shot with their camera phones.
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Walt Disney Co.'s  ESPN sports television network is launching its own brand of mobile phone service in a deal with Sprint Corp.  intended to lure new users with sports news sent over a next-generation network, the companies said on Wednesday.
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Verizon Wireless, the No. 2 U.S.  mobile service, said on Wednesday it will let customers use  their cell phones to send each other money using a service from  privately held Obopay Inc.
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NEW YORK -- The planned shutdown of the Mobile ESPN cell phone service marks the first major bust in a rush of specialized wireless ventures targeting niche audiences they contend are underserved by the Cingulars and Verizons of the world.
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NEW YORK, November 5  - Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications (VZ.NYS) and Vodafone Group, has reached an agreement to acquire all of NextWave&#39;s airwave spectrum licenses for about $3 billion.
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U.S. cable network operator ESPN Inc. said Tuesday it has agreed to buy the London-based cable channel NASN Ltd. as part of its strategy to broadcast more American sports in Europe.
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XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.'s deal, potentially worth &#36;650 million, to acquire the broadcast rights to Major League Baseball over at least the next eight years, announced yesterday, was made possible by ESPN radio relinquishing its satellite broadcast rights.
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The City Title basketball games will be played at Verizon Center on March 4, the result of a deal similar to one struck less than two weeks before last year's game.
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ESPN acquired national TV rights to the Arena Football League on Tuesday and also will have a minority stake in the 19-team indoor league.
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In a matter of days, Verizon Wireless will unveil a service that, for the first time, lets cell-phone users watch programming from the likes of Comedy Central, Fox, and MTV right on their handsets. If TV via handset takes off, wireless carriers and cell-phone makers will win big.
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Stepping up its counterattack against cable TV outfits encroaching on its turf, Verizon will offer its own video packages, plus ultra-high-speed Internet access, to customers in six more
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The National Football League is  planning to test live broadcasts of Thursday and Saturday night  games over the Internet to some customers of Verizon  Communications Inc.  and DirecTV Group Inc , NFL  Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Wednesday.