ESPN Pulls Plug on Cell Phone Operation
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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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Walt Disney Co.'s DIS.N ESPN  sports television network is launching its own brand of mobile  telephone service in a deal with Sprint Corp. FON.N catering  to sports fans with news and game highlights on a  next-generation network, the companies said on Wednesday.
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The Walt Disney Co.  will spend about $30 million to shut down its Mobile ESPN wireless telephone services, but remains "excited" about its family-oriented Disney Mobile phone service, Disney Chief Financial Officer Tom Staggs said on Monday.
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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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ESPN Mobile plans to announce today that it will broadcast full-length college football games on its wireless phones.
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Cingular Wireless on Tuesday closed its $41 billion cash purchase of AT&amp;T Wireless Services Inc. (AWE), creating the biggest US mobile service with more than 46 million customers.
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ESPN, the sports television network that offers viewers shows like ''Around the Horn&quot; and ''Pardon the Interruption,&quot; soon will be letting fans get on the horn and interrupt someone.
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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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NEW YORK  -  Major League Baseball has limited ESPN's access to Tuesday night's All-Star Game after the network broke an embargo and broadcast news of the players' selections a few minutes after an exclusive, rain-delayed telecast on TBS.
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ABC has pulled its contract offer to the Bowl Championship Series, a move that could result in three of college football's biggest games moving to another network.
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Walt Disney Co.&#39;s (DIS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) ESPN sports television network is launching its own brand of mobile telephone service in a deal with Sprint Corp.
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Gambling, and especially poker, has invaded almost every form of television. So it stands to reason that ESPN would develop a drama about cardplayers.
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ABC has pulled out of negotiations to continue airing college football's Bowl Championship Series (BCS).
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MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Taking the bails off the ESPN-Zee legal wrangle, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) suddenly cancelled the bidding process for the four-year domestic cricket telecast rights.
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After some hits and misses in creating content for cellphones, ESPN thinks it knows how to keep up with its fans as they go about their days.
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Major League Baseball has  called ESPN out on strikes for the upcoming All-Star Game  because the network carried the all-star selections a few  minutes after Sunday&#39;s exclusive telecast on Turner  Broadcasting&#39;s TBS.
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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.