ESPN to Launch Mobile Phone Service in Sprint Deal
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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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In a rare misstep for the  self-proclaimed "worldwide leader in sports," ESPN said  Thursday it would shut down its Mobile ESPN wireless telephone  service by year's end because the much-hyped venture couldn't  bring in enough subscribers.
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Listen up sports fans, ESPN&#39;s about to bring its news, stats, scores, and video - to cell phones. The Disney-owned cable TV powerhouse has inked a deal with Sprint to launch the first ESPN-branded cell phone.
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Sprint (FON:NYSE - news - research) and SBC Communications (SBC:NYSE - news - research) set a plan that will give their customers access to both companies&#39; Wi-Fi Internet service hot spots.
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Sprint Corp.'s agreement to buy Nextel Communications Inc. , in a $35 billion deal unveiled yesterday, will shake up the mobile phone market and create the third largest US wireless service provider.
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As promised, ESPN will re-launch its mobile brand through a major carrier, signing a multi-year exclusive agreement with Verizon Wireless. The feature will be available to subscribers of the company's V CAST service.
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Sprint said today that it may begin to unlock its cell phones for use on other carrier networks.
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Mobile ESPN, a start-up cellphone  company backed by Walt Disney Co., will announce as soon as  Thursday that it is closing down operations, The Wall Street  Journal reported on Thursday.
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LOS ANGELES  - 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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SPRINT and Time Warner are discussing a deal that would allow the cable provider to offer mobile phone service, the companies said.
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Sprint Corp. and cable television provider Mediacom Communications Corp. announced an agreement Wednesday that will allow Sprint to offer Internet telephone service to Mediacom&#39;s 2.7 million household subscribers.
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Sprint, the fourth-largest US cell phone operator, has started a $3 billion network upgrade, with $1 billion earmarked for a wireless broadband service to launch soon in selected cities, a Sprint executive said Tuesday.
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Sports cable channel ESPN will launch its own branded wireless phone service next year, the first in a series of branded cell phone services planned by The Walt Disney Co., which owns ESPN.
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Sprint Nextel Corp customers can now  use mobile phones to shop for everything from shoes to  televisions in a new service the No. 3 U.S. wireless company  has launched to boost revenue.
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Walt Disney Co.'s DIS.N ESPN  sports television network is launching its own brand of mobile  phone service in a deal with Sprint Corp. FON.N 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 &#151; ESPN is relaunching its shuttered cell phone service through Verizon Wireless, this time delivering its flashy feed of sports scores, news and video highlights through a top industry player instead of competing for subscribers with its own full-blown wireless brand.