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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By BRUCE MEYERSON NEW YORK - Verizon Wireless on Thursday launched a broadcast TV service for cell phones in about 20 Midwestern and Western markets, charging $15 to $25 a month for the initial lineup from eight leading networks.
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Mobile ESPN, a start-up cellphone   company backed by Walt Disney Co. DIS.N, will announce as   soon as Thursday that it is closing down operations, The Wall   Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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Verizon Wireless said today that it will pay $3 billion in cash for all the spectrum licenses owned by NextWave Telecom to expand coverage for new subscribers.
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NEW YORK -- A day after saying it will bring YouTube videos to cell phones, Verizon Wireless is announcing a similar deal with Revver.com, a Web site that shares ad revenue with the people who upload the video clips.
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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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Audio recordings of this year's pro football playoff games will be available for download. Also:  Verizon and Yahoo team up to provide premium online service.... Electronic Arts strikes deals to corner the sports games market.... and more.
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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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Subscribers to Verizon Communications Inc.'s high-speed Internet services will be able to access customized and premium content from Web giant Yahoo Inc. under a multiyear agreement that combines the companies' offerings into a single brand.
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ESPN will launch its own branded wireless phone service next year, the first in a series of branded cell-phone services planned by Walt Disney (DIS), which owns the cable sports channel.
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(InfoWorld) - Online video-sharing service YouTube is extending its reach beyond PCs to mobile phones through a deal with Verizon Wireless. Under the deal announced Tuesday, YouTube will offer a sampling of the most popular videos available through its service, which allows users to watch and share videos on the Web. Unlike the YouTube Web site service, which is free, the company's mobile phone offering will require a $15-a-month subscription to a Verizon Wireless service called V Cast. Users don't have to pay airtime charges to stream or watch V Cast content but they must have a V Cast-enabled handset. The service is expected to be available next month, the companies said. Numerous mobile phone companies are expected to introduce user-generated content services, like YouTube, to create content customers are willing to pay to watch, said Emma Mohr-McClune, senior analyst with Current Analysis. YouTube and Verizon Wireless provided no financial details but said Verizon would have exclusive rights to distribute YouTube videos on mobile phones "for a limited period of time." Last month,Â Google paid $1.65 billionÂ to acquire YouTube. Â
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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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Verizon Wireless said on Monday it will offer music video downloads from Warner Music Group, opening up a new potential source of revenue for the No. 2 U.S. mobile provider.
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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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SAN FRANCISCO - The sports media company ESPN will introduce a branded mobile service and cell phones next year in the U.S., becoming the latest in a growing number of companies entering the mobile market on the strength of established audiences.
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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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Verizon Wireless on Thursday launched a broadcast TV service for cell phones in about 20 Midwestern and Western markets, charging $15 to $25 a month for the initial lineup from eight leading networks