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- NEW YORK -- Key Features Include In-Game Video Highlights, Real-Time Fantasy Team Management, Pitch-by-Pitch Gamecast
Coverage, Personalized Text and Video Alerts and Mobile-Exclusive Analysis from ESPN Commentators
Mobile ESPN today unveiled an unprecedented suite of wireless content and features designed around the upcoming 2006 baseball
season. Mobile ESPN subscribers will have one-touch access to personalized text and video coverage of their favorite teams
and players, as well as complete mobile access to their ESPN.com fantasy baseball teams.
"If you're a baseball fan on the go, there's no better place than Mobile ESPN to get all the real-time information you
crave," said Manish Jha, senior vice president and general manager, Mobile ESPN. "We have created a richer and easier to use
content offering for this baseball season than has ever been delivered to mobile phones before."
MOBILE ESPN COVERAGE FOR THE 2006 MLB SEASON INCLUDES:
Comprehensive scoreboards with game status information and real-time scores for every Major League Baseball game; State-of-the-art Gamecast experience with detailed game stats, boxscores, play-by-play, game recaps and much more; In-game video highlight clips of each ESPN telecast game--that's a total of 150 games; Game updates and video analysis of key plays; Personalized content for favorite teams and players, including video highlights and alerts. For example, fans can elect to
receive highlights and alerts for only the teams they choose; Real-time ESPN.com Fantasy team management; Mobile ESPN-exclusive Fantasy trade and injury analysis from ESPN reporters and analysts; In-depth sport and team coverage for MLB and every MLB team, including rosters, statistics, schedules, standings, injury
reports, player information and breaking news; Content and video analysis exclusively for Mobile ESPN subscribers from ESPN MLB hosts and analysts, including Peter
Gammons, John Kruk, Karl Ravech and many more; Columns from popular ESPN.com writers, including Peter Gammons, Buster Olney, Rob Neyer and Jayson Stark.
Mobile ESPN wireless network voice and data services are provided on the Nationwide Sprint PCS Network. High-speed data
services are available in the Sprint wireless high-speed data (EVDO) coverage areas. Where available, "EVDO" provides
broadband-like download speeds, enabling extremely fast access to Mobile ESPN's sports content, Internet searching and
certain downloads.
As an MVNO, Mobile ESPN is a stand-alone, post-paid wireless carrier, offering voice and data services directly to consumers.
Customer contracts, billing, care and all other systems and services are managed directly by ESPN.
Mobile ESPN is available through Best Buy stores nationwide, at www.mobileespn.com and by calling 1-800-GET ESPN. Rate plans
start at $34.99 a month, and include voice minutes and all ESPN sports content, text messages and wireless Internet access.
Handset prices start at $99.
About Mobile ESPN The first national mobile phone service provider designed for sports fans, Mobile ESPN offers unparalleled sports programming
and entertainment from ESPN on unique ESPN-branded mobile handsets.
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