Sport Media and Mobile

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Telstra acquire share of Olympic rights - 27 Mar 08

Australian telecommunications provider, Telstra, agreed a $9 million deal with the Seven Media Group to show exclusive live coverage of the Beijing Olympics on its BigPond mobile service.

EC sets standard for mobile TV - 19 Mar 08

The European Commission agreed that the official mobile TV standard for Europe will be DVB-H.

Perform launches multi-platform daily sports news bulletin - 28 Feb 08

Perform launched omnisport.tv, the world’s first and only fully produced multi-platform daily sports bulletin, available in multiple formats for daily distribution across scheduled TV channels, broadband TV services, mobile TV, video on demand and MP4.

MP & Silva launch AC Milan mobile site in Japan - 12 Feb 08

Serie A club AC Milan and the MP & Silva agency launched AC Milan’s official Japanese mobile website.

Orange is serious bidder for French Ligue 1 rights - 24 Jan 08

According to French media reports, mobile operator Orange has bid for all 12 packages of TV rights available in the Ligue 1 tender, including live rights.

JumpTV wins 2010 South American World Cup qualifiers - 17 Jan 08

JumpTV acquired the exclusive North American online and mobile rights for the 2010 South American World Cup qualifying tournament from sports, media and entertainment company SCP Worldwide.

Verizon delivers EPL to US mobile phones - 9 Jan 08

Mobile phone network Verizon Wireless has become the first wireless distributor of Fox Soccer Channel's exclusive Barclays Premier League mobile highlight package in the United States.