Oct 1, 2010 2:21 PM
After signing a four-year, $720 million deal with the NFL to stream games to mobile phones, Verizon Wireless is now looking to extend its relationship to include tablets. “The NFL will be on a tablet,” said Brian Rolapp, the NFL’s SVP of media strategy told the WSJ. “It’s a question…
Posted In: Entertainment, Media & Publishing, TV, Broadcast, Mobile, Social Media, Video, Companies, Apple, iPad, Sprint, Verizon, nfl
Jul 22, 2010 9:00 AM
Leveraging its $720 million deal with the NFL, Verizon Wireless has rolled out a new app in time for the 2010 NFL football season. It is free to download, but with millions banking on partnership, Verizon hopes to convert NFL fans into paying customers. To watch full video broadcasts of…
Posted In: Apps, Entertainment, Sports, Companies, Verizon, nfl
Apr 13, 2010 8:42 PM
Verizon Wireless has launched its first wave of NFL Mobile applications, including live streaming of Sunday and Thursday night games, for subscribers today as the official sponsor of the NFL. If you are a Verizon subscriber and interested at all in the NFL, you should download the application before the…
Posted In: Apps, Entertainment, Sports, Media & Publishing, TV, Mobile, Companies, Verizon, nfl
Mar 21, 2010 10:35 PM
Every so often, we run up against a harsh reminder that not all iTunes stores are created equal. Rights issues—as in carriers other than AT&T (NYSE: T) have exclusive rights—will keep North American hockey fans from access to NHL Ice *Time* 2010, a new freemium iPhone app (slide show) being…
Posted In: Apps, Entertainment, Sports, Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, Verizon, nfl, perry cooper
Mar 9, 2010 1:02 PM
The NFL has signed a new four-year deal with Verizon Wireless, putting an end to a roughly five-year partnership with Sprint (NYSE: S). The deal is valued at $720 million, including a rights fee and advertising spending, according to the WSJ, which quotes people familiar with the negotiations. NFL fans…
Posted In: Entertainment, Sports, Media & Publishing, TV, Mobile, Technologies / Formats, 3G, Companies, Sprint, Verizon, nfl
Aug 31, 2009 5:50 PM
Add the National Football League to the list of sports orgs laying out specific guidelines for social media. The NFL sent a memo detaining its policy to clubs Monday afternoon and released a statement (published below) focusing on Game Day rules. Key points: —“The use of social media by NFL…
Posted In: Entertainment, Sports, Social Media, Twitter, nfl
Nov 17, 2008 8:30 AM
The National Football League has confirmed that it won’t be putting out an iPhone version of its NFL app anytime soon, despite the relative popularity of the Major League Baseball’s app for the device, reports alleyinsider.com. Why? The NFL already has a lucrative, exclusive deal with wireless carrier Sprint (NYSE:…
Posted In: Entertainment, Sports, Media & Publishing, TV, Social Media, Video, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Sprint, nfl
Nov 6, 2008 1:18 AM
Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel’s partnership with the National Football League, which is valued at almost $500 million over five years, is finally kicking into second gear. For the remaining eight weeks of the season the carrier will be broadcasting games that were previously only available on the NFL Network. Beginning…
Posted In: Entertainment, Sports, Companies, Sprint, nfl
Aug 18, 2008 12:21 PM
Sprint has made yet another bold deal on content, even while it continues to suffer through each quarter and faces bleak options surrounding its iDEN network. The carrier has re-upped on its years-long partnership with the NFL to launch a new NFL Mobile Live application that will give customers access…
Posted In: Entertainment, Sports, Companies, Sprint, nfl
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