[2] Rivals.com to Launch Web's First Network of Team Channels; Signs Content Sharing Agreement with News Digital Media's FOXSports.com.SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 1999-- Direct Access to FOXSports.com Video and Rivals.com Proprietary Video To be Available from Rivals.com Sports Channel Sports channels are television specialty channels (usually available exclusively through cable and satellite) broadcast sporting events, usually live, and when not broadcasting events, sports news and other related programming. Network Rivals.com, the world's largest network of sports team and specialty Web sites, announced today that it is launching the Web's first network of team-specific multi-media channels. The Rivals.com channel offering is being backed by a content sharing agreement with News Corporation's News Digital Media (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :NWS NWS National Weather Service NWS Naval Weapons Station NWS New World Symphony NWS Nuclear Weapon State NWS Not Work Safe NWS National Watercolor Society NWS North Warning System NWS Nose Wheel Steering NWS National Waste Strategy (UK) ), producer of FOXSports.com. Rivals.com users will have direct access to video from FOXSports.com, whose worldwide collection of sports video is among the largest on the Web. FOXSports.com, including its regional sites and team pages, will link to Rivals.com and provide news and video for each team channel. FOXSports.com will offer Rivals.com top daily headlines featuring exclusive news and video. The headlines will be updated throughout the day with direct links to FOXSports.com. Rivals.com will provide FOXSports.com with its exclusive team-specific news, insider reports, recruiting information and rankings. Additionally, Rivals.com will provide FOX Sports direct access to its team channel audio and video content, including player interviews, assessment drills, game highlights and coaches' shows. "Fox is an ideal equity and content partner for us. We are thrilled to have established a long-term strategic alliance with the worldwide leader in sports programming and online video," said Rivals.com Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. J.C. Heckman. "Rivals.com is creating a world of 'team channels' where fans can watch their favorite team play, read live statistics feeds, chat with friends and purchase team-specific merchandise -- all directly from their team communities. This will create a single destination for the fan seeking the best of their favorite team on the Web." "We are excited about our partnership with Rivals.com, which will give its network of team-specific channels direct access to the latest news and video from FOXSports.com," said Jon Richmond, President of News Digital Media. "FOXSports.com's in-depth coverage will be enhanced by Rivals.com's recruiting information and rankings provided by the nation's top experts." Rivals.com team channels will combine the power of the network's team and sport specialty communities with an increasingly rich variety of on-demand, multi-media content. In addition to the insider information currently available on Rivals.com network sites, fans will be able to experience a greater mix of proprietary video, FOXSports.com video and links to other multi-media content relevant to their teams. This means that the Rivals.com network, the stickiest sports site on the Internet in 'Time Per Person' according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Neilsen NetRatings' August, September and October data, is giving fans even more reasons to spend time in their favorite team communities. Rivals.com plans to integrate access to FOXSports.com video content into its network in stages, starting in the new year. FOXSports.com, a division of News Corporation's (NYSE:NWS) News Digital Media, is the fastest growing sports site and the premier destination on the Internet for up-to-the minute stats, news and scores for local and regional activity in the NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga , NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= , MLB MLB Major League Baseball MLB Minor League Baseball MLB Middle Linebacker (football) MLB Motor Life Boat MLB Matt Leblanc (actor) MLB Mother Love Bone (band) , NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there , soccer, auto racing, college football, basketball, and baseball, as well as golf, tennis, horse racing horse racing, trials of speed involving two or more horses. It includes races among harnessed horses with one of two particular gaits, among saddled Thoroughbreds (or, less frequently, quarterhorses) on a flat track, or among saddled horses over a turf course with , biking and world sports. In addition, the site boasts one the Web's most active fantasy sports leagues. Based in Seattle, Rivals.com is the world's largest network of more than 425 sports team and specialty Web sites, with more than 700 writers and experts who deliver leading in-depth team and player coverage. Fans can access the latest information on their favorite team's Web site with one mouse click, and immediately go deep into community, "inside information" and details that interest them most. Rivals.com also publishes more than 30 print publications dedicated to college sports fans. Investors include Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (www.humwin.com), Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking , News Digital Media (News Corporation, NYSE:NWS), producer of FOXSports.com, and The Phoenix Partners (www.phoenixvc.com). |
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