427,000 Sign Up for NCAA Tournament Challenge On ESPN.com; ESPN Internet Group Generates 42 Million Page Views Monday.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2000 ESPN.com Signs Up 10,000 Per Hour During Busiest Period GO.com's (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GO) ESPN.com had registered more than 427,600 fans to play the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Men's Tournament Challenge Presented by Pizza Hut and Courtyard by Marriott Courtyard by Marriott is a brand of hotels owned by Marriott International. They have over 2,800 hotels worldwide, as of June 2007. Courtyard by Marriott is designed for business travelers. by 10:30 p.m. ET Tuesday. The figure surpasses last year's Tournament Challenge record of 402,000 signups, even though registration for this year's version does not close until Thursday, March 16. At its busiest, ESPN.com has been signing up 10,000 Tournament Challenge players per hour for the largest tournament on the Internet. Buoyed by the Tournament Challenge and ESPN.com's comprehensive tourney coverage, ESPN Internet Group (EIG) accumulated 42.4 million page views and 4.7 million visits on Monday, March 13. By comparison, EIG's busiest day during the 1999 NCAA Tournament, Thursday, March 11, resulted in 22.3 million impressions and 3.4 million visits. GO.com was created as part of the recent merger between Infoseek Corporation and The Walt Disney Company's online unit, Buena Vista Internet Group (BVIG). GO.com oversees many of the Web's most popular sites and services, including the GO Network portal, ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. .com, ABCNEWS.com, Disney.com, Disneystore.com, DisneyTravel.com, ESPN.com, EXPN.com, NFL.com, NBA.com, NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Online, ESPNstore.com, ABCsports.com, Family.com and Mr. Showbiz. |
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