For Baseball Fans Everywhere, MFORMA and CBS SportsLine.com Launch New Baseball Applications for 2005.SANTA MONICA Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , Calif. -- Never Miss Baseball News -- Always Know the Score Manage Your Fantasy Team -- Play a Great Baseball Game Noun 1. baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League All from Your Mobile Phone MFORMA Group Inc., the world's leading publisher and distributor of mobile entertainment, and CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. SportsLine.com, a leading Internet sports media Sports Media, Inc. (SMI) is a Sports Media and Marketing company that produces radio and television programming as well as representing professional athletes. 2002 Cowboys Live - Hosted by Dallas Cowboys Joey Galloway organization and division of CBS Sports CBS Sports is a division of CBS which airs many of the sports telecasts in the United States. CBS Sports broadcasts programs like NFL on CBS, The NFL Today, Southeastern Conference football, NCAA basketball, PGA golf, and professional tennis. , today announced the launch of three new mobile baseball applications: Baseball 2005, a top-rated arcade-style mobile game; Fantasy Baseball Companion, a wireless extension of CBS SportsLine.com's immensely popular online Fantasy Baseball; and Baseball GameCenter, a news and information service that tracks live baseball action. All three applications will be available to mobile users throughout North America by the opening of the 2005 baseball season. "CBS SportsLine.com is a leading provider of sports information and fantasy sports products," said Scott Jensen, vice president, head of licensing and brand partnerships for MFORMA. "MFORMA is thrilled to continue its collaboration with CBS SportsLine.com to offer high-quality games and unique mobile products that are fully integrated with online fantasy sports leagues." "The 2005 CBS SportsLine.com mobile baseball products provide an excellent user experience and we are pleased to see the close attention to detail, realism, and high quality MFORMA has put into them," said Steve Snyder, senior vice president, general manager of CBS SportsLine.com. "All three applications link baseball fans intimately to their favorite sport and give them the ability to enjoy baseball anytime, anywhere throughout the entire season." Baseball 2005 by CBS SportsLine.com is an updated version of Baseball 2004. The 2005 update features console-like gameplay and realistic audio, combining a huge new range of features -- improved pitching mechanics, double plays, and improved hitting physics -- to create the ultimate sports mobile game. Just like the pros, fans are able to play the entire season with the top teams, and even go into the post-season to play for the title. Baseball 2005 is even better than Baseball 2004, which was named "the best mobile baseball game to date" by Wireless Gaming Review, nominated by Spike TV for "Best Mobile Game of 2004," and acclaimed by IGN IGN Ignored (Status) IGN Institut Geographique National IGN Ignition IGN Instituto Geografico Nacional (Spain) IGN Imagine Games Network IGN In-Game Name (gaming) as "the de facto [Latin, In fact.] In fact, in deed, actually. This phrase is used to characterize an officer, a government, a past action, or a state of affairs that must be accepted for all practical purposes, but is illegal or illegitimate. baseballer in the mobile arena." Baseball GameCenter by CBS SportsLine.com is an all-new subscription product for 2005. Baseball GameCenter delivers live in-game action, as it happens, pitch-by-pitch. Fans get a complete graphical and statistical representation of an in-progress baseball game right on their mobile phone. Baseball GameCenter includes detailed box scores, play-by-play summaries and up-to-the-minute baseball news, scores, team and league statistics, and more. Fantasy Baseball Companion by CBS SportsLine.com is a full-featured wireless extension to the immensely popular CBS SportsLine.com Fantasy Baseball product played by Fantasy fanatics around the world. It is the only truly interactive companion product on the market where lineup changes can be made directly from your phone and all phone-based interaction is immediately synchronized with the web-based fantasy experience. For more information about the availability of Baseball 2005, Fantasy Baseball, and Baseball GameCenter by CBS SportsLine.com by region or network operator, please contact MFORMA or log onto cbs.sportsline.com. About CBS SportsLine.com CBS SportsLine.com is at the leading edge of media companies providing Internet sports content, Fantasy sports, and e-commerce. In addition to its flagship service, the company publishes the official Web sites of the NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga , PGA TOUR, and NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Sports. CBS SportsLine.com is a member of the Viacom family and a division of CBS Sports. For more information about CBS SportsLine.com and for the latest sports news, scores, and expert analysis, please visit cbs.sportsline.com. More information about Viacom and its businesses is available at www.viacom.com. About MFORMA Group, Inc. MFORMA (www.mforma.com) is a leading global publisher and distributor of mobile entertainment. MFORMA provides wireless operators and their customers with the world's best content and brands, and provides developers and brand owners with the shortest route to market. MFORMA's customers include more than 100 of the world's leading wireless carriers. In addition to the industry's most comprehensive catalog of BREW, Java, SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. , MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) An enhanced transmission service that enables graphics, video clips and sound files to be transmitted via cellphones. Developed as part of the 3GPP project, MMS phones are generally backward compatible with SMS and EMS. , and WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point. (2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages. games, MFORMA also provides sports, lifestyle, and information services See Information Systems. subscription products. MFORMA's carrier-grade platform manages the delivery of downloadable games and applications for some of the world's largest carriers. With MFORMA, wireless operators can choose to utilize any or all of the MFORMA resources -- tools, platforms, and/or content. MFORMA is headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., with facilities in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego; London and Manchester, England; Shanghai and Beijing, China; and Seoul, Korea. |
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