Gameloft Named as Exclusive Mobile Gaming Sponsor for 2007 Tennis Channel Open.Company to Debut Tennis Open 2007: Featuring Lleyton Hewitt Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born 24 February 1981) is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Australia. In 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked number one. His career best achievements are winning the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon men's singles titles. NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Gameloft([R]), a leading developer and publisher of games for mobile phones, today announced that they are the exclusive mobile sponsor for the 2007 Tennis Channel Open, scheduled for February 25 - March 4, 2007 at the Amanda & Stacy Darling Memorial Tennis Center in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , Nevada. The tournament features Lleyton Hewitt and other top-ranked tennis players from around the world, and will mark the debut of Gameloft's new sports title, Tennis Open 2007: Featuring Lleyton Hewitt. As part of the game's unveiling, Gameloft will offer tennis fans the chance to win a variety of prize packages as well as be among the very first to play the game. "The Tennis Channel Open is a natural launching pad for Gameloft's new mobile tennis game, given Lleyton Hewitt's role as one of our headliners each year," said Doug Martz, senior vice president, advertising sales, Tennis Channel. "The availability of their game at the tournament will enhance our fan-friendly 'Tennispalooza' atmosphere, and we're excited to be able to provide them with an innate environment of potential customers so favorable toward their product." "The 2007 Tennis Channel Open is an ideal venue to introduce one of our premium sports titles, and do so in a creative and interactive manner," said Gonzague de Vallois, vice president of publishing, Gameloft. "As a recognized world leader in mobile games, Gameloft is pleased to sponsor the Tennis Channel Open and we wish our featured athlete, Lleyton Hewitt, the best of luck." The popular Tennis Channel Open draws in thousands of tennis fans, and has attracted top-seeded players such as John McEnroe John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. (born February 16, 1959 in Wiesbaden, Germany) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. McEnroe won seven Grand Slam singles titles — three at Wimbledon and four at the U.S. , Andre Agassi Andre Kirk Agassi (born April 29 1970, in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from the United States who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. , Lleyton Hewitt, Marat Safin and last year's winner, James Blake
Motorola, Sprint and Cingular are also partnering with Gameloft to sponsor the event. About Gameloft Gameloft is a leading international publisher and developer of video games for mobile phones. Founded in 1999, it has emerged as one of the top innovators in its field. The company creates games for mobile handsets equipped with Java, Brew, or Symbian technology. The total number of mobile handsets with this technology is expected to exceed two billion units in 2008 (ARC GROUP). Thanks to partnership agreements with leading licensors and personalities such as Ubisoft Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Touchstone Television, Viacom, Sony Pictures, FifPro, Paris Hilton Ent., Lamborghini, Derek Jeter, Reggie Bush, Vijay Singh, Andrei Schevchenko, and Djibril Cisse, Gameloft has formed strong relationships with international brands. In addition to the partnerships, Gameloft owns and operates such brands as Block Breaker Deluxe, Asphalt: Urban GT and New York Nights. As a result of agreements with telecom carriers, handset manufacturers, specialized distributors and its online store, Gameloft now boasts a distribution network covering 75 countries. Gameloft has worldwide offices in New York, San Francisco, Montreal, Mexico, Buenos Aires, Paris, London, Dusseldorf, Milan, Madrid, New Delhi, Seoul, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Tokyo. Gameloft is listed on the Euronext Paris Stock Exchange (ISIN Isin (ĭs`ĭn), capital of an ancient Semitic kingdom of N Babylonia. The city became important after the third dynasty of Ur fell to the Elamites and the Amorites (c.2025 B.C.). The phase from c.2025–c.1763 B.C. : FR0000079600, Bloomberg: GFT GFT Global Forex Trading (Global Futures & Forex, Ltd.) GFT Glasgow Film Theatre (Glasgow, Scotland) GFT Geographic Full-Time GFT General Flight Test (pilot licensing) FP, Reuters: GLFT GLFT Great Lakes Fishery Trust .PA) For more information, visit www.gameloft.com. About The Tennis Channel The Tennis Channel (www.TheTennisChannel.com) is the only 24-hour, television-based multimedia destination dedicated to tennis and the healthy, active lifestyle that surrounds it. A hybrid of comprehensive sports, health, fitness, pop culture, entertainment, lifestyle and travel programming, the network is home to every aspect of the wide-ranging, worldwide tennis community. It also has the most concentrated single-sport coverage in television, with telecast rights to Roland Garros (the French Open), the US Open Series, ATP Masters Series The ATP Masters Series is a series of nine tennis tournaments that are part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour, held annually throughout the year in Europe and North America. The tournaments are mandatory for the top male players on the professional circuit. , top-tier Sony Ericsson WTA WTA Washington Trails Association WTA Women's Tennis Association WTA World Transhumanist Association WTA Willingness to Accept WTA Winner-Take-All WTA Winner Takes All WTA World Toilet Association (Singapore) Tour championship competitions, Davis Cup by BNP Paribas, Fed Cup and Hyundai Hopman Cup. [c] 2001 Gameloft - All rights reserved - Gameloft and Gameloft logo are registered trademarks of Gameloft S.A. - All rights reserved. |
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