Max Broadcasting Network and OmniSky Deliver Real Time NFL and MLB Content to Wireless -- Mobile -- Users.Business Editors and High-Tech/Sports Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 2000 MAX Broadcasting Network and OmniSky Extend Wireless Sports Content Beyond Scores to Provide "Real Internet" Content to Sports Fans On the Go MAX Broadcasting Network, Inc.(SM) ("MAX"), a new media company dedicated to the creation and broadcast of original online video and audio programming in sports and entertainment through its MAX Web properties, Maxfootball.com(SM) and Maxbaseball.com(SM), and OmniSky Corporation (Nasdaq:OMNY), the award-winning provider of branded wireless Internet and e-mail services for users of handheld devices, today announced the availability of in-depth National Football League (NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga ) and Major League Baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation). Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. (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) ) content on the OmniSky service. OmniSky subscribers can access Maxfootball.com(SM) and Maxbaseball.com(SM) content in real time on handheld devices including the Palm V and Vx, Handspring Visor An electronic PDA originally from Handspring, Mountain View, CA (www.handspring.com) that was introduced in 1999 by the people who invented and marketed the PalmPilot. Based on the Palm OS, it was the first handheld to use the USB interface. Platinum and Visor Prism and HP Jornada 540 Series. In addition to scores and stats, MAX NFL and MLB content features pre-game and post-game analysis, draft and recruiting information, fantasy tips, articles and news reports. OmniSky subscribers also have access to MAX's special features including MAX Attacks(SM), The Round-up(SM), Hardball hard·ball n. 1. Baseball. 2. Informal The use of any means, however ruthless, to attain an objective. hardball Noun US & Canad 1. (SM), Larry Dierker's Manager's Minute, the War Room's NFL Division Reports, and numerous articles contributed by insiders like Jerry Glanville Jerry Glanville (born October 14, 1941 in Perrysburg, Ohio) is a career American football coach who is currently the head coach for Portland State University. While at Northern Michigan University, Glanville played middle linebacker. In 1964, he graduated from Northern Michigan. . "MAX Broadcasting wants to make our original sports and entertainment programming available to users anytime, anywhere, through the world's communication networks," said Andrew Gladney, 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. of MAX Broadcasting Network. "Using the full capabilities of the wireless Internet with OmniSky, we are dramatically increasing the accessibility of MAX's programs for all Internet users." "MAX Broadcasting Network's comprehensive approach to sports and entertainment news supports our strategy to mobilize the 'real Internet' for users of handheld devices," said Barak Berkowitz, president of OmniSky. "Sports is a top-five content area on the OmniSky service and we attribute that to the quality of our partners and the depth of our content." ABOUT MAX Broadcasting Network, Inc.(SM) MAX Broadcasting Network, Inc.(SM) is the first new media company dedicated to the creation and broadcast of original online video and audio productions in the fields of sports and entertainment. MAX's broadband shows provide great sports and entertainment programming for Internet users through all its MAX web properties, which currently are Maxfootball.com(SM), launched October 15, 1999, and Maxbaseball.com(SM), launched March 15, 2000, and through its various distribution partners, who currently include AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. , Yahoo!, Microsoft, RealNetworks, Excite@Home, MSNBC MSNBC Microsoft/National Broadcasting Company , ZapMedia, AudioBasket, AvantGo, and OmniSky. MAX has differentiated its Maxfootball.com(SM) and Maxbaseball.com(SM) sites from competing sites by featuring original programming and interactive content that caters to the insatiable appetites of baseball and football fans. MAX has outpaced other sports sites by incorporating insider perspectives from nationally recognized experts, providing unequaled depth of coverage, and offering fresh and original editorial perspectives, as well as pioneering the way and setting the standard for original broadband sports video content. Andrew Gladney, Robert Cordova Cordova, Spain: see Córdoba. and Mark Newman founded MAX Broadcasting Network, Inc.(SM) in June 1999. Gladney is a successful high-tech entrepreneur, and the founder and former CEO of SAVVIS Communications Corporation (Nasdaq:SVVS SVVS Savvis, Inc (stock symbol) SVVS Surrey Vintage Vehicle Society (UK) SVVS Unix System V Verification Suite SVVS System V Verification Suite ), a leading national business-to-business Internet services company. MAX Broadcasting is based in St. Louis and 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 . ABOUT OmniSky OmniSky Corporation (Nasdaq:OMNY) is mobilizing the Internet for users of handheld devices. The OmniSky wireless Internet and e-mail service offers unlimited usage and enables subscribers to access and navigate the Internet, send and receive e-mail messages and securely conduct e-commerce transactions all for a fixed monthly fee. OmniSky partners with the leading wireless hardware, services and infrastructure providers, including AT&T Wireless, PSINet, Aether Systems, and InfoSpace, as well as the most popular online content and commerce providers, including AOL, eBay, E*TRADE, and Yahoo! Subscribers can access nearly 1,000 links to optimized Web content through an intuitive wireless portal A Web site that supports a user with a smartphone or alphanumeric pager. It may offer a variety of features, including providing a springboard to other (WAP based) wireless sites, the ability to select content to be pushed to the user's device as well as providing a point of entry for that organizes information into categories such as finance, shopping, news, sports and more. In addition, subscribers can search and surf the Web through the OmniSky wireless portal. The OmniSky service is available for Hewlett-Packard Co.'s Jornada Pocket PC, Handspring Visor Prism and Visor Platinum and the Palm V and Palm Vx handheld devices. The company expects to offer service on multiple devices, platforms and networks capable of offering handheld users a compelling wireless experience. OmniSky currently offers its service within the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. in over 118 major metropolitan areas, encompassing over 160 million people. Through a joint venture with News Corporation, OmniSky expects to begin offering its wireless service internationally in the first half of 2001. OmniSky is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif. For more information visit www.omnisky.com or call 650/969-7700. The foregoing information contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that are based on OmniSky's current expectations. These expectations are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those referred to in these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause OmniSky's actual results to differ include, but are not limited to, risks related to: market acceptance of an early stage service such as OmniSky; delays in the development or introduction of new versions of the service; technical difficulties with networks or operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. on which OmniSky rely to deliver the service; changes in technologies that affect the wireless, Internet or handheld mobile device industries; the ability of an early stage company such as OmniSky to manage its growth; the protection of proprietary information; release of competitive products and services; and general economic downturns. These and other risks are more fully described in OmniSky's periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and can be obtained online at the Commission's web site at http://www.sec.gov. Readers should consider the information contained in this release together with other publicly available information about OmniSky for a more informed overview of the company. Note to Editors: OmniSky is a registered trademark of OmniSky Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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