There’s quite a few announcements concerning mobile sports around today…
Smartphones Technologies and Collegiate Images announced mobile content licensing agreements with more than 30 leading colleges and universities in the U.S. The exclusive agreements cover all sports at each school, and is reportedly “the first time officially licensed college sports content is being offered for download to mobile customers…Under these agreements, Smartphones will create officially licensed wallpapers, animated screensavers, mobile video clips, voice ringtones, ringback tones, text messaging campaigns and mobile games. In addition to the content provided by the schools, Smartphones will send its own photographers and video crews to games through the year to constantly refresh the content.” It seems like a good deal…”College sports generates over $2.7 billion in licensing revenue per year, exceeding both Nascar and the NHL. Furthermore, college sports have the longest selling season of any major sports licensor, starting in August and running through June.”
Sony Ericsson today announced a new information service for the WTA Tour it sponsors. Content will include the latest scores, player profiles, match data and daily schedules of play from tournaments. The content is optimized for Sony Ericsson phones but will be available on all models, including monotone screened phones.
ScoreConnex has announced a real-time scores and statistics service aimed at “sports and fantasy team fanatics” to enable them to manage teams in real time. “In addition to scores, all ScoreConnex membership levels include sports news, lines, stadium weather, even injury reports. All memberships also include access to premium content including stocks, personalized movie theater listings, horoscopes and more,” said Randy Weisman, ScoreConnex CEO. The kicker? The service costs $19.95 per month. I think that’s insanely high, but I have no idea how many fanatics will pay the price. The service would “eliminates additional pagers or external equipment”, if they’re being used…
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