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Olympics Relaxes New Media Rules To Grant Unlimited Photo Use - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 02 Apr 2008 02:39 AM PST

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has gone some way to avoiding the kind of embarrassing new media reporting restrictions imposed by some sporting events over the last year, allowing accredited…

IOC Exec Warns China Against Internet Censorship During Olympics - 2 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 01 Apr 2008 07:47 PM PST

With the Beijing Olympics roughly four months away, Kevan Gosper, vice chairman of the IOC coordinating commission, is warning organizers that the internet must be open during the games and…

CollegeFanz Closes First Round Funding; More Than $2 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 01 Apr 2008 12:57 PM PST

Collegiate sports social net CollegeFanz has raised $2 to $5 million for its first round, according to the company. The company was founded by Bill Rasmussen, who was also behind…

Greenspan’s BroadWebAsia Gets MLB Rights In China - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 31 Mar 2008 05:30 AM PST

Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) has a new Chinese web outlet, launched in conjunction with last week’s regular season opening series in Tokyo. MLBAM has licensed online rights to…

Updated MMOD By The Numbers: 3.3 Million Unique Users In First Four Days - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 26 Mar 2008 08:55 PM PST

It took a little longer than expected but here are some updated March Madness on Demand stats for the first four days from CBSSports.com: Total hours of live streaming video…

Men’s Entertainment Aggregator CraveOnline Acquires HoopsVibe - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 26 Mar 2008 12:30 PM PST

Male lifestyle portal CraveOnline has bought basketball “culture” site HoopsVibe. Terms were not disclosed. The purchase is the latest in a series of acquisitions by CraveOnline and its parent, AtomicOnline.…

Updated: Youth Sports Site WePlay Raises $4.5 Million First Round; CAA, MLB, and Derek Jeter Invest - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 25 Mar 2008 11:16 PM PST

Updated below: WePlay, a NYC-based community site for youth sports, has raised a $1.87 $4.5 million first round from Pequot Private Equity, CAA and Major League Baseball, says peHUB. The…

SI Opens The Vault—And Treasure Seekers Follow - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 25 Mar 2008 06:55 PM PST

A few feet from where I’m typing this lies 40 years worth of Rolling Stone—not in stacks of paper, but DVDs nestled in a box meant to resemble a coffee-table…

Fantasy Sports Ventures Acquires HoopsHype.com - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 25 Mar 2008 09:49 AM PST

‘Tis the day to snap up basketball sites: Fantasy Sports Ventures, the fantasy sports-based media conglomerate, has acquired HoopsHype.com, a pro-basketball news and info site with a fantasy sports bent.…

ESPN Acquires Girls Basketball Site Hoopgurlz - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 25 Mar 2008 09:22 AM PST

ESPN (NYSE: DIS) has acquired girls-focused basketball site Hoopgurlz.com. The Seattle-based site, which reports on high school and college basketball, offers tournament listings, player profiles, message boards, player blogs and…

MLBAM’s 2008 Checklist: Redesign MLB.com, Team Sites; Live Daily Show; Video Upgrades - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 24 Mar 2008 04:34 PM PST

While baseball teams fine tune their rosters for opening day, Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) has some changes of its own, including tweaks to free and subscription content. Sports…

MMOD By The Numbers: First Round Viewing Exceeds All Of 2007 - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 23 Mar 2008 10:30 PM PST

Some stats from the first two rounds of the most accessible March Madness on Demand offered by CBS (NYSE: CBS) and the NCAA: -- Hours streamed during Round 1: 2,883,604…

March Madness: CBSSports.com Adds Highlight Mash-ups - 2 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 18 Mar 2008 08:37 PM PST

One more social media twist for March Madness ‘08 as we hurtle towards Thursday ... Fans will be able to make their own highlight mash-ups set to the tune of…

Doing The Bristol Stomp: ESPN Responds To Criticism For Multi-Platform Approach - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 17 Mar 2008 08:00 PM PST

I wrote some long stories for the Sports Business Journal but nothing comes close to John Ourand’s magnum opus on ESPN (NYSE: DIS) in this week’s issue. Ourand, who worked…

Sports Site MaxxAthlete Gets $3 Million Funding; Buys Three Small Sites - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 11 Mar 2008 04:59 PM PST

MaxxAthlete, a sports social network and online video network based in Manhattan Beach, CA, has raised about $3 million in first round of its funding...it didn’t disclose the investors but…

CBSSports.com Opens March Madness On Demand Video For Easy Access From Any Site - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 11 Mar 2008 06:00 AM PST

Seeking more online viewers for games and ads, CBSSports.com and the NCAA are announcing a “developer platform” for March Madness on Demand. It’s not the kind of developer concept where…

Beijing Olympics: Chinese State Broadcaster Makes Online Plans With MySpace China, Tudou.com - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 28 Feb 2008 10:45 PM PST

An intriguing move by China Central Television ... the Wall Street Journal reports that the state-run broadcaster is tying up with MySpace China and online-video site Tudou.com for an interactive…

Liberty-News Corp Close DirecTV-Stock Swap - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 27 Feb 2008 09:53 PM PST

Finally, after years of wrangling over a deal and more than a year after the $11 billion-or-so deal was struck, John Malone and Rupert Murdoch have erased the ties that…

MLB Increases Its Chokehold: Starts Its Own Online Usage Restrictions; Following NFL’s Lead - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 27 Feb 2008 09:02 AM PST

MLB, which has been the most proactive digital rights holder among the leagues, through its digital arm MLB Advanced Media, has now issued its set of restrictions: -- News sites…

Ad Industry Roundup: Microsoft; Kelsey Group; NYT; Blinxx/Denuo; Forrester; WPP; About; EA; Turner - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 26 Feb 2008 04:18 PM PST

-- Microsoft To Test Ad Effectiveness Tool: Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) will begin beta testing a new measurement tool called “Engagement Mapping” next month. Instead of linking sales, leads and traffic…

Broadband Content Bits: MySpace; UFC-Yahoo; WB-HP; Akamai; Ripe; HBO-YouTube; YouTube Outage - 1 Comment
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Tue 26 Feb 2008 01:01 PM PST

-- MySpace launches original series: MySpace today launched its new hidden-camera reality show Special Delivery, its second original web series (after Roommates) designed specifically for MySpaceTV. The Special Delivery MySpace…

Sports Media Execs Launch Sports, Entertainment Investment Firm - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 25 Feb 2008 08:34 AM PST

Veteran sports execs Doug Perlman and Steve Solomon, entrepreneur Bryan McBride and private equity exec Paul Levy are opening up shop as Accrue Sports and Entertainment Ventures, LLC, a combo…

Bleacher Report Raises First Round For User-Gen Sports Commentary - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 19 Feb 2008 01:44 PM PST

SF-based Bleacher Report, a site for user-gen sports commentary, has raised an unspecified first round led by Hillsven Ventures. Other backers include Transcoast Capital, Jakob Lodwick (Vimeo) and other Silicon…

Athlete Blogs Are OK At Olympics, But Barely So - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 17 Feb 2008 09:56 PM PST

The International Olympic Committee, still sitting high on its all-rights-are-ours horse, has opened up a little, allowing athletes to blog at the Olympics for the first time, in time for…

@ NBA Tech Summit: ESPN360 Adds HD - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Fri 15 Feb 2008 08:02 AM PST

Some broadband networks have been pulling back from HD broadband but ESPN360.com will start to provide the higher-quality experience with its NBA game this Wednesday. It’s a combination of 16:9…