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MLB Advanced Media and MobiTV Bring Live Audio of MLB Playoffs and World Series to Mobile Phones in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico

 
    NEW YORK, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- MLB Advanced Media, LP (MLBAM), the
 interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball, announced
 today that live Spanish language audio of the 2005 Major League Baseball
 Playoffs and World Series has been added to MobiTV's(R) service for wireless
 subscribers in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.  This initiative
 represents MLBAM's first-ever wireless distribution of live MLB games to
 wireless subscribers in Latin America.
     MLBAM entered into a licensing agreement with MobiTV to provide the live
 Spanish language audio feeds along with English language TV highlight reels of
 each game of the 2005 MLB Playoffs and World Series.  Wireless customers in
 the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico who subscribe to MobiTV now have the
 opportunity to catch the exciting post-season baseball action live on their
 mobile phones.
     Information on availability of the MobiTV service, subscriptions and rate
 plans is available from Verizon Dominicana:  http://www.verizon.net.do or
 Puerto Rico http://www.mobitv.com.
     "Both Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic have shown tremendous demand
 for mobile television," said Dave Whetstone, Chief Marketing Officer at
 MobiTV, Inc.  "With all the baseball fans in these markets, the addition of
 MLB Playoffs and the World Series is sure to add more fuel to the fire."
     "We are very excited about MLBAM's first-ever wireless distribution of
 live Spanish Audio in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico," said Alex
 Pigeon, director of international business development for MLBAM. "Now our
 fans on the go can listen in live to the playoffs and World Series in Spanish,
 while enjoying daily highlight reels with top plays from each game."
 
 

SOURCE MLB Advanced Media, L.P.
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