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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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