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NBC Sports and MobiTV Launch Live Notre Dame Football App for iPhone
iPhone and iPod touch Users Can Now Enjoy Live Game Coverage and ‘Cheer, Cheer for Old Notre Dame’ with the Notre Dame Central App
NEW YORK, NY and EMERYVILLE, CA – September 8, 2009 – iPhone
and iPod touch users can now access live coverage of all eight University
of Notre Dame home football games with NBC Sports’ all-new Notre Dame
Central App, powered by MobiTV.
Available now in the app store, Fighting Irish diehards and college football
fans nationwide can download the app to watch live NBC Sports coverage of
each home game via 3G and/or WiFi on their iPhone and iPod touch. (The first
live game available on the app was Saturday, September 5, a 35-0 Notre Dame
victory over the University of Nevada.)
In addition to live games, fans can watch video-on-demand highlights including
interviews, press conferences and classic full game recaps from the NBC Sports
Archives. The Notre Dame Central App also features a fully interactive schedule
offering live scoring, stats, news alerts and more. And, fans will never
miss a game with the Notre Dame Central Pregame Alerts that play the fight
song prior to each game.
“Fans of Notre Dame football now have an app that will let them follow
college football’s most storied program while they’re on the
go,” said Perkins Miller, senior vice president, Digital Media, NBC
Sports. “We’re thrilled to extend the viewing experience to this
fiercely loyal fan base and bring live games and other rich, interactive
video options to iPhone and iPod touch.”
"This partnership between NBC Sports and MobiTV brings more high profile,
hugely popular content to an impassioned, targeted mobile fan base," said
Charlie Nooney, Chairman and CEO of MobiTV. "The future of mobile television
is delivering these types of targeted apps which are more personal and immediately
relevant, so we're excited to work with NBC Sports and Notre Dame to make
this happen for iPhone and iPod touch users."
The app will cover all Notre Dame home football games in 2009. The schedule
is as follows:
Sept. 5 vs. Nevada (3:30 p.m. ET)
Sept. 19 vs. Michigan State (3:30 p.m. ET)
Oct. 3 vs. Washington (3:30 p.m.
ET)
Oct. 17 vs. USC (3:30 p.m. ET)
Oct. 24 vs. Boston College (3:30 p.m. ET)
Oct. 31 vs. Washington State *(7:30 p.m. ET)
Nov. 7 vs. Navy (2:30 p.m. ET)
Nov. 21 vs. Connecticut (2:30 p.m. ET)
*Game is being held at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
The Notre Dame Central App is now available for $6.99 from the App Store
on iPhone and iPod touch, or at www.itunes.com/appstore.
Users can also download the app via text message by sending the word ‘IRISH’ to
43888.
About MobiTV
MobiTV (http://www.mobitv.com),
the first company to bring live TV to mobile devices, draws on its proven
knowledge to continuously anticipate, develop and deliver a compelling mobile-media
experience.
Founded in 1999, MobiTV is a privately held company with headquarters in
Emeryville, California. For more information about MobiTV managed end-to-end
services, as well as hosted content-delivery technology and solutions, please
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