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Sports: Sports Of The World Unite
Posted December 5, 2007 9:15 AM
Sports from all across the globe are being united by the one thing they have most in common, scores. That's right guys, all of your sports will be constantly updated and available from any computer once ESPN launches its new site next year. The dream site, ScoreCenter.com, plans to feature scores from sports all over the world including football, cricket, baseball, and of course soccer, which will have live scores from 460 leagues; not to mention the site will be available in six languages for true world wide compatibility. Pretty sweet huh?
This isn't ESPN's first step into the international market however. They've been ramping things up with business through the normal linear channels, but also getting key acquisitions like the London-based European sports network NASN, as well as online sites for rugby and cricket, and mobile businesses that have expanded from five countries last year to a whopping thirty-seven at present. In fact ESPN chief George Bodenheimer told analysts and investors at the annual UBS media conference that the ultimate goal is to provide live scoring from every significant sport. That's not to say they aren't thinking of everything else that can go with the scores though. They're going to manage ScoreCenter so that the content and advertising will be country-specific, part of that six language bundle we were talking about. But as you can see ESPN has quite the game plan to bring us the sporting outcomes of the world.
Just in case you doubt the success of this idea from ESPN, remember what Will Ferrel's hilarious, Ron Burgundy, had to say about ESPN's Sportscenter and had have a good laugh. Long live ESPN and long live SportsCenter.
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