ORLANDO, FL--(Marketwire - December 28, 2007) - JumpTV Inc. (
AIM:
JTV) (
TSX:
JTV), a leader in
streaming premier sports events and international television over the
Internet, announced today a partnership with FOX Sports that enables the
Company to carry the network's four Bowl Championship Series football game
broadcasts to fans around the world.
The agreement affords college football fans around the world, for the first
time in history, the opportunity to watch Bowl Championship Series games
through the Internet. These games will be available to viewers in far away
places such as England, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, the Middle
East, Hong Kong and China and everywhere else outside of the United States
with the exception of certain Latin American countries.
The games will be available for purchase through
http://bcsfootball.jumptv.com or
http://jumptv.com individually for US$19.95 or as a US$39.95 four-game
package. The streams will be provided by JumpTV utilizing direct feeds
from FOX Sports' critically acclaimed sports production team.
Teams Date Time
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Allstate Sugar Hawai'i Warriors January 1, 2008 8:00 p.m. EST
Bowl and
Georgia Bulldogs
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Tostitos Fiesta West Virginia January 2, 2008 8:00 p.m. EST
Bowl Mountaineers and
Oklahoma Sooners
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FedEx Orange Kansas Jayhawks January 3, 2008 8:00 p.m. EST
Bowl and the Virginia
Tech Hokies
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Allstate BCS LSU Tigers and January 7, 2008 8:00 p.m. EST
Championship Ohio State Buckeyes
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Nada Usina, President of JumpTV Sports said, "US ex-pats are incredibly
passionate about their alma mater and we are delighted to offer these
exciting bowl games to US college football fans around the world. This
agreement between JumpTV and FOX Sports is truly pioneering as it is the
first time in history that BCS Bowl Games will be available to viewers
through the Internet in most countries outside of the United States."
Not Available in Certain Areas
Due to rights issues the games will not be available on the Internet in
Antigua, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Barbuda, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire,
Caymen Islands, Colombia, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El
Salvador, French Guyana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guiana, Haiti, Honduras,
Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands
Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama (excluding Canal Zone), Puerto Rico, Saint
Marten, Suriname, Trinidad, United States, Venezuela, British Virgin
Islands and Windward Islands.
About JumpTV Sports
A division of JumpTV Inc. (
AIM:
JTV) (
TSX:
JTV), JumpTV Sports connects
fans to their favorite teams, athletes and leagues from collegiate,
professional and international sports organizations around the world. The
company offers live and video-on-demand streaming of sports matches as well
as custom-branded site design and web hosting, e-commerce solutions, online
ticketing, mobile distribution capabilities and social networking
technologies.
About FOX Sports
As America's top-rated network for sports for the 10th-straight year
(1997-2006), FOX Sports boasts rights agreements with each of the nation's
highest-rated sports. FOX Sports is the exclusive national over-the-air
television rights holder of Major League Baseball, including the All-Star
Game, alternating league Championship Series and World Series (2007-2013);
the National Football League's NFC package, including the NFC Championship
Game and Super Bowls XLII and XLV (2006-2011); NASCAR'S NEXTEL Cup racing
from February through May, including the Daytona 500 (2007-2014); the Bowl
Championship Series, featuring the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, FedEx Orange Bowl,
Allstate Sugar Bowl from 2007 through 2010 and the new BCS Classic. Since
its inception in 1994, FOX Sports has earned 71 Emmy Awards for production
excellence. David Hill and Ed Goren are the Executive Producers of FOX
Sports.
Contact Information: Contact:
Lewis Goldberg
KCSA
(212) 896-1216
Nada Usina
President
JumpTV Sports
(407) 936-0809
Dan Bell
FOX Sports
(310) 369-6326