Contact Information: Contact: Lewis Goldberg KCSA (212)896-1216 Nada Usina President JumpTV Sports (407)936-0809 Dan Bell FOX Sports (310)369-6326
72nd AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic Available on the Internet to the International Community
JumpTV Sports and FOX Sports Team-Up to Bring the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic to Fans Located Outside U.S.
| Source: JumpTV
ORLANDO, FL--(Marketwire - December 28, 2007) - JumpTV Inc. (TSX : JTV ) (AIM : 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 72nd AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic to fans around the
world.
The agreement affords college football fans worldwide, for the first time
in history, the opportunity to watch the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic through
the Internet. The game 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 game will be available for purchase through
http://cottonbowl.jumptv.com or http://jumptv.com for US$19.95. The stream
will be provided by JumpTV utilizing direct feeds from FOX Sports'
critically acclaimed sports production team. The play-by-play announcer
for the game is the legendary Pat Summerall, along with analyst Brian
Baldinger and reporter Jeanne Zelasko.
Nada Usina, President of JumpTV Sports, said, "The Cotton Bowl Classic is
so rich in tradition and history. We are excited to have the opportunity
to bring the 72nd event to US college football fans around the globe. This
agreement between JumpTV and FOX Sports is truly pioneering as it is the
first time in history that the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic will be available
to viewers through the Internet in most countries outside of the United
States."
Usina continued, "JumpTV is the only online broadcaster that can bring this
type of unique, high-value sports programming to an incredibly passionate
international audience. Through our unique relationships, our cutting edge
delivery platform coupled with our growing international presence makes
streaming the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic a tremendous opportunity for
JumpTV."
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, St.
Martin, Surname, Trinidad, United States, Venezuela, British Virgin Islands
and Windward Islands.
About JumpTV Sports
A division of Jump TV Inc. (TSX : JTV ) (AIM : 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.