Verizon Wireless announces live sports coverage on Mobile Mobile TV

BRISTOL, CT, and BASKING RIDGE, NJ — For college football fanatics, this is the time of year they look forward to: Their teams are taking the field at the start of a new season. Verizon Wireless, the nation’s leading wireless service provider, along with ESPN Mobile TV, today announced that customers can watch every nail-biting minute of a slate of college football live on V CAST Video on their Verizon Wireless phones.

ESPN Mobile TV will stream select college football games live straight to Verizon Wireless customers’ mobile phones for sports fans during the regular season from conferences that include the ACC, BIG EAST, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10 and SEC. This month’s coverage will include match-ups between UCLA vs. Tennessee this Saturday, Sept. 12 and Utah vs. Oregon next Saturday, Sept. 19. In addition to live game coverage, fans will be able to access highlights, news and updates with V CAST Video, giving them the luxury of catching up on games at their own convenience.

Terry Denson, vice president, content strategy and acquisition at Verizon, said, “Verizon is every football fan’s best play for on-the-go action. Live games on V CAST Video, shown in their entirety, make watching Saturday’s biggest and best match-ups easier than ever wherever you go.”

John Zehr, senior vice president of digital video and mobile productions for ESPN, said, “We’re excited for college football season and understand the passion for watching games live, no matter where you are. Our goal is to serve sports fans on the best available screen, whether at home, on your computer or on your cell phone to catch all the action.”

New customers with V CAST-enabled feature phones can check out V CAST Video for a $10.00 monthly subscription, which includes access to full-length television shows plus news, sports, weather and live entertainment and access to the Verizon Wireless ESPN MVP service. There are no megabyte charges to download, stream or watch V CAST content with any V CAST subscription; however, new customers must also subscribe to a data package for a data usage allowance. The new V CAST Video on Demand plan replaces the $15.00 V CAST VPak. These changes will not impact existing customers.