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ESPN Plans Live Global Web Scoreboards
The global reach of ESPN continues to grow.
The monster cable sports network will launch ScoreCenter.com in 2008, an effort "which eventually will provide live scores for 23 sports in 180 countries," according to the Hollywood Reporter.
ESPN/ABC President George Bodenheimer, speaking to investors and analysts at the UBS media conference in New York, said "the goal is to provide live scoring from every significant sport on Earth." The Web site will "encompass six languages and have country-specific content and advertising." Bodenheimer said, "I believe this is ESPN's most international product."
Next up, inter-planetary scoreboards. Then the National Football League can consider a game on Mars or Jupiter. Talk about untapped markets...
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