Published: July 15, 2011
Sprint Streams ESPN's Live Telecast of World Cup Title Game Featuring U.S. Women's Soccer Team
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Sprint (NYSE: S) will carry the live stream of the women's soccer World
Cup title game featuring the United States against Japan broadcast by
ESPN beginning at 2:15 p.m. EDT Sunday. The live game telecast will be
accessible on Sprint video-enabled devices through the ESPN Mobile TV
channel on Sprint TV.
"This is great news for soccer fans who want to follow Team USA," said
Trevor Van Norman, director-Consumer Product Marketing for Sprint.
"Weekends are busy for most Americans, and Sprint and ESPN are giving
fans the ability to follow the biggest women's soccer game of the year
even if they can't be in front of their TVs."
To view ESPN click on the applications icon and then on the Sprint TV
icon. Select "Live TV" from the menu at the top, then select the ESPN
Mobile TV channel.
Fans interested in more sports action on their phones can also subscribe
to ESPN On Demand, which delivers sports highlights and hard-hitting
analysis from the top talent in the business. ESPN On Demand is
available for $5.95 per month.
Sprint TV is available on most Sprint devices and all Sprint
video-enabled phones, so sports fans can watch live sporting events
right from their phone. Sprint TV is available at no additional charge
with the Sprint Everything Data plan with Any Mobile, AnytimeSM,
which includes unlimited Web, texting and calling to and from any mobile
in America while on the Sprint Network. Plans start at just $69.99 per
month plus a required $10 Premium Data add-on charge for smartphones.
(Pricing excludes taxes and surcharges.)
The viewing experience on Sprint TV is even better with Sprint 4G and
one of the Sprint 4G-capable phones, such as the award-winning HTC EVOTM
4G, HTC EVOTM 3D, or Samsung EpicTM 4G. Sprint 4G
is available in 71 markets nationally and growing and delivers fast
mobile downloads, streaming video, and turbo-charged Web browsing.
Sprint 4G boasts download speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G.1
Sprint TV Xtra provides access to more than 25 additional live and
on-demand channels for breaking news, live sports, full-length primetime
shows, music videos and more. Sprint TV Xtra is available for $9.99 per
month and features some of the top news, sports and entertainment
programming outlets.
To see the entire lineup on Sprint TV from your phone or online, go to https://mysprint.sprint.com/mysprint/pages/secure/myphoneandmedia/myPhoneAndMediaLandingPage.jsp?INTNAV=ATG:HE:MyPhone,
or http://sprintchannels.mobitv.com/.
About Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline
communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers,
businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel served more than 51
million customers at the end of 1Q 2011 and is widely recognized for
developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including
the first wireless 4G service from a national carrier in the United
States; offering industry-leading mobile data services, leading prepaid
brands including Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance
Wireless; instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities;
and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. Newsweek ranked Sprint No.
6 in its 2010 Green Rankings, listing it as one of the nation's greenest
companies, the highest of any telecommunications company. You can learn
more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com
or www.facebook.com/sprint
and www.twitter.com/sprint.
1 Up to 10x faster claim based on download speed comparison
of Sprint 3G avg. speeds (600 Kbps-1.4 Mbps) vs. Sprint 4G avg. speeds
(3-6 Mbps). Actual speeds may vary by plan or based on other factors.
Sprint
Dave Mellin, 720-840-4788
dave.mellin@sprint.com
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