Liberate Scores Deal with ESPN
(C|Net) -- Walt Disney's ESPN sports network said Tuesday that it has chosen Liberate Technologies to pro-vide technology for its first foray into interactive television. The deal stems from ESPN's announcement in May that it would offer an interactive service to subscribers of Insight Communications, a cable company that serves communities in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. ESPN also has a deal with cable com-pany Cablevision Systems' digital cable service. Liberate will power a number of interactive perks on ESPN. Initiatives will include creating a video-on-demand service called "ESPN Today Plus VOD," which will let view-ers order programs at will. The partnership will also produce a real-time statistics feature that viewers can use during games, as well as an around-the-clock feature for news and scores. The companies did not say when they plan to release the service to ESPN viewers, nor did they disclose financial terms of the deal.
(C|Net) -- Walt Disney's ESPN sports network said Tuesday that it has chosen Liberate Technologies to pro-vide technology for its first foray into interactive television. The deal stems from ESPN's announcement in May that it would offer an interactive service to subscribers of Insight Communications, a cable company that serves communities in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. ESPN also has a deal with cable com-pany Cablevision Systems' digital cable service. Liberate will power a number of interactive perks on ESPN. Initiatives will include creating a video-on-demand service called "ESPN Today Plus VOD," which will let view-ers order programs at will. The partnership will also produce a real-time statistics feature that viewers can use during games, as well as an around-the-clock feature for news and scores. The companies did not say when they plan to release the service to ESPN viewers, nor did they disclose financial terms of the deal.