CBSSPORTS.COM & CBS SPORTS MOBILE TO STREAM LIVE BIG EAST, BIG TEN & SEC NCAA® BASKETBALL
“College Basketball Live” to stream select NCAA on CBS broadcasts starting with *No. 4 Kentucky at Indiana
on Saturday, Dec. 12 live on CBSSports.com & CBS Mobile
Additionally, the 110th Army-Navy College Football Classic to be streamed live
on Saturday, Dec. 12 on CBSSports.com & CBS Sports Mobile
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, Dec. 10, 2009 – CBSSports.com and CBS Sports Mobile today announced they will provide live streaming webcasts of select CBS Sports broadcasts of the NCAA on CBS, featuring NCAA basketball games from the Big East, Big Ten and SEC conferences during the 2009-10 season. College Basketball Live on CBSSports.com tips off this Saturday, Dec. 12 with the CBS Sports broadcast of *No. 4 Kentucky at Indiana (12:00 p.m., ET).
Additionally, the CBS Sports broadcast of the 110th Army-Navy College Football Classic will also be streamed live on CBSSports.com this Saturday, Dec. 12 (2:30 p.m., ET).
College Basketball Live will stream a total of 26 men’s and women’s college basketball games free of charge on CBSSports.com over the course of the 2009-10 season. Viewers of College Basketball Live will have the ability to access a scoreboard feature with in-game statistics as well as track college basketball scores and standings from around the country. Additional options include a live chat feature, video preview segments and on-demand highlights as the game progresses.
Mobile users can also access College Basketball Live and the Army-Navy College Football Classic live on CBS Sports Mobile through the CBS Sports: Live College Games application, which is available for iPhone and iPod Touch users. Additionally, the College Basketball Live games will be available on both the FLO TV and V CAST Video services nationwide.
In addition to live streaming NCAA basketball action, the CBS Sports: Live College Games application for the iPhone and iPod touch will provide users in-game box scores and player stats, even as an overlay on top of the video. Additionally, a full NCAA basketball scoreboard, individual gamecenters for top 25 matchups, polls, headlines and standings are accessible through the CBS Sports: Live College Games application. Developed in partnership with MobiTV, the CBS Sports: Live College Games application is now available for $4.99 from Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPod touch.
“CBSSports.com and CBS Sports Mobile continue to expand their live video offerings of marquee sports events broadcast by CBS Sports, giving fans the ability the follow some of the best action from the world of sports no matter where they are,” said Jason Kint, Senior Vice President and General Manager, CBSSports.com. “Streaming select CBS Sports broadcasts of the NCAA on CBS is the perfect lead up to NCAA March Madness® on Demand, which should again set the standard for live sports events on the Internet in 2010.”
(*AP Poll as of 12/10/09)
Selected highlights from 2009-10 College Basketball Live schedule on CBSSports.com
All times ET
- Sat., Dec. 12: Kentucky @ Indiana (12:00 p.m.)
- Sat., Jan. 2: Louisville @ Kentucky (3:30 p.m.)
- Sat., Jan. 16: Illinois @ Michigan State (3:30 p.m.)
- Sun., Jan. 17: UConn @ Michigan (4:30 p.m.)
- Sun., Jan. 31: Florida @ Tennessee (1:00 p.m.)
- Sun., Feb. 21: Villanova @ Pittsburgh (12:00 p.m.)
- Sat., Feb. 27: Kentucky @ Tennessee (12:00 p.m.)
- Sat., Feb. 27: Notre Dame @ Georgetown (12:00 p.m.)
- Sun., Feb. 28: Louisville @ UConn (2:00 p.m.)
- Sun., Mar. 7: Florida @ Kentucky (12:00 p.m.)
- Sun., Mar. 14: Big Ten Championship (3:30 p.m.)
College Basketball Live as well as live streaming video of the Army-Navy College Football Classic is the culmination of an incredible year of video on CBSSports.com, cementing the site as the leading provider of live streaming sports video on the Internet. Over the course of 2009, CBSSports.com has provided live audio and video webcasts of over 11,000 games/events, more than all the other major sports media networks combined.
The CBSSports.com live webcast of the CBS Sports broadcast of the 2009 SEC CHAMPIONSHIP game between Florida and Alabama recorded 91,401 unique users and 144,236 total hours of live video consumed. Those figures represent a 132% growth in unique users (39,369 unique users in 2008) and 188% growth in total hours consumed (50,041 total hours in 2008).
The CBSSports.com production of NCAA March Madness on Demand, providing live streaming video and audio of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, recorded 7.52 million unique visitors in 2009, a 58% increase over 2008 figures. Additionally, there were 8.6 million total hours of video and audio consumed, a 75% increase over 2008 figures. NCAA March Madness on Demand shows all 63 games from the first round of the tournament through the semifinal and final games of the Men’s Final Four®, making it the only major sporting event that is broadcast live and in its entirety for free on the Internet.
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