Jacked Launches Second-Screen Companion for Participating NBA Teams and Select Telecasters to Utilize During Live NBA Game Telecasts
SportsTop™ Customizable Widgets Provide NBA Fans with Access to Scores,
Team News, Player Profiles and More
Santa Monica, CA (PRWEB) November 25, 2008 -- Jacked, Inc., the leading producer of interactive broadcasts, has teamed with the NBA to launch an interactive, second-screen companion for participating NBA teams, and select regional and local telecasters to utilize during live NBA game broadcasts throughout the 2008-09 NBA season.
The Jacked SportsTop™ will provide fans with access to a dashboard of customizable NBA widgets that they can drag on and off the screen, minimize, maximize, personalize and save. The SportsTop NBA widgets will include team news, photos, scores, play-by-play, player profiles, statistics, trivia, ticketing, merchandise, games, blogs, chats, and advertising.
Jacked will integrate its SportsTop™ product into participating NBA team Web sites and sites operated by regional sports networks and local TV stations that televise games.
"Jacked is proud to be working closely with the NBA as an industry leader in providing NBA fans with real-time, interactive sportscasts," said Jacked CEO, Bryan Biniak. "This is an important milestone in our continuing efforts to deliver the most compelling participatory sports experiences to fans and measurable engagement to advertisers."
The Jacked WebTop™ platform is enabled by its multi-patent SearchCasting™ technology, providing a customizable, real-time interactive television experience for NBA fans. The Jacked platform publishes game related content as well as geographically targeted advertising on a national, regional, and local basis.
About Jacked, Inc.
Jacked, Inc. is the leading producer of interactive broadcasts. Jacked is the creator of the first customizable WebTop that dynamically synchronizes online content with live television programming. The company's first product, the Jacked SportsTop™, currently supports all NBA, MLB, NFL and NHL games, as well as NCAA Football and Basketball games, with real-time, contextually-generated, synchronous programming. Jacked has partnered with numerous broadcasters and sports leagues including NBC Sports, CBS Television, Versus, Comcast Sports Net, Big Ten Network, Boston.com, LA Times, Raycom Sports, New York Giants and the NHL.
Jacked was recently recognized by media company AlwaysOn as both one of the OnMedia 100 and OnHollywood 100 winners and was also selected as one of 30 leading technology companies to join the Microsoft Startup Accelerator Program. Jacked is a venture-backed company with funding from Provenance Ventures, Core Capital Partners and Gabriel Venture Partners. Jacked was founded in June 2006 and is based in Santa Monica, Calif. www.jacked.com
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