SportsLine Founder Brings Online Sports Entertainment to the Open Era
with the Launch of Open Sports
OPEN Sports Puts the Ball in Sports Fans’
Court with Opportunity to Participate in the Design of the World’s
Best Sports Destination
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) August 5, 2008 --
Mike Levy, founder of CBS SportsLine.com, announced today the launch of OPENSports.com,
a next-generation sports site that will re-define the sports fan's
entertainment experience. OPENSports.com launched in BETA with
the first set of tools and content for the 2008 NFL season. The site is
a comprehensive platform of products and services that brings together
breaking sports news, social media tools, user generated content and
multimedia applications to create the ultimate community-oriented
destination.
OPEN Sports is creating a site to meet consumers demand for
everything sports, from stats and games to news and commentary.
e-Marketer (July 24, 2008) estimates that total revenues for US sports
sites will reach $2.96 billion in 2012, up from $1.49 billion in 2007. OPEN
Sports will continue to roll out additional tools and content for
all major sports - starting with NCAAF, NHL, NBA and continuing into
2009 with NASCAR, PGA TOUR, March Madness and MLB - as well as niche
sports like MMA, Poker and more.
"Seeing an opportunity to build something by and for every sports fan,
we launched OPENSports.com to provide a new way to engage fans
with sports content and community. We are focused on serving each and
every sports fan with a next-generation experience that is guided by a
user-first philosophy, deep content and new and innovative
applications," Levy says. "We will empower our users to make OPEN Sports
their personal sports site."
OPEN Sports users will be able to compete against other
passionate fans with next-generation fantasy games. In addition, users
have the ability to participate in a new kind of social experience
around gameday, get the latest sports news and information from the best
national and local sources, and keep their friends and other sports fans
informed by uploading relevant videos, photos and stories. Users can
even become their own sports editor –
organizing and seeing the content most relevant to them.
About OPEN Sports
OPEN Sports is led by Mike Levy, the founder of CBS
SportsLine.com, Rob Phythian, the founder of Fanball.com, and other key
executives and advisors including former E-Trade CEO Christos Cotsakos,
former Office Depot Chair & CEO David Fuente, Dr. Salomon Melgen, CEO of
Vitreo-Retinal and Peter Pezaris, CEO of Multiply. OPEN Sports’
mission is to serve every sports fan with a next-generation experience
that is guided by a user-first philosophy. Leveraging its cutting-edge
platform, OPEN Sports is delivering a new approach to sports
entertainment that enables fans to connect, inform and participate in a
passionate community through its deep content, diverse programming and
new and innovative applications.
If you would like more information about OPEN Sports, or if you
would like to schedule an interview with Mike Levy or other members of
the OPEN Sports management team, please contact Don Silvestri, VP
of Marketing & Public Relations at 954.312.3337 or Rogers & Cowan via
email at pr@opensports.com.
See the original story at: http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/sports/content/prweb1180544.htm
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