CBS SportsLine

Career Moves: April 19, 2007

Authored by dmw on April 19, 2007 - 12:16pm.

CBS SportsLine, an Internet sports media organization and part of CBS Interactive, today announced that Jason Kint has been named to the position of Senior Vice President and General Manager. Kint, who most recently served as Vice President Sporting News, General Manager Online Division, will oversee programming, product development, marketing, technology and general administration of CBS SportsLine.
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Report: Hoops Fans Favor ESPN.com, Yahoo, CBS SportsLine for Brackets

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 16, 2007 - 12:50pm.

New York - College basketball fans going online Monday and Tuesday to fill out brackets for the NCAA Men's Div. I Basketball Tournament kicking off this week spread themselves fairly evenly across ESPN.com, Yahoo Sports and CBS SportsLine.com, according to data from Hitwise.

CBS SportsLine Adds Features to NCAA March Madness on Demand

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 6, 2007 - 3:07pm.

Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. - CBS SportsLine on Tuesday announced the launch of its NCAA March Madness on Demand service, which will again this year offer free online streaming of all 56 games from the early rounds of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship broadcast by CBS Sports. Last year, the company served over 19 million streams. This year's service will feature a 50% larger video screen, and also for the first time offer live audio streaming of Westwood One's radio broadcasts of the tournament's first two rounds. A new, live halftime show produced for MMOD, sponsored by AT&T, will feature SportsLine's Jason Horowitz paired with a college coach.

NFL Drops CBS SportsLine as Producer of NFL.com

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 25, 2006 - 1:51pm.
Miami - The National Football League (NFL) has opted to take over the production of its NFL.com website from CBS SportsLine, ending a six-year relationship, the Miami Herald reported. ''It was a great run with SportsLine, but we felt it was time to look long term," NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told the Herald. The decision not to renew Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.-based SportsLine's contract was made at a league owners' meeting in New Orleans on Monday.

CBS SportsLine Launches Mobile Sports Alerts with Video

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 27, 2006 - 5:21am.
Bedford, Mass. - CBS Digital Media on Wednesday launched a new sports alerts service that sends breaking news, headlines and fantasy updates -- including video and pictures -- to subscribers' cell phones. CBS SportsLine To Go will cover all major sports and be available for 99 cents per month.

Verizon to Offer Mobile Version of CBS SportsLine Fantasy Football

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 13, 2006 - 1:22pm.
Basking Ridge, N.J. - Verizon Wireless said on Wednesday that it partnered with CBS SportsLine to offer the CBS SportsLine Fantasy Football Companion, a mobile version of the network's Web-based fantasy football game. The $4.99 per month application allows players to fully manage their teams from their cell phones.

TiVo Users Get DVR Access to CBS SportsLine Fantasy Football Game

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 7, 2006 - 1:30pm.
Alviso, Calif. - TiVo announced on Thursday that it has partnered with CBS SportsLine to make the site's fantasy football game available to TiVo subscribers. CBS SportsLine Fantasy Football Companion can be accessed by broadband-enabled TiVo Series2 digital video recorders, where registered CBS SportsLine Fantasy Football players can manage their leagues, check stats and scores, and watch game highlights.

CBS SportsLine to Revamp Online NFL Coverage

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 6, 2006 - 5:26pm.
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. - CBS SportsLine on Wednesday announced plans to revamp its online coverage of the NFL. New "GameCenter" online features include the ability to follow games in real-time with play-by-play accounts, live game "glog" commentary and statistics.

Sports and Sex in New Content Deal to Attract Male Audience Online

Authored by Jay Baage on July 13, 2006 - 12:18pm.

Maxim.com and CBS SportsLine announced Thursday that they would share online content in a deal that mixes sports and sex, according to Reuters in San Francico. The deal is supposed to attract a bigger male audience to the two Web sites.

CBS SportsLine to Stream Live From "Amen Corner" at The Masters

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 30, 2006 - 9:02am.
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. - CBS SportsLine announced on Thursday that it will provide live streaming video from the 2006 Masters Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. CBS Sports' "Amen Corner Live" will place sportscasters Mike Hulbert and Phil Blackmar near the crucial 11th, 12th and 13th holes at Augusta, where they will deliver around 22 hours of live streaming video available at CBS SportsLine and Masters.org.

CBS SportsLine: March Madness Site Served 14 Million Streams in 4 Days

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 20, 2006 - 7:46am.
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. - CBS SportsLine announced on Monday that its free NCAA March Madness on Demand service has served over 14 million streams of live video and recorded over four million visitors in the first four days of the 2006 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. CBS says it believes the traffic far surpasses the previous record for viewing of a live Internet event, set by NASA's online coverage of the launch and landing of Space Shuttle Discovery, which drew more than 2.6 million visitors.