New York - NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) this week granted both Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and AT&T (NYSE: T) rights to air its Olympics coverage on the broadband, IPTV and mobile platforms. Live event streaming, NBC Olympics video-on-demand and daily highlight clips will be offered on AT&T's U-Verse and Verizon's FiOS TV digital TV services, while on-demand content and interactive widgets will be available to the companies' broadband subscribers. NBC's Olympics 2Go mobile TV channel will be available to both AT&T Mobile TV and Verizon V CAST mobile TV service subscribers; both services are powered by Qualcomm's MediaFLO USA.

McLean, Va. - Mobile Posse, a mobile technology company, announced that it has partnered with STATS, the world's leading sports information provider, for availability of sports content on Mobile Posse's mobile advertising delivery platform. Under the deal, STATS will provide Mobile Posse with up-to-the-minute information for MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, College Football, College Basketball and NASCAR events. The product automatically updates real-time data and information on every player, team and event played.

Seattle - Atomic Moguls, a provider of fantasy sports leagues and related services, has raised about $1 million in new funding from Second Avenue Partners and other investors, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported.

Shanghai, China - PPLive, a provider of peer-to-peer-based Internet TV broadcasting and online video streaming in China that claims over 100 million users worldwide, said on Monday that it has signed a deal with China Central Television's CCTV.com, to provide live online broadcasts of Olympic sporting events, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies.

Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) said on Thursday that it plans to offer more than 400 ad-support casual game titles by the end of this year. The games, available as free downloads, will include titles more than two dozen publishers, and be integrated with video ads from Double Fusion and NeoEdge.

Austin, Texas - Challenge Games, a developer of browser-based, free-to-play online games, announced on Thursday that it has closed a $4.5 million first round of funding from Sequoia Capital.

New York - NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) announced on Wednesday that it will offer 3,600 hours of Olympics coverage across its flagship NBC and six cable networks, including nearly 2,900 hours of live coverage, and 2,200 hours of streaming Web video. The company said its coverage of the event nearly triples the total hours offered from Athens in 2004. "With 25 sports streamed live at NBCOlympics.com and significant live coverage on our cable platforms and NBC, highlighted by all swimming finals, the biggest nights of gymnastics and beach volleyball live in primetime, the viewer has plenty of options for live coverage," said Dick Ebersol, chairman of NBC Universal Sports & Olympics. A PDF file of the network's coverage itinerary is available from a link below.

Atlanta - NBA Digital, a partnership between the pro basketball league and Turner Broadcasting, said on Monday that it has named Bryan Perez as senior vice president and general manager. The former CEO of Live Nation's Global Digital unit, Perez will oversee NBA.com, WNBA.com, NBA TV, and the league's other broadband and mobile services.

San Antonio, Texas - AT&T (NYSE: T) announced on Monday that a number of top-selling artists will record exclusive tracks for a "Team USA" soundtrack for the U.S. Olympic Team, with proceeds from music downloads and ringtone sales to benefit the team. NBC will also feature excerpts from the songs and music videos from the album in its Olympic Games coverage. Contributing artists on the project include 3 Doors Down, Army of Me, Colbie Caillat, Sheryl Crow and Nelly.

Redwood City, Calif. - Electronic Arts said on Wednesday that San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker will be the worldwide cover athlete and spokesman for its NBA Live 09 video game. The title will be available for all major game platforms on October 7.

San Diego - Qualcomm's (NASD: QCOM) MediaFLO USA mobile TV unit said on Monday that it has partnered with ESPN on ESPN Mobile TV and NBC Sports on NBC 2Go to provide live TV coverage of this year's Wimbledon tennis tournament on mobile phones. The 119 hours of live coverage will be available via MediaFLO TV to AT&T Mobile TV subscribers, available in 58 major U.S. markets.

New York - NBC on Monday announced that it will offer free downloads of its Olympics coverage on laptop computers running Microsoft Windows Vista Media Center. Powered by Wavexpress' TVTonic, the NBC Olympics on the Go service will automatically download selected events on a sport-by-sport basis, "so viewers will have a fresh slate of Olympic content to watch on their morning commute."

London, Ky. - Wazoo Sports, an Internet broadcaster of high school sports events, said on Wednesday that it has received a $2 million equity investment from Meritus Ventures.

San Francisco - Four months after officially launching its community-driven online sports network, San Francisco-based Bleacher Report said on Friday that it has forged a new partnership with Fox Sports. Through the agreement, Fox Sports will feature original Bleacher Report content on its FoxSports.com site, alongside content from its own writers. More than 4,000 writers have contributed a total of 30,000 original stories to Bleacher Report since September.

Toronto - JumpTV, a Toronto-based broadcaster of live and on-demand sports and international television programming over the Internet, announced on Monday that it will merge with NeuLion, an IPTV service that offers live and on-demand sports, international and religious programming over the Internet and through set-top boxes.

Boston - 2K Sports, the sports publishing label of Take-Two Interactive (NASD: TTWO), announced on Friday that 11-time NBA All-Star and 2008 Defensive Player of the Year Kevin Garnett of the Boston Celtics will be featured as the cover athlete and spokesman for the company's new basketball video game, NBA 2K9.

Washington - The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from Major League Baseball in a move that will give fantasy sports leagues the rights to use players' names and statistics without paying a license fee. The initial court ruling in favor of fantasy sports league operators came in 2005, and MLB and its players' association appealed to the Supreme Court in February, arguing that players should retain control over the use of their names and likenesses, and that such licenses are worth billions of dollars.

New York - CBS (NYSE: CBS) on Wednesday announced the creation of CBS College Sports Media, a vertical online ad network that will include CBSSports.com, NCAA.com and over 200 official collegiate sports sites operated by the CBS College Sports Network (formerly CSTV). CBS College Sports Media reached more than 10 million unique visitors in March, and over the course of a year will deliver billions of impressions around college sports, the company said.

New York - Fantasy Sports Ventures (FSV), the parent company of the FantasyPlayers.com Network, announced on Thursday that it has acquired BaseballHQ.com, a baseball-related content site, and its parent company, Shandler Enterprises.

Los Angeles - The United States Tennis Association (USTA) announced on Monday a new deal with ESPN (NYSE: DIS) for the cable TV broadcast and digital rights to the US Open grand slam tennis tournament, ending its 25-year deal with USA Network. The six-year pact, which begins in 2009 and was worth nearly $140, according to the Wall Street Journal, will see ESPN offer 200 hours of US Open coverage. ESPN will also offer live feeds on the ESPN360 broadband service, comprehensive coverage on ESPN.com, and various content on ESPN Mobile.