ORLANDO, FL--(Marketwire - December 27, 2007) - JumpTV Inc. (AIM:JTV) (TSX: JTV), a leader in streaming premier sports events andinternational television over the Internet, announced today apartnership with FOX Sports that enables the Company to carry thenetwork's four Bowl Championship Series football game broadcasts tofans around the world.
The agreement affords college football fans around the world, forthe first time in history, the opportunity to watch BowlChampionship Series games through the Internet. These games will beavailable to viewers in far away places such as England, France,Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, the Middle East, Hong Kong and Chinaand everywhere else outside of the United States with the exceptionof certain Latin American countries.
The games will be available for purchase through http://bcsfootball.jumptv.com or http://jumptv.com individually forUS$19.95 or as a US$39.95 four-game package. The streams will beprovided by JumpTV utilizing direct feeds from FOX Sports'critically acclaimed sports production team.__________________________Teams________________Date______________Time----------------____-------------------____---------------____-------------Allstate Sugar______Hawai'i Warriors______ January 1, 2008____8:00p.m. ESTBowl________________and____________________Georgia Bulldogs----------------____-------------------____---------------____-------------Tostitos Fiesta____ West Virginia__________January 2, 2008____8:00p.m. ESTBowl________________Mountaineers and____________________Oklahoma Sooners----------------____-------------------____---------------____-------------FedEx Orange________Kansas Jayhawks________January 3, 2008____8:00p.m. ESTBowl________________and the Virginia____________________Tech Hokies----------------____-------------------____---------------____-------------Allstate BCS________LSU Tigers and________ January 7, 2008____8:00p.m. ESTChampionship________Ohio State Buckeyes----------------____-------------------____---------------____-------------
Nada Usina, President of JumpTV Sports said, 'US ex-pats areincredibly passionate about their alma mater and we are delighted tooffer these exciting bowl games to US college football fans aroundthe world. This agreement between JumpTV and FOX Sports is trulypioneering as it is the first time in history that BCS Bowl Gameswill be available to viewers through the Internet in most countriesoutside of the United States.'
Not Available in Certain Areas
Due to rights issues the games will not be available on theInternet in Antigua, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Barbuda, Belize,Bermuda, Bonaire, Caymen Islands, Colombia, Dominica, DominicanRepublic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guyana, Grenada, Guatemala,Guiana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Martinique,Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama(excluding Canal Zone), Puerto Rico, Saint Marten, Suriname,Trinidad, United States, Venezuela, British Virgin Islands andWindward Islands.
About JumpTV Sports
A division of JumpTV Inc. (AIM: JTV) (TSX: JTV), JumpTV Sportsconnects fans to their favorite teams, athletes and leagues fromcollegiate, professional and international sports organizationsaround the world. The company offers live and video-on-demandstreaming of sports matches as well as custom-branded site designand web hosting, e-commerce solutions, online ticketing, mobiledistribution capabilities and social networking technologies.
About FOX Sports
As America's top-rated network for sports for the 10th-straightyear (1997-2006), FOX Sports boasts rights agreements with each ofthe nation's highest-rated sports. FOX Sports is the exclusivenational over-the-air television rights holder of Major LeagueBaseball, including the All-Star Game, alternating leagueChampionship Series and World Series (2007-2013); the NationalFootball League's NFC package, including the NFC Championship Gameand Super Bowls XLII and XLV (2006-2011); NASCAR'S NEXTEL Cup racingfrom February through May, including the Daytona 500 (2007-2014);the Bowl Championship Series, featuring the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl,FedEx Orange Bowl, Allstate Sugar Bowl from 2007 through 2010 andthe new BCS Classic. Since its inception in 1994, FOX Sports hasearned 71 Emmy Awards for production excellence. David Hill and EdGoren are the Executive Producers of FOX Sports.
