The Sports Network, Hatboro, Pa., the nation's premiere
real-time sports wire service, has announced ongoing expansion plans for
2008 predicated upon its continuing success and growth in 2007. "As
our client base has increased domestically and internationally,"
stated Ken Zajac, Sales Director for TSN, "it has, for obvious
reasons, become incumbent upon us to magnify and enhance our efforts on
a global basis regarding everything from content to technology. After
more than a decade of being the leader in the industry our focus is in
maintaining that position as we enter 2008 and, to that end, through
relationships established over the years, we will now have affiliate
offices in Los Angeles, London, Stockholm, New Delhi, Sydney and Rio de
Janeiro with others to be announced as we head into the first quarter of
the new year.
"Further," he continued, "our depth of coverage is
not only going to be escalated but it will be augmented by technology
that allows for facile conversion and transition from use of any other
existing service seamlessly over a short period of time."
"The technology employed in this effort," added Bruce
Michaels, Director of Technology for The Sports Network, "is a
combination of the efforts of our own staff and that of XML Team, our
long time exclusive partner and, easily, the most advanced organization
in the nation when it comes to XML and SportsML."
A spokesperson for editorial content division of The Sports Network
indicated that the heightened efforts of the service will include, but
not be limited to, extended international soccer, handball, volleyball,
equestrian events, cycling, horse racing and rugby, among others.
Domestically, it was noted that coverage of MLB, NHL, NBA, NFL, college
basketball and football will also be broadened in concert with a greater
variety of graphics, widgets and customization for the more than 1,000
sites that are already availing themselves of branded content from TSN.
Additional information on securing The Sports Network as a source
of content is available by contacting Ken Zajac or Bernie Greenberg at
kzajac@sportsnetwork.com or bgreenberg@sportsnetwork.com or by calling
215/441-8444.
About XML Team Solutions
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Founded in 2003, XML Team's mission is to reduce the cost and
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About The Sports Network
The Sports Network is the nation's foremost international
real-time sports wire service furnishing a plethora of content on a 24/7
basis using state-of- the-art technology. TSN's website,
www.sportsnetwork.com, contains voluminous proprietary sports news data
that is available to its clients as well and includes, but is not
limited to, scores, trends, analysis, news, features, statistics, pre
and post-game reports, box scores, historical data, and very much more.
For more information, visit http://www.sportsnetwork.com or call
215/441-5887.
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