" When demand exceeds peak
capacity -- and this
scenario is expected to occur -- virtual lines will form.com/mmod.cbscorporation
."
"American Express' generous support of our 'Aces for Kids' program adds a
new element of
excitement and meaning to the aces served during the US Open
Series and the US Open," said Karen
Martin-Eliezer, Executive Director, USTA
Tennis + Education Foundation., and selects the teams for
the Davis Cup, Fed Cup,
Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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MMOD is expected to attract one
of the largest audiences in the history of
live streaming events on the Internet.ncaasports. For
more information about CBS SportsLine. Association members represent print
and broadcast journalism
, television and radio production, film, advertising,
public relations, marketing, graphic design
and photography. For membership
information, call (248) 652-1460. Cardmember benefits at this year
's US Open
include, "American Express(R) Radio Live at the Open!," -- live audio feeds of
the television
broadcasts from CBS Sports and USA Network via single channel
personal radios(1); information centers
and concierge services; and pedestrian
pedicabs to shuttle all attendees to and from the entrance
of the USTA
National Tennis Center. It owns and operates the US Open, the largest annually attended
sporting
event in the world and, in 2004, launched the US Open Series which links 10
summer tournaments
to the US Open. A not-for-profit organization with more than
665,000 members, it invests 100% of
its proceeds to promote and develop the
growth of tennis, from the grassroots to the professional
levels.com.hobbies player
NCAA(R) March Madness(TM) on Demand (MMOD) is available at NCAASports.com/mmod) and
is presented free of charge for the first time
since its debut in 2003. Capacity will be available
to provide
millions of video streams over the course of the Tournament.com.
The US Open Series
is the six-week summer tennis season linking 10 major
ATP and Sony-Ericsson WTA Tour tournaments
to the US Open.championships canadian
CBS SportsLine is a member of the CBS family and a part
of CBS Digital Media.
More information about CBS and its businesses is available at
http://www. ROYAL OAK, Mich.
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(http://www. Local blackout
rules will limit availability to 37 games for most people. In addition
to its
flagship service, the company publishes the official Web sites of the NFL, PGA
TOUR and
NCAA Sports. To obtain an official entry form or additional information,
call (248) 582-8465 or
e-mail roseann@nicolaievents.rankings interviews
MMOD will not show
the Opening Round Game on March 14th. Each year
, more than 49,000 student-athletes compete in NCAA
Championships in Division I, II and III sports
.
Established in 1994, the USTA Tennis + Education Foundation promotes --
through tennis
-- educational excellence, good citizenship and self-
improvement to at-risk and other special needs
youth. It is a leader in charge and credit
cards, Travelers Cheques, travel, financial planning,
investment products,
insurance and international banking.overseeing canadian
VIP members receive quicker
access to
the action than fans that wait until March 16th or after to register
(or before VIP access fills
up).
- More Sports Video - Besides all the NCAA(R) action, users will have
access
to hours of sports video clips including CBS SportsLine's
original video program "College Basketball:
Who's Hot, Who's Not,"
hosted by Jason Horowitz.
About CBS SportsLine
CBS
SportsLine is at the leading edge of media companies providing
Internet sports content, Fantasy sports
and e-commerce.CSTV. Vanguard and
Diamond Award nominations must be postmarked by March 24, 2006
. Award winners
will be honored during the Matrix Awards Banquet on May 9, 2006 at The Players
Club
in Detroit.
The Vanguard Award recognizes an individual or organization for
innovatively employing
a communications medium in 2005.
American Express will donate $50 to "Aces for Kids" for every
ace served
during match play on the main court of the 10 US Open Series tournaments and
$100 to
"Aces for Kids" for every ace served during match play at the US Open
in Arthur Ashe Stadium.junior overseeing
"Aces
for Kids" strives
to promote healthy, active lifestyles by providing disadvantaged, at-risk
children
the opportunity to learn to play tennis and improve their academic
skills in a structured format
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Additionally, highlights packages will be
available for all games.
CBS SportsLine has
partnered with MLB Advanced Media, the interactive
media and Internet company of Major League Baseball
, for services related to
the live and on demand delivery of games via the Internet.
NCAA March
Madness on Demand is only available to registered users of a
CBS Digital Media network Web site thirteen
(13) years of age or older.com is the official
Web site of all 88 NCAA championships.Women In Communications
of Detroit Accepting Vanguard and Diamond Award Nominations
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Free access to NCAA(R)
March Madness(TM) on Demand is made possible by
presenting sponsors Courtyard by Marriott and Dell
as well as a host of other
sponsors including Lowe's, Pontiac and State Farm.com/mmod/system
* NCAA(R) March Madness(TM) on Demand will offer live and on demand
streaming video of up
to the first 56 NCAA Tournament games on an out-of-
market basis, through the regional semi-finals
.
Availability of NCAA(R) March Madness(TM) on Demand is subject to capacity
restrictions. Certain
terms and restrictions apply.com. For more information on NCAA
championships, including official
brackets; live stats, live audio and video
broadcasts; scores and recaps; and feature stories on
student-athletes around
the country, visit NCAAsports.itf interviews
, Women In Communications (WIC) of
Detroit
is accepting nominations for its special awards recognizing
individuals and organizations actively
supporting others.
Last year's winner was the Detroit Chapter of the National Association of
Women
Business Owners/Excel's GirlBiz.S.usta.hobbies cbs
Free for All: NCAA(R) March Madness(TM) on Demand
(1) Radios are subject to availability.tournaments usta
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- "Buzzer Beaters" - For games that are particularly
exciting and provide
the great finishes fans are accustomed to seeing during March
Madness(TM), MMOD will provide links to the last two minutes (game
clock) of action on an
archived basis. American Express is the "Official Card" and
"Official Travelers Cheque" of the US
Open, the highest attended annual
sporting event in the world, held in New York, August 29 - September
11, 2005
as well as "Official Sponsor of the US Open Series," the six-week summer
tennis season
that links all major North American tournaments to the US Open. "The funding will help support our
mission of
using tennis and education to help young people succeed in life on and off the
court
."
USOS Markets/Schedule
* RCA Championships (Men's) July 18-24 Indianapolis
, IN
* Mercedes-Benz Cup (Women's) July 25-31 Los Angeles, CA
* Bank of the
West Classic (Women's) July 25-31 Stanford, CA
* Legg Mason Tennis Classic (Men's) August
1-7 Washington, DC
* Acura Classic (Women's) August 1-7 San Diego, CA
* Rogers Cup (Men's) August 8-14 Montreal, CAN
* JPMorgan Chase Open
(Women's) August 8-14 Carson, CA
* Western + Southern Financial August 15-21
Cincinnati, OH
Group Masters (Men's)
* Rogers Cup presented by August
15-21 Toronto, CAN
American Express (Women's)
* Pilot Pen Tennis (Men's + Women's
) August 21-28 New Haven, CT
A Host of American Express US Open Activities
In recent
years, American Express has worked to elevate the profile of
tennis with programs like ACES, as well
as enhance the experience of the US
Open for fans and Cardmembers. Additionally, American Express
will again extend the
reach of tennis and the US Open beyond Flushing Meadows by hosting US Open
viewing events in various locations throughout New York City. Television viewership was up over 50
%, with
regularly scheduled broadcasts on ESPN, CBS, NBC Sports, and The Tennis
Channel.
The US Open is the highest annually attended sporting event in the world
with more than 625,000
fans.itf overseeing
Due to limited video streaming capacity, fans are urged to pre-register
for MMOD before
March 16th to obtain VIP status. Webcasts of games broadcast by
CBS Sports in fans' local markets
will be subject to blackouts. Further information is available
at http://www.
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The MMOD
player and archival footage will be
accessible through April 10.
To review the minimum
system requirements for computers running the MMOD
product, please visit the following page:
http:
//www. In total, the US Open Series events -- including the US Open --
generated a record 1.teens atp
Fans
that don't have VIP status will be
placed in the General Admission area and will have to wait in
line behind VIP
members to gain access to the player if it is full on game day(s).
WIC is
a professional organization that champions the advancement of women
across all communications disciplines
. For Every ACE Served During the Tournament Series, American Express
Makes Contribution to the
USTA Tennis + Education Foundation's "Aces for Kids"
First of Series of Activities American Express
Will Launch Around the US Open
NEW YORK, American Express today announced the
launch
of the Summer of ACES Program where for every ace served during match
play on stadium court at each
tournament throughout the US Open Series (USOS)
and US Open, American Express will donate funds to
the USTA Tennis + Education
Foundation (USTA T+EF)'s "Aces for Kids" initiative. More than 86 million
viewers watched the 2004 US
Open on CBS Sports and USA Network, and international broadcasts reached
199
countries.
American Express Company is a diversified worldwide travel, financial and
network
services company founded in 1850.canadian junior
NCAAsports. This is the first introduction of the American
Express
ACES program in the US, building upon the global success of similar
American Express-sponsored ACES
programs at the Australian Open and Wimbledon.
"We are looking forward to a summer filled with
aces," said Rich Lehrfeld,
vice president, Sponsorship Marketing, American Express. The US Open Series
launched in 2004, and resulted in record attendance and TV viewership with
over 200 live broadcast
hours. The Foundation awards
hundreds of scholarships to American youth, and supports new initiatives
that
reach out to inner-city youth.rankings sportsline
One click of the
"Boss Button" and the live video action
on the screen will be replaced
by a silent readymade spread sheet!
- Archived Footage
- Full game archives will be available for all games of
the first three rounds (through regional
semis).ncaasports.
About CSTV
CSTV Networks, Inc. Last year's winner
was Brenda
Naomi Rosenberg, executive producer of "The Children of Abraham
Project. "Our contributions
to
the USTA Tennis and Education Foundation's "Aces for Kids" provides support
and guidance to young
people in a variety of communities and helps to inspire
players across the US Open and US Open Series
to be on top of their game for a
higher cause.5 million attendees, 126 million TV viewers and over
15
million website visits, making it the strongest summertime property in sports.junior interviews
Features
of the 2006 NCAA(R) March Madness(TM) on Demand video player:
- Historical Tournament Highlights
- Available beginning March 7th, MMOD
will feature highlights from the past 25 years of CBS
Sports'
presentation of the NCAA(R) Division I Men's Basketball Championship.American Express
Launches US Open and US Open Series Summer of Aces
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Live video of the 2006 NCAA(R) Division
I Men's Basketball Championship at no
charge
Massive
audience anticipated and virtual lines will form on game day! While
supplies last, pre-register to
obtain 'VIP' status and get the fastest access
to the games
NEW YORK, CBS SportsLine, a leading Internet
sports media organization and part of CBS Digital
Media, in partnership with
CBS Sports, CSTV and the NCAA(R) today launched NCAA(R) March Madness
(TM) on
Demand, the online video player that will stream the first 56 games* of the
2006 NCAA(R
) Division I Men's Basketball Championship as they are broadcast by
CBS Sports (game action only)
beginning on March 16th.ncaasports.
- Full Tournament Scoreboard + Live Brackets - Even while
glued to the
live video action, fans can follow all the games with the tournament
scoreboard and brackets, both updated in real time, that are only a
click away on the MMOD
player. Users that were blacked
out of a game originally, due to it being available on their
local CBS
affiliate, will not be able to view archived full games for five days
after
game was played. Connecting more
fans to more college sports than any other company, its many platforms
for
programming distribution include CSTV: College Sports TV, televising
regular-season and championship
events for 35 men's and women's college
sports; CSTV.com.
The USTA is the national governing
body for the sport of tennis in the
U. It also supports community tennis programs
that link tennis
with education to provide positive role models, academic
assistance, and life skills for the prevention
of substance abuse, violence
and school-dropouts.players rankings
com.com .
Lindsay Davenport and Lleyton Hewitt
won the inaugural US Open Series. In addition, it owns the 94 Pro Circuit
events throughout the
U.usta atp
Users can also access MMOD via links on CBS
SportsLine and CSTV. Fans can
register by simply
visiting: http://www.com, as well as the Internet rights
to the NCAA(R) Division I Men's Basketball
Championship and many other NCAA
championships. There
is no cost to register for any of the CBS
Digital Media network sites.sportsline.
About the NCAA
The NCAA is a membership-led
nonprofit association of colleges and
universities committed to supporting academic and athletic
opportunities for
more than 360,000 student-athletes at more than 1,000 member colleges and
universities
. For more
information on the USTA, log on to http://www.interviews players
However, to
manage a massive anticipated
peak in demand during Thursday and Friday, March
16th and 17th, access to the MMOD video player will
be carefully managed using
a "virtual waiting room.
- "Boss Button" - Afraid management
is lurking? No sweat.
CBS SportsLine has the rights to produce, host and manage the official
NCAA(R) Championship website, NCAASports.com and for
the latest sports news, scores and expert
analysis, please visit
cbs.com and its network of nearly 250 official athletic sites; CSTV
All
Access, broadband services providing live audio and video of more than
7,000 events annually; as
well as satellite television and radio, in-flight
entertainment, wireless networks and more."
The Diamond Award honors an individual or organization for improving
conditions for women in the
workplace or portraying women positively in media.capital tournaments
, now part of CBS Corporation, is the leading digital
and cable programming company dedicated to college sports.
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