Posts Tagged ‘NFL Mobile’

NFL Mobile on Verizon Wireless Gets New Look

July 26th, 2010

With the NFL 2010 NFL Season fast approaching it’s important that Verizon Wireless customers are aware that a new version of NFL Mobile from Verizon Wireless is now available in time for kickoff. The updated NFL Mobile sports a new look and feel and gives users two options to stay up to date on teams, players and happenings around the league.

NFL Mobile now lets every user see the latest news, headlines, stats and scores from the first drills in training camp all the way to Super Bowl XLV.

Better still, NFL Mobile will feature live audio broadcasts of every regular season game throughout the entire 2010 season!

And for those NFL Mobile users who want premium NFL video content on their phones can simply add a V CAST Video subscription to get video on demand with player and team news and to watch live streams of:

  • NFL RedZone, the wildly-popular channel from NFL Network that airs live or near-live look-ins of every key play and touchdown from Sunday afternoon games
  • NFL Network, which airs seven days a week, 24 hours a day on a year-round basis and is the only network fully dedicated to the NFL and the sport of football
  • NBC’s Sunday Night Football
  • NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football

So how do you get it?

Verizon Wireless customers with Android phones can download it directly from the Verizon Channel in Android Market. Customers with Blackberry smartphones just text “NFL” to 8915 for a link to the application.

There is no monthly subscription for NFL Mobile, but customers will need a V CAST Video subscription ($10 per month) to access NFL Mobile video content of NFL Mobile.

Verizon Rolls Out NFL Mobile for 3g Smartphones

June 11th, 2010

It’s still a little ways off, but the 2010 NFL season is fast approaching and NFL fans ought to be aware of the options that Verizon Wireless will be offering its customers to ensure they never miss a minute of their favorite NFL team and players.

Until the season kicks off NFL Mobile is available for staying on top of team training camps, and Verizon Wireless promises to add new features next month to help football fans get ready for the season and for their fantasy drafts and leagues.

Customers who download NFL Mobile will have access to live NFL Network programs, video on demand and all the latest news, blogs and commentary.

When the 2010 NFL season does formally kick off in September, NFL Mobile will offer live streaming of NBC’s Sunday Night Football and NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football. These programs join NFL Network, which streams live seven days a week, 24 hours a day on a year-round basis and is the only network fully dedicated to the NFL and the sport of football.

NFL RedZone, the wildly popular channel from NFL Network which airs live or near-live look-ins of every key play and touchdown from Sunday afternoon games, is also on the way.

And to celebrate the inaugural season of NFL Mobile on Verizon Wireless, the NFL Mobile application is included as part the monthly data plan for 3G Smartphones.

Verizon’s NFL Mobile to Stream Game Audio, Video

March 10th, 2010

Beginning next month Verizon Wireless will join forces with the National Football League to offer NFL Mobile to Verizon Wireless customers. The new four-year agreement for NFL Mobile kicks off with coverage of the 2010 NFL Draft April 22nd – 24th and continues with the NFL’s regular season.

“This is an agreement that has, at its core a mutual desire by both the NFL and Verizon Wireless to provide consumers with what they want on and off the field,” said John Stratton, executive vice president and chief marketing officer for Verizon Wireless. “For Verizon Wireless, it is NFL content delivered over our 3G network so football fans can extend the excitement of the sport long after the last touchdown of a season. And the NFL content is customizable in that consumers have options from video to ringtones to alerts; the choice is theirs.”

The agreement makes Verizon Wireless the NFL’s official wireless carrier sponsor, and guarantees customers will have unprecedented access to America’s favorite sport regardless of whether they are in the stands, at home, or on the go.

In addition to NFL RedZone, live Sunday Night and Thursday Night games, and NFL Network, other features of NFL Mobile on Verizon Wireless will include:

  • Video: Game highlights and an extensive collection of on-demand video featuring analysis and inside access from NFL Network and NFL Films.
  • Audio: Live radio broadcasts of every regular season and playoff game from both home and away teams.
  • Fantasy: Access to fantasy information, news, and player and team statistics.
  • Customizable NFL alerts, ringtones and graphics.

“We are looking forward to working with Verizon Wireless to deliver our fans the most extensive experience on mobile phones,” said Brian Rolapp, the NFL’s senior vice president of media strategy. “Our fans have an insatiable appetite for football, and we will be able to keep them connected wherever they are on game day but also throughout the year.”

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