George Bodenheimer, ESPN and ABC Sports President has announced that local website for Los Angeles will be launched on December 21. ESPN’s ESPNLosAngeles.com website will be launched before Christmas Day basketball game doubleheader, which kicks off with a broadcast of a Los Angeles Lakers game.
ESPN is also expected to launch New York local website during first week of April before the start of 2010 baseball season.
ESPN has already launched local websites in Chicago, Dallas and Boston. ESPN is also planning to launch local websites in 20 more cities that includes New York, Chicago, Dallas, Boston and Pittsburgh.
ESPNLosAngeles.com will be similar to ESPNBoston and can expect following features:
Breaking sports news and information
Clubhouse pages from professional and college leagues
Community tools such as Fan Profiles, SportsNation chats and polls, ESPN Conversations pages and ESPN Travel Passport,
ESPN.com’s digital fan scrapbook
Coverage of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Kings, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles D-Fenders and more
ESPNLosAngeles.com Mobile site and podcasts
Online video, including highlights, news, analysis and original content from ESPN programs including Baseball Tonight, NFL Live, College Football Live and more
Original reporting, blogs and commentary from a stable of local voices
Real-time scores, GameCasts and video highlights
Small college and regional high school coverage
The same innovative local and national advertising opportunities that ESPN.com offers
George Bodenheimer also stated, “Over time, I expect the local sites to be significant profit drivers for our company. We don’t have a local radio sales force is not going to be an inhibitor. We’re just going to have to look at a different model.”
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Thanks for the detailed post!. My fiance and I haven’t had satellite in my apartment for 4 years now, and we are so happy! Thanks again! I am always looking ahead for your new articles! happy Holidays!!
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