subject: Sign Exclusive Partnership To Deliver Gameday Audio and Video To Fantasy Baseball [print this page] Sign Exclusive Partnership To Deliver Gameday Audio and Video To Fantasy Baseball
MLB.com and CBSSports.com signed multi-year partnership which will provide live MLB game audio and in-game player highlights to CBSSports.com's award-winning Fantasy Baseball Commissioner product.
Subscribers to the CBSSports.com Fantasy Baseball Commissioner service will have access to live MLB game audio, in-game player highlights, and other features at no additional charge as part of this exclusive partnership with MLB.com.
The CBSSports.com Fantasy Commissioner, winner of eight of the last ten Fantasy Sports Trade Association awards for "Best Fantasy Commissioner/League Management Product," is now the Official Fantasy Baseball Commissioner Game of MLB.com.
Built directly into the live scoring page and other areas of the CBSSports.com Fantasy Baseball Commissioner, and available at no extra cost, features of this exclusive partnership with MLB.com include:
LIVE MLB Game Audio: Every CBSSports.com Fantasy Baseball Commissioner user will be able to listen to LIVE home or away radio feeds of all 2,430 regular season MLB games with no blackouts and at no additional charge.
In-Game MLB Player Highlights: CBSSports.com Fantasy Baseball Commissioner live scoring pages will link directly to in-game highlights for each player as MLB action unfolds during the 2011 regular season.
MLB Player Highlights: Each Major League Baseball player page inside the CBSSports.com Fantasy Baseball Commissioner will provide a highlight compilation to allow users to see a player in action before they draft or trade for him.
"By aligning our live audio and up-to-the-moment video highlights with CBSSports.com's fantasy commissioner service, we are creating an even more immersive and entertaining experience for fantasy users to watch their fantasy matchup play out live every day during the season," said Kenny Gersh, SVP, Business Development, MLB.com.
The CBSSports.com Fantasy Baseball Commissioner * is the ultimate fantasy baseball league management product and the choice for seasoned, sophisticated fantasy leagues. With the ability to manage leagues with a myriad of personalized options and ones with up to 30 teams, the CBSSports.com Fantasy Baseball Commissioner is priced at $179.99 per league with a $20** discount for early bird sign ups. Access to MLB.com GameDay Premium with Audio, which normally costs as much as $240 for an entire league, is free to all CBSSports.com Commissioner users. Users can sign up now for a free 14-day trial to try the service voted the "Best Fantasy Commissioner/League Management Product" in eight of the last ten years by the Fantasy Sports Trade Association.
"Through this exclusive partnership with the Interactive home for Major League Baseball, CBSSports.com's award-winning fantasy sports service now gives fantasy baseball enthusiasts the opportunity to enjoy an experience that is unmatched in the fantasy market," said Jason Kint, Senior Vice President and General Manager, CBSSports.com.
The flagship fantasy sports product for CBSSports.com and now the Official Fantasy Baseball Commissioner Game of MLB.com, the CBSSports.com Fantasy Baseball Commissioner has been completely revamped for 2011, taking the best product in the fantasy marketplace to another level of excellence. CBSSports.com Fantasy Baseball Commissioner users will enjoy a state-of-the-art draft room, unparalleled scoring and roster options, and as always the fastest LIVE scoring on the Internet.
