Eurosport.com launches new version iPhone app, breaks 3 million download mark

Faster, easier, more content, greater interactivity and goal alerts—Europe’s leading sports app for the iPhone is now bigger and better, with news that Eurosport.com has launched a new version of its innovative free app.

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Covering every major sporting event next year the app, downloaded over 3 million times since its launch in July 2009, has been updated and upgraded to include:

Faster navigation: Eurosport.com app is quicker than ever.

More interactivity: Fans can discuss their favourite talking points in real-time.

Goal alerts: Be the first to find out how your favourite European team is doing with new alert feature in football and rugby.

More content: Real-time text commentary, live results, news, blogs, standings and fixtures.

The Eurosport.com app boasts more LIVE sports content and top news stories than any other iPhone sports application in Europe and leverages the group's renowned editorial expertise and excellence.

It is the only sports application available in 9 different language versions,* plus an international version available in any country in the world, and has been a resounding success, topping download lists in France, Germany, Italy and the UK.

Eurosport's Appy Family

As well as the innovative new version of the iPhone app, Eurosport announces a new Google Android V.2, available on here on Android Market. Together with the launch of its BlackBerry (download here), Eurosport's mobile platform is leading the way for sports broadcasters the world over. See complete range of apps [here].

For the European launch of the Apple iPad in May, Eurosport was one of the first broadcasters to develop an app, which has subsequently become the most popular iPad app across Europe.

In addition to the group's news and live results app is the Eurosport Player app, which offers live streaming of Eurosport's channels on the iPhone. The premium service is currently available by subscription in the UK, Republic of Ireland, Germany and Austria with other geographic roll-outs under development.

All of Eurosport's apps for iPhone and iPad are available for download on iTunes (click here) and the App Store.

Apple continues to be a leading player in the global mobile market. In 2010 Q4 Apple sold 14.1 million iPhones, which represents a 91 percent unit growth on the previous year's Q4, while also selling 4.19 million iPads. (more info here)

* English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Swedish, Polish, Russian and Chinese

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Faster navigation: Eurosport.com app is quicker than ever.
Goal alerts: Be the first to find out how your team is doing with new alert feature in football and rugby.
More content: Real-time text commentary, live results, news, blogs, standings and fixtures.
More interactivity: Fans can discuss their favourite talking points in real-time

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Eurosport always strives to innovate and provide quality content across all media devices. While TV is our core business, we are also leading the way on online and mobile sports platforms. Eurosport's apps are available on the most popular devices, from Android to iPhone, and their popularity proves we are giving the global sports fan what he wants, when he wants it and where he wants it.

Laurent-Eric Le Lay, Chairman and CEO, Eurosport

The new version iPhone app will build on the successes of its predecessor, adding excellent new functionalities to enable fans to enjoy, share and experience sports news and events. In 2011 we will continue to innovate and grow our diverse online and mobile offering not just for the the iPhone and iPad, but for smartphones such as Android and BlackBerry.

Arnaud Maillard, Eurosport's New Media Director

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About Eurosport Group

The Eurosport Group is Europe's leading sports entertainment group. Eurosport, the n°1 pan-European TV channel, broadcasts in 20 languages and reaches 125 million homes across 59 countries. Eurosport HD is the high definition simulcast of Eurosport. Eurosport 2 broadcasts to 52 million households in 17 languages across 47 countries. Eurosport 2 HD was launched in August 2009. Eurosport Asia-Pacific reaches 16 countries in the region. Eurosportnews is the sports news channel transmitted worldwide. Eurosport.com, Europe's n°1 online sports destination, has over 14 million unique users per month (comScore) across an international network of sports websites in 11 languages, including Yahoo! co-branded sites in Germany, Spain, Italy and the UK. The Eurosport.com free mobile application is available in 10 languages. Eurosport Player, Eurosport's web TV service, provides LIVE and on-demand sports to fans' PCs in 59 countries and the Player mobile application is available in 5 countries. Eurosport Events is the group's expert division in the management and promotion of international sporting events. For more information, please visit www.eurosportcorporate.com

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20th December 2010