Live NASCAR Racing coming to AT&T and Verizon Wireless mobile TV
By Dusan Belic on Monday, August 11th, 2008 at 12:39 PM PST In AT&T, Announcements, Content, Mobile TV, Verizon
ESPN and MediaFLO USA have announced that they will bring NASCAR live to the users of AT&T (NYSE: T)’s and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Wireless’ mobile TV services.
Under the agreement, MediaFLO USA and ESPN will air live race coverage of the NASCAR Nationwide Series, as well as six Sprint (NYSE: S) Cup Series races on ESPN Mobile TV.
Upcoming Sprint Cup races include (all times Eastern on ESPN Mobile TV):
- Centurion Boats at the Glen (Watkins Glen International) – 1 p.m., Sunday, August 10
- 3M Performance 400 (Michigan International Speedway) – 1 p.m., Sunday, August 17
- Sharpie 500 (Bristol Motor Speedway) – 7 p.m., Saturday, August 23
- Pepsi 500 (Auto Club Speedway) – 7 p.m., Sunday, August 31
Upcoming Nationwide Series races include (all times Eastern on ESPN Mobile TV):
- Carfax 250 (Michigan International Speedway) – 3 p.m., Saturday, August 16
- Food City 250 (Bristol Motor Speedway) – 7:30 p.m., Friday, August 22
Complete NASCAR programming schedules are available on flotv.com.
Interested? You’ll have to sign-up for either AT&T Mobile TV with FLO or for Verizon Wireless’ V CAST Mobile TV.
