NEWSLETTER SIGNUPVANCOUVER, BC – October 23, 2008 – Live Current Media Inc. (OTCBB:LIVC), a media company built around content and commerce destinations, announced today that Global Cricket Ventures (“GCV”), a joint venture between Live Current and NetlinkBlue Holding, has reached an agreement to build, manage and monetize the official website of the Champions League Twenty20 (“Champions League”) for a period of 10 years.
The official website of the Champions League will offer passionate cricket fans an enriched digital experience featuring video highlights, a live video scoreboard, mobile content as well as official photographs, press releases, player interviews, schedules, statistics and newsletters. Revenues generated from the website will be split evenly between GCV and the Champions League.
The inaugural Champions League Twenty20 will be held in
GCV also announced today that during the recent IPL franchisee offsite in
About Global Cricket Ventures
Global Cricket Ventures is a joint venture between Live Current Media Inc. and NetlinkBlue Holding that capitalizes on the global potential of the sport of cricket by leveraging exclusive digital assets and rights. Global Cricket Ventures and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (“BCCI”) recently entered into a 10-year, exclusive partnership to build and operate the Official BCCI and Indian Premier League websites, as well as bring to market other valuable digital assets around Indian Cricket including mobile content, live streaming and photo/video syndication.
In September 2008, GCV launched www.bcci.tv, the official online home of the Board of Control for Cricket in
About NetlinkBlue
NetlinkBlue is a leading consulting, technology and outsourcing services firm, which helps global clients plan, implement & maintain their technology & digital marketing investments, which in turn drives competitive advantage and improves business performance.
Services span across its various business divisions: interactive and ebrand management; internet troubleshooting services(www.internetheroes.com); online photography management and printing services (www.imageshare.com); website development and maintenance services; an animation powerhouse building world class animated films, television shows, computer & console games; outsourcing / I.T. enabled services, software development & CRM solutions across multiple locations and time zones; radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions and enterprise-wide technology solutions to build and enable infrastructure. NetlinkBlue has headquarters in Dubai UAE, with offices all over the world. For more
About Live Current Media
Live Current builds, owns and operates some of the most powerful and engaging content and commerce destinations on the Internet. Through subject-specific DestinationHubs™, Live Current properties connect people to each other and to the
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Contacts:
Live Current
Adam Rabiner
Director, Investor Relations
604-453-4875 or 1-866-898-4354
adam@livecurrent.com
For Champions League
Percy Dubash/Javed Akhtar
Adfactors PR
+91 9820221792/+91 22 22049804
Percy.dubash@adfactorspr.com/javed.akhtar@adfactorspr.com
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