Go!View to Feature ESPN Classic Content

LONDON, October 7: More
than 20 hours of ESPN Classic’s sports content will be added each month to Go!View,
a VOD service from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and SKY for PlayStation
Portable (PSP) in the U.K. and Ireland.

ESPN Classic features a
mix of classic highlights, matches, movies, interviews, profiles and
documentaries, all showcasing some of the greatest moments in sports history.
This month, Go!View users will find a range of boxing highlights, with further
programming planned such as a biography of cyclist Lance Armstrong.

Go!View allows PSP users
to transfer content to their handheld devices from a PC. The service features
programming from Disney-ABC-ESPN Television, BBC Worldwide, Sony Pictures
Television International, NBC Universal International Television Distribution,
National Geographic and Sky Sports, among others.

Mike McKibbin, ESPN’s
group marketing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, said, “We are delighted to be part of Go!View
video-on-demand service. ESPN Classic aims to capture the imagination of
British sports fans that are both passionate and knowledgeable. This
partnership, to provide content for PSP users, underlines our commitment to
serve sports fans wherever they interact with sports and deliver the very best
in sports entertainment to as wide an audience as possible.”

—By Kristin Brzoznowski