ESPN launches Premier League highlights app on Ovi

ESPN has launched its Barclays Premier League highlights package as an app on Nokia’s Ovi Store, as it looks to bolster its profile as a UK sports broadcaster.

The free app, ESPN Goals, contains news and live score updates from top-flight football divisions in the UK and on the continent.

Users can also watch video updates, such as goals scored and post-match highlights from Premier League games, by signing up to a subscription package from £1.50 a month.

Tom Gleeson, ESPN International’s VP of digital media, said, “ESPN Goals is another step towards serving sports fans with sports content on multiple devices.”

Both Nokia and ESPN will jointly market the app, which has been available on Android and iOS from the start of the season (nma.co.uk 12 August 2010).

The launch is the latest move in ESPN’s bid to bolster its profile as a sports broadcaster in the UK. Earlier in the year it revealed plans to revamp its cricket site ESPNcricinfo with exclusive video content in the run-up to the current ICC Cricket World Cup (nma.co.uk 11 January 2011).

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 on your Nokia N8 via ESPN

Nokia have partnered with ESPN to release an ESPN ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 widget on the Ovi Store, which will keep users updated on the goings on in the Cricket world.

ESPN on your N8

The standalone mini web-based application offers the following features:

• Live News feeds
• Live Scores and ball-by-ball text commentary
• Statistics and Expert Comments
• Schedules and Standings
• Points
• Video Clips

Jasmeet Gandhi, Head – Services & Devices OPM, said, “The entire nation is abuzz with the World Cup fever and we are happy to be associated with ESPN to reach out to our cricket-loving consumers.  The widget will enable cricket lovers to stay on top of their game, providing them with live news feeds, scores, video clips and much more. We will continue to engage with our consumers with services and information relevant to them providing them an enriched mobile lifestyle.”

The ESPN N8 app is available on the Ovi Store and is free of charge, except for the data charges, that is. And if you ever feel you’ve overloaded on Cricket, you can even turn the widget off, thus giving you a reprieve.