HATBORO, Pennsylvania, July 28 /PRNewswire/ --

The Sports Network, America's premier real-time sports wire service, has announced plans to expand its global reach through an alliance with Contec Innovations, the mobile media network powering live news, sports, finance and entertainment. Through the opening of offices in Beijing, site of the Summer Olympics, TSN and Contec will be co-developing mobile sports services for mobile operators and media properties in emerging markets starting with China and Southeast Asia. The alliance aims to produce a plethora of real-time mobile value-added services based on everything from the English Premiere League to the NBA, MLB, NFL and NHL as well as dozens of internationally sought after and popular sports such as tennis, auto racing and golf.

"TSN's expansion, with offices in Beijing in concert with Contec," stated Mickey Charles, President and CEO of The Sports Network, "provides us with a partnership linking technologies that are without equal while offering the fastest and most accurate sports content for mobiles in the world. Our initial offering is with the mobile content channels of Contec and we are looking forward to developing further opportunities with them in the months and years ahead. This is precisely the sort of alliance that maintains our position as the global leader in the area of sports on multiple and varied platforms."

With the initial thrust into the Middle and Far East, the primary focus is on the English Premiere League, TSN has gone well past the traditional 'big six' of MLB, NFL, NHL, NBA and collegiate basketball and football, the commonly most sought after North American domestic sports products of the past.

Don Lay, President and CEO of Contec commented, "We are delighted to form an alliance with The Sports Network to extend their reach into emerging markets and to co-develop compelling mobile services. The Sports Network has provided BUZmob with depth of world sports news coverage that will have huge appeal to service providers and mobile operators looking to rapidly create new services."

Integral to this relationship will be the inclusion of XML Team Solutions, the unquestioned leader in advanced sports data technology. XML Team disseminates TSN's sports content exclusively to a variety of publishers requiring applications beyond typical wire service publishing or Internet branding.

About The Sports Network

The Sports Network is the nation's foremost international real-time sports wire service furnishing a plethora of content on a 24/7 basis using state-of-the-art technology. TSN's website, www.sportsnetwork.com, contains voluminous proprietary sports news data that is available to its clients as well and includes, but is not limited to, scores, trends, analysis, news, features, statistics, pre and post-game reports, box scores, historical data, and very much more.

About Contec Innovations

We are innovators in mobile technology and services. Our BUZmob(TM) Mobile Media Network enables mobile operators, media publishers and service providers to generate new revenue from dynamic content services that engage with mobile audiences worldwide. Contec Innovations (TSXV: BUZ) has the largest portfolio of 'live' news, sports, entertainment and finance mobile content channels delivered as a managed service. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, Contec has a sales and support office in Beijing, China. For more information: www.contec.ca . or Media Relations: Asa Zanatta /+1-604-408-1389 azanatta@spiritcommunications.ca

About XML Team Solutions

XML Team Solutions is the most advanced provider of data integration technologies to the sports publishing and analysis community, with platforms suitable for clients ranging from fantasy commissioner services to professional sports teams to global portals. http://www.xmlteam.com/contact.php

Web site: http://www.sportsnetwork.com http://www.contec.ca http://www.xmlteam.com/contact.php

Maureen Galeone of The Sports Network, +1-215-441-8444, Maureen@sportsnetwork.com