Everything You Want to Know About Hockey Available on Your Mobile Phone Through AskMeNow
IRVINE, CA and NEW YORK, NY, Apr 12, 2007 -- AskMeNow Inc. (OTCBB: AKMN)
, a leader in intelligen
t mobile search, and The National Hockey League (NHL), today announced the ultimate mobile service for hockey fans across North America -- just in time for the Playoffs.
Now hockey fans watching the game rink-side, at their local sports bar or home, can simply text message any score, stat, schedule or trivia question to ASKME (27563) and receive an answer in moments on their mobile phone. Fans can get their team's score or find out when they play their next game -- anywhere, anytime, straight from their mobile phone. Beyond simple scores and stats, AskMeNow will also answer NHL trivia by allowing customers to ask trivia questions and get the answer on their mobile phone in moments. Want to know who won the Stanley Cup in 1994 or who holds the record for the most goals in one season? Simply text the question to ASKME (27563).
"The immediacy with which we receive informatio
n has grown significan
tly thanks in part to new technology such as mobile phones and the Internet," said Keith Ritter, President, NHL Interactiv
e Cyber Enterprise
s. "NHL Fans are always on the cutting edge of using technology to stay in touch with our game and AskMeNow is a terrific addition that sharpens that edge."
Customers can visit www.nhl.co
m to sign-up for AskMeNow and receive trivia, scores, stats and schedule informatio
n.
"By offering AskMeNow to millions of hockey fans, the NHL is leading the way in fan interactiv
ity," said AskMeNow CEO Darryl Cohen. "AskMeNow is now able to reach legions of NHL fans across North America and provide, fun, informativ
e and highly sought-aft
er content. By partnering with organizati
ons with large fan bases such as the NHL, AskMeNow is able to sign-up an audience hungry for the types of relevant sports scores, stats and trivia that AskMeNow was built to deliver."
NHL customers will also have access to the full suite of AskMeNow services, which provides direct answers to virtually any question including 411, Weather, Directions
, Flights & Hotels, Horoscopes
, Stock Quotes, Movie Times & Theatres, News, and General Trivia.
About AskMeNow
AskMeNow is the easiest, most convenient way to access informatio
n on the Internet or from local content from your cell phone or mobile PDA device. The first mobile lifestyle network, AskMeNow utilizes its proprietar
y technology to offer a natural language based interactio
n and dynamic content provision platform designed for simple and quick informatio
n retrieval. The Company generates revenues through per usage fees and one to one contextual mobile advertisin
g sponsorshi
ps. AskMeNow launched officially in November 2005. The Company is based in Irvine, California
. Please visit www.askmen
ow.com for more informatio
n.
About the NHL
The National Hockey League, founded in 1917, is the second-old
est of the four major profession
al team sports leagues in North America. Today, the NHL consists of 30 Member Clubs, each reflecting the League's internatio
nal makeup, with players from more than 20 countries represente
d on team rosters. According to a Simmons Market Research study, NHL fans are educated, tech-savvy and the youngest of all of the fans of any other profession
al sport. The NHL entertains more than 100 million fans each season in-arena and through its partners in national television (VERSUS, NBC, TSN, CBC, RDS, RIS, NASN, NHL Network and HDNet) and radio (Westwood One, Sirius and XM Radio). Through the NHL Foundation
, the League's charitable arm, the NHL raises money and awareness for Hockey Fights Cancer, Hockey's All-Star Kids and NHL Diversity, and supports the charitable efforts of all NHL players. For more informatio
n on the NHL, log on to NHL.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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