GPS Industries to Deliver CBS SportsLine.Com Content to Inforemer Units Worldwide
Monday January 26, 9:45 am ET
Companies agree to deliver first real-time sports score and news headline content directly to GPS-golf devices around the world
VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 2004-- GPS Industries Inc. (GPSI) (OTCBB:GPSN - News), (Germany:Berlin and Frankfurt WKN#:
252179), a leading developer and provider of global positioning (GPS) golf course and sports solutions announced that it has concluded an agreement to establish a strategic relationship with SportsLine.com, a leading Internet sports media company and publisher of CBS SportsLine.com, to provide sports media content to GPS Industries' Inforemer(TM) systems worldwide.
The two companies have agreed to introduce a new real-time media content application which will provide CBS SportsLine.com content, including professional and collegiate sports scores and news headlines, directly to golfers on courses using GPSI's Inforemer® GPS mobile display units.
SportsLine.com is at the leading edge of media companies providing Internet sports content, community and e-commerce. As the publisher of CBS SportsLine.com and the official Web sites of the NFL, PGA TOUR and NCAA Sports, the Company serves as one of the most comprehensive sports information sources available, providing an unmatched breadth and depth of multimedia sports news, information, entertainment and merchandise.
"We are extremely excited to bring this added-value content to golfers and golf courses using the Inforemer," commented Blake Ponuick, VP of Sales and Marketing for GPS Industries. "Golfers are sports enthusiasts, and they have expressed a keen interest in receiving this type of real-time news and sports content while on courses. We are pleased to be the first and only GPS company to deliver this experience-enhancing application, and we look forward to continuing to pioneer new applications and content for our golf course partners."
The Inforemer real-time media content solution is being introduced by GPS Industries at the 2004 PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Florida, January 29 to February 1, 2004.