HATBORO, Pa., Dec. 23 20094 – LAWFUEL – Best for sports news – The Sports Network (“TSN”) announced that it has settled its lawsuit against Walt Disney Company’s ESPN and ESPN’s subsidiary, SportsTicker, concerning Minor League Baseball data and
statistics.
After many months of the legal process that accompanies suits of this
nature, the parties have come to an agreement that is mutually acceptable in
resolution of the pending lawsuit.
“Our outside counsel in this matter, Morrison Cohen LLP, has been able to
reach an accord with ESPN and SportsTicker,” stated a spokesperson for TSN,
“that satisfies us. While details cannot be disclosed, suffice it to say that
we are very pleased with the resolution reached.”
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, sportsnetwork.com, contains voluminous
proprietary data regarding Minor League Baseball and other sports. TSN’s site
prohibits users from, among other things, copying and reselling any of its
data, information or statistics. TSN’s proprietary sports news data 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.
Among its clients are AT&T, Reuters, Tribune Interactive, Knight-Ridder
Digital, Lexis*Nexis, Dallas Morning News, New York Times, Boston Globe, New
York Daily News, Houston Chronicle, Denver Post, L.A. Times, Detroit News,
Clear Channel Network, Learfield Communications, Media News, Metro Source,
Comtex and hundreds more. http://www.sportsnetwork.com is one of the most accessed
web sites on the Internet and TSN currently brands sports pages for sites
numbering in excess of 500 while furnishing satellite transmitted data and
online transmission to a host of organizations domestically and
internationally.
Contact:
The Sports Network
2200 Byberry Road, Hatboro, PA 19040
1 (215) 441-8444, ext. 2107
Maureen McGillian-Galeone Maureen@sportsnetwork.com
Web site: http://www.sportsnetwork.com
