The Sports Network Continues to Expand Its Global Reach with Mobile Services and Contec Alliance
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[September 09, 2008]

The Sports Network Continues to Expand Its Global Reach with Mobile Services and Contec Alliance

HATBORO, Pennsylvania, September 9 /PRNewswire/ --

The Sports Network and Contec Innovations Inc. (TSX Venture: BUZ), a
global mobile services provider, have announced that TSN, one of the world's
leading sports content providers, has joined the BUZmob Mobile Media Network
to expand the distribution of its proprietary global sports news data to
mobile audiences worldwide. TSN provides real-time coverage of sports on a
global basis that includes MLB, NFL, NHL, NBA, College Football and
Basketball, tennis, golf, NASCAR, soccer, rugby, mixed martial arts, horse
racing, boxing, lacrosse and a host of others complemented by coverage of key
international events such as the Olympics, Ryder Cup, Masters, March Madness,
the MLB, NFL, NHL and NBA drafts, World Series, Super Bowl, Stanley Cup, NBA
Championships, Wimbledon, the U.S. and British Opens, Indy 500, Triple Crown,
World Cup Soccer and many more!

Mickey Charles, President, CEO and founder of The Sports Network said,
"Our partnership with Contec empowers our organization with the critical
mobile technologies and relationships required to effectively distribute our
content through mobile channels. We are looking forward to presenting the
early results of our collaboration at the CTIA Wireless Entertainment & ITS
Show this week in San Francisco. And I would urge all to visit
http://tsnsim.buzmob.com -- for a live presentation of our services."

Don Lay, President and CEO of Contec added, "There is no other news
category more in demand by mobile audiences worldwide than sports. The Sports
Network provides BUZmob with a vast roster of live sports news and
information that will generate a variety of exciting new services for
distribution. Be it soccer or basketball games, cricket test matches or the
Olympics, sporting events are watched and followed by hundreds of millions of
people in countries all over the world -- these are deeply engaged fans who
want up-to-the-minute news and updates on their favourite sports and athletes
on their mobile handsets."

About The Sports Network

The Sports Network, America's foremost international real-time sports
wire service, furnishes a plethora of content on a 24/7 basis utilizing
state-of-the-art technology that sets the tone for entire industry.
Additionally, Sportsnetwork.com delivers proprietary global sports news data


to thousands of sites online and, now, to mobile users Worldwide in
partnership with Contec Innovations. TSN clients include Google, IBS/NBC,
Tribune Interactive, Knight-Ridder Digital, Lexis*Nexis, Westwood One, New
York Times, Denver Post, L.A. Times, Detroit News, Clear Channel Network,
Learfield Communications, Media News, Metro Source, Comtex and hundreds more.
For more information please visit http://www.sportsnetwork.com. For more
information contact: Ken Zajac @ +1-215-441-8444 or e-mail
kzajac@sportsnetwork.com

About Contec Innovations



Innovators in mobile technology and services. BUZmob live mobile services
enable mobile operators, media companies and service providers to generate
new revenue from dynamic content services that engage mobile audiences
worldwide -- on every handset, every network, everywhere. BUZmob offers the
largest portfolio of live news, sports, entertainment and finance content
delivered as a managed service. Examples of live services are available at
http://www.buzmob.com. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, Contec Innovations
(TSX Venture: BUZ) has a sales and support office in Beijing, China. For more
information: http://www.contec.ca.


Web site: http://www.sportsnetwork.com
http://tsnsim.buzmob.com
http://www.contec.ca
http://www.buzmob.com

The Sports Network

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

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