The Sports Network and ESPN Reach Settlement on Lawsuit

The Sports Network and ESPN Reach Settlement on Lawsuit

HATBORO, Pa., Dec. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- 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. 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/


Source: The Sports Network

CONTACT: Maureen McGillian-Galeone, The Sports Network, +1-215-441-8444,
maureen@sportsnetwork.com

Web site: http://www.sportsnetwork.com/


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