The Complete 2006 BCS Championship Series Available on Commemorative DVDs

The Complete 2006 BCS Championship Series Available on Commemorative DVDs

NEW YORK, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- ESPN Home Entertainment and DVD Marketing Inc. will offer fans the opportunity to own commemorative DVDs, featuring commercial-free game footage and exclusive bonus material from the FedEx Orange Bowl, the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and the Nokia Sugar Bowl, starting March 7. The Rose Bowl Game (R), presented by Citi is currently available. Each of the four DVDs will be available at www.espnshop.com and www.championshipdvd.com and select retail stores nationwide. These games will no longer be broadcast on network television.

Fans may relive a bowl game series that featured upsets, surprises and classic matchups, culminating with the Texas Longhorns' victory over the USC Trojans for the 2006 BCS National Championship in the Rose Bowl. DVDs also feature the game pitting coaching legends Joe Paterno of Penn State and Bobby Bowden of Florida State in a triple-overtime game for the Orange Bowl; the Ohio State Buckeyes' third Fiesta Bowl title in four years, vanquishing the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame; and the West Virginia Mountaineers defeating the Georgia Bulldogs to claim the Sugar Bowl, their first January bowl game since 1948.

Each DVD contains a complete BCS championship bowl game, with coverage from ABC Sports, without commercial interruption, presented in full screen (1.33:1) digital video. Chapter points on the DVD allow the viewer to jump directly to the action, quarter by quarter. Exclusive bonus features for each game are:

2006 ROSE BOWL GAME (R), PRESENTED BY CITI
- Vince Young: Pre-Rose Bowl Interview
- Rose Bowl Interviews & Post-Game Celebration
- Vince Young's Offensive Linemen
- Vince Young All Access
- Texas Defense: Preparing for the Rose Bowl
- Texas vs. Ohio State Condensed Game Highlights
- Texas vs. Oklahoma Condensed Game Highlights

2006 TOSTITOS FIESTA BOWL GAME
- Ohio State vs. Michigan Condensed Game Highlights
- Post Game Celebration

2006 FEDEX ORANGE BOWL GAME
- Penn State vs. Ohio State Condensed Game Highlights
- Joe Paterno/Bobby Bowden Joint Pre-Game Interview
- Post Game Celebration

2006 NOKIA SUGAR BOWL GAME
- Rich Rodriguez All Access
- Post Game Celebration

Produced by ESPN Home Entertainment and distributed by DVD Marketing Inc., the approximate running time for the Rose Bowl DVD is four hours, 20 minutes and the approximate running time for the Orange Bowl, Fiesta Bowl and Sugar Bowl DVDs is three hours, 30 minutes.

ESPN Home Entertainment, a division of ESPN Enterprises, is a leader in providing sports fans with quality home entertainment products, including critically-acclaimed movies, documentaries and instructional DVDs. ESPN Home Entertainment is one of many business units within ESPN, Inc., the world's leading multinational, multimedia sports entertainment company featuring a portfolio of over 50 multimedia sports assets.

Source: DVD Marketing Inc.

CONTACT: Melisa Richter of Richter Strategic Communications,
+1-416-652-5592, or melisa@richterpr.com, for DVD Marketing Inc.; or Sandra
Carreon-John of ESPN, +1-212-515-1207, or sandra.c.john@espn.com

Web site: http://www.dvdmarketing.com/
http://www.espnshop.com/
http://www.championshipdvd.com/

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