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#1 vs. #2: CBSSports.com is the Exclusive Home for Live Webcast of the SEC CHAMPIONSHIP Between Alabama & Florida

#1 vs. #2: CBSSports.com is the Exclusive Home for Live Webcast of the SEC CHAMPIONSHIP Between Alabama & Florida

From the site that brings fans March Madness on Demand, CBS Sports produces the biggest football game ever broadcast simultaneously on TV, the Internet and mobile Webcast, presented free of charge by AT&T, caps off huge year in online sports events

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- CBSSports.com and CBS Sports Mobile will provide live streaming video of the CBS Sports broadcast of the 2008 SEC CHAMPIONSHIP game between *No. 1-ranked Alabama and *No. 2-ranked Florida on Saturday, Dec. 6 (4:00 PM, ET) from the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Ga.

Wireless customers subscribing to the MediaFLO service can also view 2008 SEC CHAMPIONSHIP live and for free on CBS Sports Mobile.

Live video of CBS' coverage of the 2008 SEC CHAMPIONSHIP, sponsored by AT&T, is the culmination of an incredible year of video on CBSSports.com, cementing the site as the leading provider of live streaming sports video on the Internet. Over the course of 2008, CBSSports.com has provided live audio and video webcasts of over 12,000 games/events, more than all the other major sports media networks combined.

"CBSSports.com and CBS Sports Mobile are thrilled to provide a free webcast of the biggest football game to ever be shown live and in its entirety on the Internet and over wireless devices," said Jason Kint, Senior Vice President and General Manager, CBSSports.com. "It's a testament to the forward thinking at CBS Sports as well as great partners such as the SEC and AT&T that we're able to show these games on CBSSports.com and CBS Sports Mobile, giving sports fans additional ways to view the broadcast of these world-class sporting events."

As they do each and every week in the AT&T College Football Preview Series, Jason Horowitz of CBSSports.com and college football studio analyst Spencer Tillman of CBS Sports will provide a video preview to the 2008 SEC CHAMPIONSHIP that will be available on demand on CBSSports.com beginning Wednesday, December 3. Fans can also access the AT&T College Football Preview Series on the CBS Audience Network, the largest syndicated platform for professional video content with over 300 partners including CBS.com, AOL, MSN, TV.com, Fancast and Joost.

Live streaming sports video highlights from 2008 on CBSSports.com include:

-- Live streaming video of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball
Championship: For the first time, the CBSSports.com production of
March Madness on Demand showed all 63 games, from the first round of
the tournament through the Men's Final Four and Championship game.
-- The 2008 Masters Tournament: CBSSports.com added live coverage of
holes Nos. 15 & 16 to their Masters Live product which also includes
Amen Corner Live, live streaming video of the 11th, 12th and 13th
holes and Masters Extra, live streaming video of the entire field and
course from the Masters Tournament for one hour prior to television
coverage.
-- The US Open Men's Final: CBSSports.com partnered with USopen.org to
bring tennis fans live streaming video of the 2008 US Open Men's Final
between Roger Federer and Andy Murray, which due to a weather delay
was played on Monday, September 8.
-- SEC College Football: For the first time, CBSSports.com was able to
obtain the rights to stream live and for free the entire 2008 CBS
Sports SEC college football schedule, a total of 17 SEC contests
concluding with the SEC CHAMPIONSHIP Game between *No. 1-ranked
Alabama and *No. 2-ranked Florida.


(*AP Poll as of 11/30/08)

About CBS Interactive


CBS Interactive, a division of CBS Corporation, is the best online content network for information and entertainment. With more than 170 million people visiting its properties each month, it is the 8th largest Web property globally. Its portfolio of leading brands, which include CNET, CBS.com, CBSSports.com, GameSpot, TV.com, BNET and Last.fm, span popular categories like technology, entertainment, sports, news and business.

More information about CBS and its businesses is available at www.cbscorporation.com.


Source: CBSSports.com

CONTACT: CBSSports.com, Alex Riethmiller, +1-954-489-4235,
ariethmiller@cbs.com; or CBS Sports, Jen Sabatelle, +1-212-975-4120,
jsabatelle@cbs.com

Web Site: http://www.cbscorporation.com/


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