Toronto Maple Leafs Select Viigo So Fans Can Follow the Team From Their Smartphones
Maple Leafs Sports & Entertainment partners with Viigo to provide quick and easy access to news, live scores, schedules, rosters and more anytime and anywhere
(September 28, 2009) – Viigo Inc. (www.viigo.com), developer of the award winning mobile content and services platform for smartphones, announced today that it has partnered with the Toronto Maple Leafs to bring Leafs news, scores, schedules, roster information, statistics and more to BlackBerry and Windows Mobile smartphones.
By extending its presence to smartphones, the Maple Leafs are responding to the changing dynamics of information distribution and is addressing the increasing demand from its fans to be able to quickly and easily access information on their favorite team at any time of the day, regardless of where they are.
“We’re excited about our partnership with Viigo which gives our fans unprecedented access to all the information they want to know about the Maple Leafs, where they want and when they want,” said Chris Hebb, Senior VP of Broadcast and Content for Maple Leaf Sport. “Viigo also makes it very easy for Leafs fans to share information about their favourite hockey team with their friends and family anywhere in the world instantaneously.”
Offered as a free service, those who download the application, http://getviigo.com/leafs, to their device will receive a Toronto Maple Leafs version of Viigo complete with dedicated channels for breaking news, live scores, roster, schedules, statistics and more. Further, all the modules news, weather, sports, finance, flight schedules and status, entertainment, local interest Viigo is renowned for are included.
“Viigo is proud to have been selected as the mobile platform for the Maple Leafs one of the world’s most recognized sports brands,” said Mark Ruddock, CEO, Viigo. “At Viigo we are dedicated to finding ways of enriching the mobile experience by providing content that people find compelling whether for work or play, locally or globally and for this reason we are excited to be offering versions of our application for the Maple Leafs.”