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NetInformer and Verizon Wireless Team Up To Offer Angels Baseball Fans Live Wireless Interactive Entertainment At Stadium

May 3, 2004, Anaheim, California — NetInformer, a wireless interactive media company, and Verizon Wireless have teamed up with Major League Baseball's Anaheim Angels to launch an in-stadium mobile messaging system allowing fans to participate in live interactive contests.

Fans will use their mobile phones to play an interactive baseball trivia game broadcast on "Angel Vision" between innings of the game. At each game this season, 24 fans who answer the trivia question correctly will receive official Angels merchandise, and will be entered in a monthly "Angel for a Day" drawing. This package includes four field-level tickets, dinner at the Diamond Club and an Angels jersey.

As the sponsor, Verizon Wireless is providing a cross-carrier short code for the TXT2WIN trivia game so all fans, regardless of their carrier, will be able to text in and play. NetInformer's in-venue messaging application will provide the vehicle for delivering the total TXT2WIN experience.

"Our SPORTSinformer application is being used by an increasing number of Major League Baseball teams to power audience participation programs between innings," stated Greg Pinter, CEO of NetInformer. "We are thrilled to work with Verizon Wireless and the Angels to bring a new level of mobile entertainment to fans throughout the stadium."

"This service helps us offer our fans new ways to enjoy the live game experience," said Tim Mead, Vice President of Communications for Angels Baseball. "We are looking forward to using the mobile channel to make a direct connection to our fans and providing new types of services and interactive programs."

About NetInformer

NetInformer enables the delivery of 2-way text and digital data to mobile phones for information, advertising, entertainment, and interactive television and radio. The company offers connectivity across all North American carrier networks with access to more than 170 million wireless subscribers. For more information about mobile media services or our specific newspaper Xtra! package, please contact us.

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