A little off topic though as a Mavs fan, how about someway we can actually catch NBA games in other parts of the world? I`m in Japan though only get a game a month on TV. Hopefully Joost will be able to do something about that, though it`s a little ridiculous for a league trying to expand across Asia.

CBS SportsLine.com, the leading global Internet sports media company, was engaged in a daily head-to-head battle with its competitors. In an effort to distinguish its site and maintain its leadership position, SportsLine develop a ground-breaking online loyalty program to reward people simply for visiting the site. SportsLine Rewards was named \”One of the Ten Best Internet-based loyalty programs\” by Ellen Reid Smith, a noted loyalty marketing expert.

SearchChips.com a search engine (powered by Ask.com) has been launched to reward regular users with loyalty \’Chips\’ or rewards toward free iPods, game consoles, Itune gift cards, digital cameras and other electronic goods. – The Wall Street Journal October 2006

Internet companies, locked in a fierce battle to get more people to use their search engines, are dangling rewards and cash prizes to attract customers to their sites. Yahoo also might get into the loyalty game. Earlier this year, the No. 2 search engine surveyed some Yahoo mail users about the kinds of gifts from music downloads to airlines miles that would entice people to use Yahoo as their primary search engine. – The Wall street Journal February 2006

Palo Alto, CA April 4, 2007 Metacafe, one of the worlds largest video sites, today announced that the Producer Rewards program continues to attract more viewers and content month over month since its launch in Fall 2006. Five months after going live, Producer Rewards videos have been seen more than 62 million times, with the viral video sensation Robotic Beer Launching Refrigerator alone receiving nearly 1.3 million views in the month of March. The break out hit has earned creator John Cornwell over $6,600 and an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman. To date, 21 creators have earned more than $5,000 each.

Flixya.com (www.flixya.com) has launched the beta version of their new video sharing community website. The free video sharing community isn\’t just another YouTube. \”We\’re building an online community and offering an incentive to share videos from the growing list of video web sites,\” explains co-founder Adam Oliver, a former Director at Stubhub.com.
The Flixya multi-tiered rewards program features $5000 worth of merchandise. Members can earn points for sharing videos, friend referrals and posting comments. 30,000 points will get you a $100 gift card to Abercrombie and Fitch, 110,000 a T-Mobile Sidekick 3. At the top of the list, 600,000 Flixya points will get you an Apple Macbook Pro.