SHORT TRACK SPEEDSKATING: U.S. SPEEDSKATING AND MEDIAZONE.COM PARTNER TO PROVIDE LIVE INTERNET BROADCAST OF 2006 U.S. SHORT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS
// Melissa Scott // December 8, 2005
U.S. SPEEDSKATING AND MEDIAZONE.COM PARTNER TO PROVIDE LIVE INTERNET BROADCAST OF 2006 U.S. SHORT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS Short Track Stars Apolo Anton Ohno, Hyo-Jung Kim, and other top American Speedskaters Compete to Represent USA at the Olympics
Redwood City, CA –December 8, 2005 – MediaZone, a leading global online broadcasting provider of licensed video and audio content, and U.S. Speedskating, today announced their partnership to offer 2006 U.S. Short Track Championships exclusively live and online at www.MediaZone.com/speedskating.
Starting Monday, December 12, MediaZone is presenting the live broadband broadcast of all 42 events from this national championships including men’s and ladies’ 1000m time trials, 444m time trials, 1000m heats, 1500m heats, 500m heats. Top speedskaters from U.S. will be competing for the gold as they race their way to a slot onto Team USA to represent the U.S. in Torino.
Four days and 42 events can be pre-ordered as an All Access Pass for the price of $29.99 (USD) discounted from $39.99 list. The high-quality live stream and download of the event will also be available for as day passes at $10.00 (USD) per day. Archives will be available for fans who choose to watch at their leisure as video-on-demand.
U.S. Speedskating has chosen MediaZone.com as its broadband distribution partner because of its ability to offer a complete turnkey solution of delivering and marketing paid media coupled with full content security, billing and customer care.
“We are very happy to have the chance to work with market leader MediaZone. The 2006 U.S. Short Track Championships is the highlight of our calendar and promises to be a great event. This partnership will allows us to share this event with a global audience that would otherwise not be seen by fans not attending the event. We are excited to broadcast this U.S. Speedskating event to the world,” said Thomas McLean, Director of Marketing and Development for U.S. Speedskating.
“MediaZone is thrilled to partner with U.S. Speedskating to bring the live coverage of this prestigious competition on a global basis,” said Michelle Wu, Chief Operating Officer of MediaZone. “2006 U.S. Short Track Championships is an exciting addition to our library of world-class sports programming. We look forward to bringing more U.S. Speedskating broadcasts in the future and to providing more high-quality live sporting events to our ever growing audience.”
About MediaZone
MediaZone is a leading global provider of licensed video and audio content distributed securely via broadband networks to personal computers. MediaZone offers both subscription services and pay-per-view access to live event broadcasts, and an extensive library of content in sports, film, TV entertainment, lifestyle, music, health, fitness, religious, international, how-to, and personal development video and audio media. The company is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in China and Europe. MediaZone is a division of MIH Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Naspers (NASDAQ: NPSN.) For more information, please visit: www.mediazone.com or send email to info@mediazone.com.
About U.S. Speedskating
U.S. Speedskating is a nonprofit organization recognized by the United States Olympic Committee as the governing body for the sport of Speedskating in the United States. To date, U.S. Speedskating has won a total of 65 Olympic medals, making it the most successful winter sport in the USA.
USS expresses its sincere appreciation to its gold medal sponsors (ADT, Qwest), silver medal sponsors (Nike, IHC) and bronze medal sponsor (Dow) as well as its Official Sponsors (Jet Set, Hilton Salt Lake City, 24 Hour Fitness), Official Suppliers (USANA, DMT), Official Licensee (XP Apparel) and Official Provider (Froedtert Memorial Hospital) for their generous support.
To purchase U.S. Speedskating apparel, visit www.usspeedskating.org and click on 'Shop Online.'
MediaZone Contact:
Resa Lee
Director, Content
Tel: + 1-650-595-8045
Email: resa@mediazone.com
U.S. Speedskating Contact:
Melissa Scott
Director, Public and Media Relations
Blackberry: 440-610-1129
Office: 440-899-0128
Email: mscott@usspeedskating.org
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