af2TV for Free Turned Back on for 2009
Published on March 11, 2009 under arenafootball2 (af2) News Release
CHICAGO - Thanks to a unique league partnership with Network Foundation Technologies (NFT), all the hard-hitting, fast paced action of arenafootball2 will once again be available to fans worldwide. The FREE-for-View online network called "af2TV" will showcase every game of the league's 10th anniversary season live over the Internet.
To kick off the 2009 campaign, a special preseason broadcast will be presented on Thursday, March 12, as the expansion Milwaukee Iron take on the New Zealand Overstayers in an international exhibition from the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisc. The game is scheduled to start at 8:05 p.m. ET.
The process to view games is easy. To obtain the free af2TV player, fans should first click on the af2TV advertisement located on the upper right corner of the league's web site, www.af2.com. Following the link will bring fans to a special landing page which includes simple directions on how to download and place the af2TV player icon on your desktop.
"We (af2) are very pleased to be extending our partnership with NFT," af2 President Jerry Kurz said. "Based on our overwhelming viewership numbers and positive fan feedback, the premiere season of af2TV was a tremendous success. This free network has allowed us to expose our high-quality brand of football to an audience far greater than we ever thought possible under our previous Pay-Per-View model."
af2TV, powered by NFT's patented online broadcasting technology, was developed and successfully implemented in 2008. NFT's unique set-up is the Internet's most efficient and successful method available for broadcasting live events. The technology makes it possible for af2 games to reach unlimited audiences in geographically diverse areas of the globe. In the inaugural season of af2TV, close to 250,000 online viewers from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and 40 nations from five different continents logged in to view af2 games throughout the 2008 season.
Due to the increased demand from online viewers, NFT has continued to improve its technology for the 2009 season by rolling out a whole new version of the af2TV player with all-new features to enhance the viewing experience.
"This new version of af2TV will support a bit rate twice as high as was used last season, and as a result picture quality will be substantially improved over last season - especially in full-screen mode. NFT is also in the process of adding an all new Video-On-Demand feature to enable fans to rewatch games from earlier in the season," said Dr. Mike O'Neal, Founder and Chief Scientist of NFT.
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