Arena Football League Expands ArenaBowl XXI Live Coverage Using NewTek TriCaster
July 27, 2007 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I) News Release
New Orleans, LA, July 27, 2007 - NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, today announced the Arena Football League selected NewTek's TriCaster⢠to assist in the production of eight live webcasts of ArenaBowl XXI New Orleans Weekend events. TriCaster's portable, live production broadcast capabilities help make it possible for fans the world over to experience these events in New Orleans via arenafootball.com: including: Media Day, AFL Radio's coverage of ArenaBowl XXI, the ADT ArenaBall Awards Gala, the Mitsubishi Motors ArenaBowl Extravaganza featuring a concert by STYX, and pre- and post-game coverage starting July 27th through game day on July 29th. A complete schedule of streamed events is attached.
"TriCaster was designed for exactly this kind of challenge," said Philip Nelson, NewTek's Senior Vice President, Strategic Development. "Doing eight webcasts at five different venues in only three days is certainly ambitious, but we're excited that the portability, broadcast quality and ease of setup with TriCaster makes it possible."
TriCaster enables sports organizations, corporate communications departments, broadcasters, schools and others to provide a whole new level of extended programming and content to their fans, partners and other constituencies. Now, a single operator can produce a live show switching between as many as six cameras with two VCR's, multi-channel effects, and NewTek's proprietary virtual sets and keying technology using TriCaster.
"We're excited to give our fans the complete experience of the activities surrounding ArenaBowl XXI New Orleans Weekend." said Marc Lowitz, President of the AFL Network. "With the assistance of the NewTek TriCaster and XOS Technology, Arena Football fans around the world won't have to miss a single moment of the excitement."
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