Omaha Beef Football On TV
Published on March 18, 2010 under Indoor Football League (IFL)
Omaha Beef News Release
OMAHA, NE: Omaha Beef Indoor Football and the Indoor Football League are thrilled to announce that an agreement has been reached with B2 Television to produce nationally televised IFL games. One World Sports, the sports branch of America One Network, will host and distribute the broadcasts. The first game to be broadcast is on March 29th with Wichita Wild visiting the Omaha Beef.
"This is an exciting opportunity to showcase Omaha to the country. Having the Monday Night game televised is a natural fit," stated General Manager Kyle Fisher. "We have the chance to show America a full house with high spirits at the Slaughterhouse." Fisher also said, "While it will not be available on the metro cable systems, fans can see it on B2tv.com or come and join the Beef Family in person for Monday Night Beefball."
"This is an exciting time for the IFL's teams, players, and fans alike" stated IFL Director of Communications Mike Allshouse. "The opportunity to give millions of fans the ability to watch the highest quality of indoor football in America on TV, directly from their living room, was too good to pass up."
As part of the television broadcast team, IFL Commissioner Tommy Benizio announced that former New York Giant linebacker Gary Reasons will be the featured color analyst during all games. Reasons, who enjoyed a nine year NFL career that included two Super Bowl Championships, is a 17 year national broadcast veteran with ABC Sports and Fox Sports Net. He also has extensive indoor football game experience as a former team president, head coach, and broadcast television analyst.
America One and its regional sports network branch, One World Sports, make up One Networks. One Networks reaches over 80 million viewers in over 120 markets in the United States. The regional sports networks include Comcast, Time Warner, Cox, Brighthouse, and Altitude. For more information, log on to t "_blank" www.americaone.com.
B2 Networks is a premier provider of reliable and secure international television and pay-per-view broadcasting systems. B2's installed technologies and worldwide network of arenas, stadiums, local venues, and data centers are currently in use to distribute live sports and entertainment programming to personal computers, television screens, mobile devices and commercial venues around the world. Working with professional sports leagues, teams, NCAA and NAIA institutions, and producers of entertainment programming, B2 Networks has established itself as a leader in innovative global direct to home, mobile and television broadcasting. For the B2 Networks LIVE Programming Guide visit or for 24 hour, cable style programming access www.b2cabletv.com.
The Omaha Beef is proud to be one of the longest running and most consistent indoor teams of all time in any capacity starting their 11th season. Omaha is also the home of the 2009 Dance Team of the Year (Prime Dancers) and the Mascot of the year (Sir Loin) of the IFL.
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