PlayON! Sports to webcast Vermont home games
Published on November 14, 2007 under American Basketball Association (ABA)
Vermont Frost Heaves News Release
South Burlington, VT. All ABA Vermont Frost Heaves home games this season will be Webcast live and archived for podcast by PlayON! Sports as part of a partnership between the ABA and PlayON! Sports, a division of Turner Broadcasting.
In addition, affiliates of the Vermont Access Network in Barre, Burlington, Cavendish, Hartford, Hyde Park, Ludlow, Lyndonville, Montpelier, Newport, Plymouth, St. Albans, St. Johnsbury, Windsor and Woodstock will be able to rebroadcast Frost Heaves home games over local cable systems, and Burlington Telecom will make them available to subscribers as a video-on-demand option.
"When we launched the team, this is precisely the vision we had - to fill to the brim beloved old gyms with a terrific team and Vermont-based fans, and at the same time, use digital technology to invite the rest of the world in," said Frost Heaves President and GM, Alexander Wolff. "We're thrilled to be partnering with Turner and the ABA in this exciting development. With Coach Will Voigt's international connections and members of last season's title team now playing all over the world, we look forward to using the power of the Vermont brand to create Frost Heaves fans everywhere. And we're particularly happy that members of the Vermont Army National Guard deployed overseas will be able to follow the Heaves, as the Vermont Army Guard is one of our Official Team Sponsors."
The PlayON! Sports and Vermont Access Network rebroadcasts are presented by the Frost Heaves other Official Team Sponsor, the Vermont State Employees Credit Union, and produced by Video Vision of Barre. Fans who want access may click on the link at www.vermontfrostheaves.com or www.abalive.com.
PlayON! Sports, a division of Turner Sports, is a broadband service that delivers live and on-demand webcasts of sporting events that can't be seen elsewhere. Utilizing the production and technical capabilities of Turning Broadcasting, PlayON! Sports provide its production and delivery technologies to entities like the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Atlantic Sun Conference, United Soccer Leagues and the Big Ten Network.
Vermont, which opened defense of its ABA title with a 98-82 victory in Montreal on Friday night, will once again split its 18 home games evenly between Barre and Burlington. The Frost Heaves Barre opener is set for Thursday night, Nov 15 at 705pm vs the Montreal Royal at the Aud, and Burlington will take place Sunday afternoon, Nov 18 at 205pm vs the Halifax Rainmen at Memorial Auditorium. All Frost Heaves games, home and away, are broadcast on WSNO AM 1450 in Barre; WJOY AM 1230 in Burlington and on the web at www.vermontfrostheaves.com. The webcasts can also be picked up on www.abavision.com. For more information, also visit www.abalive.com.
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