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DENVER - (March 4, 2008) Online Video Sports Community Is The First of Its Kind
SportZu.tv is live at www.SportZu.tv. SportZu.tv is an online video and social community targeted at youth sports athletes, coaches, and parents. A collaboration between SportsHD and IM&I, SportZu.tv has lined up an impressive list of high-profile content partners including Colorado Rapids, Colorado Mammoth, Colorado Crush, Colorado Outlaws, Toronto Rock, Toronto Argonauts, Altitude Sports and Entertainment, Colorado Fusion, Real Colorado and the Gold Crown Foundation.
SportZu.tv combines the social and video dynamics of professionally produced video and top athletes with youth sports and user-generated content. SportsHD has produced all the original video content for the site (in High Definition). These videos far surpass, in quality and content, any similar video content currently available online. Currently operating primarily in Colorado, SportZu.tv will begin its national expansion in third quarter 2008.
SportsHD to Produce MLL All-Star Video
DENVER - (June, 2008) World Premier of Video will be July 16, 2008 at ESPNZone in Denver
SportsHD has been selected by Major League Lacrosse to produce a high energy video celebrating the MLL All-Star Game to be played in Denver on July 17, 2008. The video, highlighting the players selected to the All-Star Game, will make its debut at a red carpet event the night before the All-Star Game at the ESPNZone in downtown Denver.
SportsHD to Document Shallow Dive World Record Attempt
DENVER - (June, 2008) "Professor Splash" To Attempt World Record Dive at Water World
SportsHD has been selected by Water World to document Professor Splash's attempt to break the World Shallow Dive Record. On June 26, 2008 Professor Splash will attempt to dive 35 feet, 5 inches into less than 12 inches of water. If successful, Professor Splash will have set a new Guinness World Record for the highest "shallow dive."
SportsHD Hired to Produce Basketball Instructional DVD
DENVER - (May, 2008) DVD Will Be Included With Shotmatic Product
SportsHD was hired by Competitor's Edge to produce an instructional DVD package that will be included with their innovative training product, the Shotmatic reduced rims. The DVD includes tips and drills from 1991 Slam Dunk champion Dee Brown and 14-time All Star Artis Gilmore
Additionally, CEHoops.com will feature web teaser videos produced by SportsHD within a video player provided by SportZu.tv
SportsHD Hired to Produce Mile High Sports TV
DENVER - (February 15, 2008) First Show Premiers in March
SportsHD was hired by Mile High Sports to produce their monthly sports magazine show. The show airs multiple times each month on Altitude Sports and Entertainment and Comcast Channel 5.
Additionally, SportZu.tv (our online youth sports video community) will be featured in each episode.
SportsHD Secures Distribution for the National Rodeo League
DENVER - (January 16, 2008) New Concept in Rodeo Debuts in 2009
SportsHD was hired by the National Rodeo League (www.NationalRodeoLeague.com) to assist them in launching a new concept in rodeo - team competition combined with head-to-head action. We analyzed the television marketplace for the NRL and negotiated their distribution deal for the inaugural season.
The NRL will be a cornerstone of ION (formerly PAX) Cable Network's Saturday afternoon sports block. The NRL will debut in March 2009. In addition to clearance on ION Cable (reaching approximately 40m homes), SportsHD negotiated additional clearance on ION over-the-air affiliates in the key NRL markets of Dallas, Houston, Denver, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, Tulsa and San Antonio. This distribution, combined with secondary TV distribution on ION Life, Altitude Sports & Entertainment, and RFD-HD, will allow the NRL to reach nearly 75 million TV HHs per week.
Rocky Mountain Golfer Series Set for Launch Week of June 25
DENVER - (June 7, 2007) Regional golf show premiers on FSN Rocky Mountain
Rocky Mountain Golfer, an offshoot of the highly successful Golf Life series, premiers June 25, 2007 on Fox Sports Net Rocky Mountain. A golf lifestyle magazine show, this entertaining and informative show focuses on golf businesses and courses in the Rocky Mountain region. A wealth of tips designed to help the Rocky Mountain golf enthusiast improve his or her game round out each episode.
SportsHD Lands Altitude Contract to Produce Weekly Colorado Avalanche and Denver Nuggets Shows
DENVER - (October 10, 2006)-- "Avalanche Alert!" and "Nuggets Fast Break" to Run Throughout the 2006-07 Season on Altitude
Altitude Sports and Entertainment, the official television network of the Colorado Avalanche and Denver Nuggets, and SportsHD, a sports-based digital video content producer focusing on "docu-sports" programming, have completed an agreement in which SportsHD will produce two weekly magazine-style shows for Altitude for the 2006-07 hockey and basketball seasons, including playoffs. The Avalanche show is entitled "Avalanche Alert!" and the Nuggets show is called "Nuggets Fastbreak." Both shows will feature key highlights from the previous week's games, compelling interviews with players, coaches and administrators, human interest stories featuring players away from the ice and hardwood, and glimpses of team activities in the community.
For schedule information, visit Altitude Sports and Entertainment
SportsHD Stock Footage Now Available From Thought Equity
Clips From Variety of SportsHD Productions Available For License From Leading Stock Footage Company
DENVER - (September 8, 2006) -- Stock footage from SportsHD Productions, Inc. is now availabe through Thought Equity, a leading supplier of motion content licensing and management to the entertainment, corporate, and new media production industries. Under the terms of a non-exclusive agreement, Thought Equity will have access to SportsHD programming for license to various outlets as stock footage. SportsHD video can be sampled at SportsHD Stock Footage
SportsHD Completes Agreement with Fox College Sports to Air Two SportsHD Series
"Triumph in Turkey" and "USA Basketball: The Drive for Gold" to Air in Standard Definition on FCS
DENVER - (September 1, 2006) -- SportsHD Productions, Inc., a multiplatform video content producer, has completed a programming agreement with Fox College Sports (FCS), which delivers programs dedicated to the college sports fan. FCS will air two SportsHD Productions in the standard definition format, Triumph in Turkey, a behind-the-scenes look at the pageantry and compelling moments from the World University Games, the second largest athletic competition in the world, and USA Basketball: The Drive for Gold, an insider's look at the inspiring three-week run by USA Basketball that resulted in a gold medal at the World University Games.
SportsHD Productions Inks Deal with INHD for HDTV Sports Series
"USA Basketball: The Drive for Gold" to Premiere on INHD
DENVER - (January 20, 2006) -- SportsHD Productions, a new sports-based television production company, has concluded a pre-NATPE licensing agreement with INHD, the leading dedicated high-definition network. "USA Basketball: The Drive for Gold," a new high-definition sports series, will premiere on INHD beginning in March. The announcement was made today by Matt Bortz, President & Chief Operating Officer, SportsHD and Mark Boccardi, Director, Product Development for INHD.
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SportsHD Productions Teams with Global EBS and Shanghai Media Group to Deliver "Docu-Sports" Programming in China.
SMG's Digital Tier to Air Both Standard- and High-Definition Versions of SportsHD's "World University Games: Triumph in Turkey"
DENVER - (January 19, 2006) -- Highlighting HDTV's rapid expansion throughout the world, SportsHD Productions, a new sports-based television production company, has finalized a programming distribution deal with Shanghai Media Group ("SMG"), the second largest television distributor in China. Under the terms of the agreement with distributor Global EBS, which facilitated the deal, SportsHD's "World University Games: Triumph in Turkey" will air on both SMG's standard- and high-definition digital tiers. The announcement was made today by Matt Bortz, President & Chief Operating Officer, SportsHD and Jason Wu, President of Global EBS.
The program, scheduled to debut in April, is a six-part series offering a behind-the-scenes look at the pageantry and compelling moments from the World University Games, the second largest international athletic competition in the world after the Olympics. Nearly 7500 athletes from more than 130 countries competed in 14 sports at the 23rd World University Games in Izmir, Turkey.
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SportsHD Productions Partners with Leading Stock Footage Supplier Thought Equity
Thought Equity Named Non-Exclusive Agent for SportsHD's High Definition Stock Footage
DENVER - (January 20, 2006) -- SportsHD Productions, a new sports-based television production company, has finalized a non-exclusive agreement with Thought Equity, a leading supplier of motion content licensing and management to the entertainment, corporate, and new media production industries. Under the terms of the agreement, Thought Equity will have access to SportsHD programming for license to various outlets as stock footage. The announcement was made today by Matt Bortz, President & Chief Operating Officer, SportsHD and Kevin Schaff, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Thought Equity.
"Thought Equity is an innovative stock footage licensing and management services company that holds the largest online stock footage library," commented Bortz. "The company's fast growth and diversity of premium quality content, including sports footage, makes Thought Equity an ideal stock footage partner."
"We have seen enormous growth in our business in the high-definition arena, and we are excited to represent and license SportsHD's diverse roster of sports and non-sports HD footage to our worldwide base of production customers," added Schaff.
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