Plainview,
NY & New York – April 7, 2008 – IPTV service
provider NeuLion and the International
Fight League (IFL) announce today a new partnership
to deliver The IFL Network to fans worldwide.
The International Fight League is one of the world’s premier
Mixed Martial Arts fighting organizations, currently in its
second year of operation.
The new IFL Network brings fans closer to the action and
is the next best thing to being ringside. The IFL Network
is free to viewers and has already attracted many top advertisers.
Through its iPTV service, NeuLion will also provide the IFL
with complete billing services to support pay-per-view, registration,
and future subscriptions. The IFL will be able to offer live
events and video on demand showing the preparation fighters
endure before going inside the ring.
This announcement follows the successful launch of NeuLion
iPTV networks for the National Hockey League,
New York Knicks, Bridgeport Sound Tigers, Toronto Maple Leafs
regional sports network, New York
Dragons, Cuban Baseball and others.
“NeuLion Sport Networks continue to grow. We are excited
to have the IFL as a new network and partner. It gives fans
the opportunity to watch the best IFL content as never seen
before. Consumers prefer to have a choice in watching sports
on either the TV or the PC and that is something we specialize
in, since our platform can deliver to either device,” said
Chris Wagner, executive vice president
and co-founder of NeuLion.
“We have had some of our greatest success, both internationally
and domestically, on the television and digital platforms,
and partnering with an industry trailblazer such as NeuLion
gives us another piece to the new media puzzle that others
don’t have,” said IFL CEO Jay Larkin. “The future
of MMA lies in growing the sport and telling the stories of
our young and dynamic athletes and coaches, and this will
be a great stage to further reach that goal.”
The IFL Network is now live and can be accessed by visiting
http://www.ifl.tv/Video.html. Viewers can watch high quality
video right from their web browser and have the option of
sharing videos through NeuLion’s syndication features. Other
social networking IFL opportunities for online chat, text
messaging, and Fantasy Fighters will be added to the service
in the future.
Leveraging NeuLion’s iPTV platform to broadcast content,
the IFL Network is user friendly and can be accessed anywhere,
anytime. The IFL Network features elements such as: What’s
New, Behind the Ropes, Live Events, IFL on TV, Championship
bouts and much more.
The IFL is currently televised in the United States on Fox
Sports Net and HDNet and
in over 70 countries worldwide. This exciting video player
caters to the growing fan base and gives consumers one central
place to access all things IFL and watch the latest content
not available anywhere else.
To access the IFL Network please visit http://www.ifl.tv/Video.html
and a complete media kit can be found at http://www.neulion.com/IFL.
Log-on, put on your gloves and step inside the ring today.
About NeuLion:
NeuLion is an IPTV service provider that builds broadcasting
networks operating over the Internet. By using the public
Internet, content can reach viewers anywhere in the world.
NeuLion customers are interested in reaching specific markets
with a broadcast television and video streaming service or
are broadband providers looking for new applications. NeuLion
offers an end-to-end service that delivers content directly
to the TV, PC or a variety of other consumer devices.
Programming carried by NeuLion includes sports, religious
networks, broadcast television from international providers
and others. The technology used by NeuLion allows streaming
video to be delivered at lower bandwidths than cable and satellite
television signals without sacrificing picture quality. NeuLion’s
service also allows Customers to have their own network. To
learn more visit www.neulion.comAbout the IFL:
International Fight League™ (IFL) has its headquarters in
New York and offices in Las Vegas. For more information about
IFL, please see: www.ifl.tv.
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