Pittsburgh-Based BxVideo Uses Novel Rich Media Service to Deliver Coverage of Pennsylvania State High School Hockey Championships Via the Web

Pittsburgh-Based BxVideo Uses Novel Rich Media Service to Deliver Coverage of Pennsylvania State High School Hockey Championships Via the Web

Innovative Rich Media Company Allows Family, Friends, Public to Watch Hockey Live or On-Demand in Convenience of Their Homes

PITTSBURGH, March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- BxVideo Solutions, a provider of rich media hosting solutions, in conjunction with the PA Hockey Foundation, will be distributing live and on-demand Internet coverage of the 2005 Pennsylvania State High School Hockey Championship Series on Sat., March 26, 2005. BxVideo's live and on-demand rich media capture of the Series offers family, friends and interested hockey enthusiasts the only way to view the games except for attending them in-person

The live broadcast schedule for tomorrow's event (March 26) is:

* "A" at 11:00 a.m. EST Penncrest vs. Bishop McCort
* "AA" at 1:30 p.m. EST Haverford vs. Peters Township
* "AAA" at 4:00 p.m. EST Malvern Prep vs. Bethel Park

View the games via the Internet via the PA Hockey website www.eteamz.com/pahockey. The games also will be available for later, on- demand viewing at the same Internet address for the next 30 days.

The Pennsylvania State Championship Series features the best high school hockey teams across Pennsylvania at the AAA, AA, and A classes. Each game pits the Class winner from the Penguins Cup against the class winner from the Flyers Cup. Using BxVideo's RMxPRES(TM) rich media content delivery system, hockey fans will be able to enjoy the rich media broadcasts -- live during the game or on-demand after the game at their convenience -- using their personal computer systems over a broadband Internet connection. The broadcast team of western PA hockey announcer Jeff Mauro and eastern PA hockey announcer Jeff Nolan will be on hand at the Hersheypark Arena along with the BxVideo team and Heck Video Productions. Together, they will provide coverage of all of the action for the 30th Pennsylvania High School Hockey Championships.

"We are thrilled to be able to offer to family, friends and hockey fans around the globe the play-by-play of the best hockey Pennsylvania has to offer. These teams have worked hard all season to get to this point and now will be able to have anyone interested in the games to view them from the comfort of their homes. BxVideo has enabled this breakthrough media coverage of high school hockey and we are proud to be their partner," said Jeff Mauro, Founder of PA Hockey. "We look forward to bringing widespread coverage of high-school hockey both in Pennsylvania and across the nation." For game previews, schedules and information, please log on to the PA Hockey website at www.eteamz.com/pahockey.

BxVideo provides a complete turnkey capture and hosting service for recording events, presentations and other staged or live activities. Based in Wexford, PA, BxVideo was formed in 2003 to serve organizations of all kinds and sizes, with the unique ability to record and deliver over the Internet audio, video and any type of graphical content. BxVideo's RMxPRES rich media service allows organizations to easily, quickly and affordably capture presentation content and make it available to their various constituents by simply pointing and clicking using their Web browser.

About BxVideo

Headquartered in the Pittsburgh-metro area, BxVideo developed and operates RMXPRES to provide organizations with easy, cost-effective and high- performance means of delivering live and on-demand Webcast communications. Their customers range from not-for-profit arts organizations to Fortune 100 enterprise customers delivering a broad array of content consisting of video, audio and images. Visit www.bxvideo.com for more info.

Source: BxVideo Solutions

CONTACT: Terri Douglas of Catapult PR-IR, +1-303-581-7760, ext. 18, or
cell, +1-303-808-6820, tdouglas@catapultpr-ir.com, for BxVideo Solutions

Web site: http://www.bxvideo.com/
http://www.eteamz.com/pahockey

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