ESPNU to Present Entire Miami-Virginia Tech Football Game From Skycam(TM) on Nov. 5

ESPNU to Present Entire Miami-Virginia Tech Football Game From Skycam(TM) on Nov. 5

Tulsa's Skycam Provides ESPNU Opportunity for Unprecedented Showcase of Aerial View

TULSA, Okla., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- In a sports television first, ESPNU, the 24-hour college sports network, will offer the Miami at Virginia Tech college football game primarily from the "Skycam" angle on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 7:45 p.m. ET. The unique telecast will be a supplement to ESPN's traditional coverage of the game.

While the live play action will be presented on ESPNU from Skycam's overhead angle, the network will switch to ESPN's game feed periodically for replays, statistics, cut-ins and analysis. Both networks will utilize the commentator team of Ron Franklin, Bob Davie and Holly Rowe.

Skycam, a leading designer, manufacturer and operator of mobile aerial camera systems, has played a significant role in changing the way sports are broadcast in America by delivering angles and revealing perspectives that dramatically enhance the quality of coverage on ESPN's Sunday Night Football, ABC's Monday Night Football, NCAA Football, NCAA Final Four Men's Basketball, Major League Baseball and many other sports and entertainment events.

Its unique patented design makes Skycam the only stabilized camera system in the world that can unobtrusively fly anywhere in a defined three- dimensional space, putting the viewer right in the middle of a sporting event. Skycam technology was first utilized by ESPN in 2001 during an NFL pre-season telecast and is now featured regularly on ESPN's college football telecasts among other sports.

Skycam is an operating unit of Tulsa-based Winnercomm, Inc., America's largest independent sports production, program development, marketing services and sales representation company. Winnercomm is relocating Skycam from Philadelphia to a new state-of-the-art headquarters, operations and research and development building it is constructing outside Tulsa in Broken Arrow's Greenway Industrial Park.

"The use of Skycam on ESPNU will be revolutionary for television programming and an extraordinary service for college sports fans," said Burke Magnus, vice president and general manager, ESPNU. "This is another example of how ESPNU can augment coverage of a big event by utilizing a new perspective."

Media contact: Lynda Haschke, Winnercomm at 972-740-3529.

Source: Winnercomm, Inc.

CONTACT: Lynda Haschke of Winnercomm, Inc., +1-972-740-3529

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