The American Athletic Conference Selects LiveU for First Digital Live Coverage of Cross Country and Soccer Championships, and 30 Regular-Season Women's Basketball Games

The American Athletic Conference Selects LiveU for First Digital Live Coverage of Cross Country and Soccer Championships, and 30 Regular-Season Women's Basketball Games

Conference selects LiveU for end-to-end production of championships and regular-season games

HACKENSACK, N.J., Nov. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Commissioner Mike Aresco has announced that the American Athletic Conference ("The American") has selected LiveU to power its new digital sports network in a package that includes live video production, transmission, and asset delivery. LiveU will be responsible for the production, uplink, and asset delivery of 38 games and events in the 2013-14 academic year.

The fall production package is highlighted by the conference's first live coverage of its Cross Country Championship from Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison, Conn., thanks to LiveU's ability to easily transmit live video on the move. Men's and Women's Soccer Championship semifinals will also be produced. Additionally, championship coverage will continue in the winter and spring seasons with the swimming and diving, baseball, softball and indoor and outdoor track and field championships.

Additionally, the conference and LiveU will produce and distribute 30 regular-season conference women's basketball games (schedule follows below).

All the live events will be free of charge and available for viewing online and on mobile devices.

"We are pleased to be able to provide unprecedented coverage of our Olympic sport championships and to enhance our women's basketball distribution with this agreement," said Aresco. "As we go through our first year as the American Athletic Conference, we are confident that LiveU will provide a sound, reliable and versatile live video platform that will allow our digital network to be a model in college athletics."

LiveU is the leader in mobile uplink solutions and offers deep expertise in addressing the video needs of sports organizations. As part of the package, LiveU will offer guaranteed uplink of all games, regardless of the Internet infrastructure at the venue, through a combination of its cellular uplink backpacks, Xtender enhanced antennas for transmission in congested environments, and a cost-effective hybrid solution of cellular and KA-Band satellite. All the solutions will be managed and controlled via the LiveU Central browser-based management system on the cloud.

LiveU will also provide the complete suite of production services and equipment, including cameras, switching and editing equipment, and production staff.

Finally, LiveU will be responsible for delivering all the footage to three destinations simultaneously: The American's official streaming platform; to the conference's studio in Providence, R.I., for post-game highlights; and to XOS digital, which manages the digital asset vault for the new digital sports network.

Tim Prukop, Head of Sports and New Media, LiveU: "LiveU has developed a very strong team, product, and service offering tailored for the video needs of the college sports market, and we're excited that The American has selected us. We have expanded our capabilities by offering an end to end solution including the production and asset delivery of live events, enabling sports organizations to seamlessly enhance the quality and accessibility of their live events."

The American Athletic Conference and LiveU will announce talent assignments for women's basketball and championships at a later date.

For more information on LiveU, visit www.liveu.tv

The American Athletic Conference Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships took place on Saturday, November 2 and are viewable on: www.TheAmerican.org/XC

The American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Championship semifinals took place on Friday, November 8 and are viewable on: www.TheAmerican.org/WSoccer

The American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Championship semifinals will take place on Friday, November 15 and be viewable on: www.TheAmerican.org/MSoccer

2013-14 Olympic Sports Championship Digital Network Schedule


Date Event
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November 2 2013 Cross Country Championship

November 8 Women's Soccer Championship (Semifinal Games)

November 15 Men's Soccer Championship (Semifinal Games)

February 19-22 Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Championship

March 1-2 Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field Championship

May 2-4 Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championship

May 8-9 Softball Championship (Quarterfinals and Semifinals)

May 18 Women's Rowing Championship

May 21-24 Baseball Championship (All Games Except Final)


2013-14 Women's Basketball Digital Network Schedule


Date Time (ET) Visitor Home
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December 28 3:00 UCF at HOUSTON

December 28 7:00 RUTGERS at USF

December 29 3:00 TEMPLE at MEMPHIS

January 4 2:00 UCF at TEMPLE

January 7 7:00 TEMPLE at USF

January 7 8:00 MEMPHIS at SMU

January 11 2:00 SMU at RUTGERS

January 11 4:00 MEMPHIS at UCF

January 14 12:00 SMU at TEMPLE

January 18 2:00 TEMPLE at CINCINNATI

January 18 7:00 USF at UCF

January 21 7:00 CINCINNATI at USF

January 22 7:00 RUTGERS at UCF

January 25 2:00 RUTGERS at TEMPLE

January 25 3:00 SMU at HOUSTON

January 29 7:00 HOUSTON at USF

February 1 4:00 HOUSTON at UCF

February 4 7:30 CINCINNATI at RUTGERS

February 5 8:00 USF at MEMPHIS

February 8 2:00 HOUSTON at CINCINNATI

February 11 7:00 SMU at UCF

February 12 7:00 MEMPHIS at CINCINNATI

February 15 3:00 HOUSTON at SMU

February 22 2:00 USF at TEMPLE

February 22 4:00 CINCINNATI at UCF

February 26 7:30 TEMPLE at RUTGERS

March 1 3:00 MEMPHIS at HOUSTON

March 1 7:00 SMU at USF

March 3 7:30 USF at RUTGERS

March 3 8:00 CINCINNATI at MEMPHIS


Contact: Mark Hodgkin (mhodgkin@theamerican.org)
Shelley Kapitulik (shelley@trylonsmr.com), 203-898-1501; Lloyd Trufelman (lloyd@trylonsmr.com), 212-905-6060 for LiveU

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