The BCHL today announced a new partnership with FastHockey to provide the pay-per-view video services for the league in the 2012/2013 season. This is fantastic news for fans of the league as it provides many options and better service for those that utilise the pay-per-view broadcasts throughout the season. The press release from the league is below, but here’s a couple of cliff-notes:
- Viewers at home will be able to watch every game their team plays this season. Something different about FastHockey is the fact that viewers will be able to select either the home or away broadcast to partner the video. In plain terms, Kings fans can watch a Kings broadcast 56 times this season, instead of just 30 last year.
- FastHockey provides a better viewing experience as well, with instant on demand video, live pause/rewind of games and fantastic video quality.
- Quick highlights available as well through the in-built editor, allowing for more media to be shared quicker.
Here’s the release:
The British Columbia Hockey League (http://www.bchl.ca) and FASTHockey (http://www.fasthockey.com) announced today a long-term partnership offering a rich digital media experience to BCHL fans across the globe. The partnership begins immediately with broadcasting set for the 2012-2013 hockey season.
“Our agreement with FASTHockey not only provides us with the tools we need to raise the profile of our league but ensures our fans will have a first-rate experience watching games at home,” said BCHL commissioner John Grisdale. “We’ll continue to allow users to not only see live BCHL games but also get caught up on the latest highlights from around the league.”
Viewers will be treated to a world-class platform boasting breathtaking video, instant game archival for Video-On-Demand playback, advanced player features like pause, rewind, and fast-forward for live games, user-generated instant replays, and full social integration. Also, they will be able to choose from home and away broadcasts so they can truly have a professional viewing experience.
“We are incredibly excited to partner with the BCHL,” said Marc Ruskin, President of FASTHockey, “Providing BCHL fans with a high quality experience, from video delivery through an array of interactive tools, will help support the league’s digital media initiatives and provide the teams and players with some great tools for promotion and advancement.”
FASTHockey will have each BCHL rink outfitted with up-to-date streaming video hardware and in addition to the regular season and playoffs, will carry all 16 games at the inaugural Showcase event in Chilliwack September 7 to 9, 2012. The BCHL League Office and its member teams will take advantage of FASTHockey’s Content Editing and Syndication Suite empowering users to cut, share, and syndicate clips to their websites, blogs, and popular social media platforms.
About FASTHockey:
Based in Boston, Massachusetts, with offices in Detroit, Vancouver, and Amsterdam (planned for 2012) FASTHockey serves as a digital media partner of National Governing Bodies including Hockey Canada, USA Hockey, and the German Ice Hockey Federation; collegiate governing bodies and institutions from the NCAA and ACHA; a massive number of junior hockey leagues and teams in North America; college preparatory and high schools; and youth hockey teams.
