VitalStream Brings LA Kings Online
Irvine, California – (Website Hosting Directory) – October 24, 2006 – Integrated web hosting and audio and video streaming provider,VitalStream Holdings, Inc., will power the Los Angeles (LA) Kings online video portal for the new NHL season, with long-standing partner VirtuPoint.
VitalStream and VirtuPoint will broadcast KingsTV, to provide fans with coverage of live events including press conferences, pre-game build-up and post-game interviews. Hockey fans can watch interviews with players after morning practices and then see post-game analysis, press conferences and interviews with the coaches and players from both sides. VirtuPoint delivers video encoding and production, while VitalStream’s content delivery network provides all the streaming services for the Kings fans and the organization’s internal and affiliate needs.
Ryan Rockabrand, CEO of VirtuPoint remarked, ”We have a win-win relationship with VitalStream and have been collaborating successfully for over five years to bring sports fans exciting online video of the best LA Kings and NHL action. VitalStream is our preferred content delivery network and together with our production and encoding expertise, we provide the LA Kings with the best online behind-the-scenes offering in the entire NHL.”
Marc Wilczak, Creative Director, Web and Print for the LA Kings added, ”Our fans love KingsTV and it’s a key platform to broadcast live events and in-depth interviews to LA Kings followers. We’re pleased to work with VirtuPoint and VitalStream to bring the energy and excitement of the LA Kings to fans worldwide.”
Michel Maeso, EVP of Sales and Marketing at VitalStream commented, ”We’ve seen a significant demand for sporting events and news to be broadcast online. VitalStream’s content delivery network, combined with VirtuPoint’s production technology, meets this demand and ensures the LA Kings biggest fans receive their favorite sports-related news and entertainment in a viewing quality next-best to being at the STAPLES Center in-person. Through our partnership with VirtuPoint, we’re able to provide rich media streaming and the highest on-line viewing quality for some of the NHL’s most in-demand content.”
VitalStream, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of VitalStream Holdings, Inc., is a global provider of integrated content delivery services that endeavors to enable businesses to broadcast digital media and communications to worldwide audiences via the Internet. The company provides complete solutions, including video and audio streaming, advertising placement, delivery, reporting and analysis, live event broadcasting, media asset management, integrated web hosting and consulting services, designed to seamlessly integrate with leading streaming media technologies. VitalStream engineered its content delivery network certified for quality delivery in the United States, Europe and Asia.
To learn more about VirtuPoint, please visit: www.virtupoint.com.
For more information about broadcast KingsTV, please visit: www.lakings.com.
To learn more about VitalStream, please visit: www.vitalstream.com.