2008 CHL All-Star Game Fans Tune in to Internet Broadcast.Internet Increased Total Viewing Audience by 50 Percent BROOMFIELD, Colo. -- Appealing to thousands of hockey fans across the globe, the Central Hockey League
The Central Hockey League (CHL) is a mid-level professional hockey league, owned by Global Entertainment Corporation. (CHL CHL crown-heel length. ), in conjunction with Network Foundation Technologies (NFT NFT - Network File Transfer. An INTERLINK command on CERNVM. ), presented a live, FREE-for-View broadcast of the 2008 CHL All-Star Game An all-star game is an exhibition game played by the best players in their sports league. The players are often chosen by a popular vote of fans of the sport and the game often occurs at the halfway point of the regular season, although this is not the case for some all-star games Wednesday, January 16 on the CHL Network. The Internet broadcast viewing audience increased the total viewing audience by almost 50 percent over the arena attendance. Viewers tuned in online from 36 states in the U.S., and 10 other countries, including a significant portion from Canada, the original home to many of the CHL players. The All-Star game was carried exclusively by the CHL Network, and was broadcast from the Broomfield Event Center External links
Current arenas in the NBA Development League , home of this year's host, the Rocky Mountain Rage The Rocky Mountain Rage are a team of the Central Hockey League which began play in 2006-07. They play their home games at the Broomfield Event Center in Broomfield, Colorado. Team Record Season W L OTL Pts Win % Result 2006-07 17 40 7 41 . . Fans enjoyed an exciting and high scoring match, which was still anyone's game halfway through the final period. The Southern Conference finally pulled away, winning by a final score of 11-6. "The response to the CHL Network has been amazing," said Bob Hoffman, director of communications Director of Communications is a position in the private and public sectors. The Director of Communications is responsible for managing and directing an organization's internal and external communications. for the CHL. "Making the All-Star game available for free to our fans is a huge step for the CHL, and we look forward to showing the playoffs and championship match later this year." Play-by-play and analysis was provided by Tori Holt of the Colorado Eagles and Robby Incmikoski of the Arizona Sundogs. The All-Star broadcast featured many exclusive CHL Network interviews and segments, before, during and after the game, including live interviews at intermission with Duane Lewis and Bob Hoffman, vice president and director of communications for the CHL respectively, and with Michael Chin, vice president of NFT. The CHL Network is the online broadcasting service, provided jointly by the CHL and NFT. CHL games are available for viewing, every night of the season, using the CHL Network Online Player, all at no cost to the end user. For more information, and to download the player, visit www.centralhockeyleague.com. About Network Foundation Technologies, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control Network Foundation Technologies, LLC is a name that is quickly becoming synonymous with the online broadcasting of large, live events to world-wide audiences. The company's patented technology used in its NiFTy Online Broadcasting product is the most efficient and successful method for enabling distributed video broadcasting over the Internet. For more information please visit www.NiFTy-tv.com. |
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