College Sports Fans Flock to Internet Through CSTV; #1 College Sports Online Destination Breaks Records For Page Views, Subscriptions, Overall Growth; Largest Increase in Audience of All Sports Sites in September.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- CSTV CSTV College Sports Television CSTV Copy Salary Table Version kicked off the 2005 college sports season in record-breaking fashion, driving the media revolution that is changing the way college sports fans stay connected to their favorite teams and schools. In the just released September, 2005 Nielsen Netratings, CSTV has the highest year-over-year and month-over-month audience growth of all sports networks. For the first time - with nearly 6.5 million unique visitors A count of how many different people access a Web site. For example, if a user leaves and comes back to the site five times during the measurement period, that person is counted as one unique visitor, but would count as five "user sessions. -- the company also delivered over 10% of unique users from all sports sites in the aggregate. "College sports is a category that is uniquely positioned to benefit from broadband access," said Brian Bedol, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CSTV Networks. "There are millions of passionate fans with personal preferences who are now able to follow their favorite teams and sports at anytime, from anywhere, thanks to the CSTV digital media platform." CSTV's recent launch of its College Football "All-Access" broadband package is also experiencing unprecedented success for an online paid subscription property. In its first month of operation, "All-Access" generated over 30,000 monthly and annual subscribers for exclusive live games, special features and archived programming across CSTV's Partner Network which includes USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. , Notre Dame, Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, Georgia and more. "All-Access" subscriber growth is expected to accelerate with the launch of live college hockey and basketball games into the package. CSTV's record-setting September carried through its entire network of websites, as the company served over 6.4 million unique users, an increase of 48% from the prior month (August) and nearly 30% from September, 2004 - the greatest increases of any major online sports network - putting CSTV.com into a virtual tie with SI.COM (Sports Illustrated's website) and ahead of AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Sports, Sportsline and NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. in the Top 10. Additionally, the company's 150 million page views(1) in September, an increase of 33% over the prior year, also set a new monthly record. Notwithstanding the dramatic traffic increase, the network was able to maintain its unique demographic profile as the Number One sports site on the Internet for those with post-grad degrees and those in executive or managerial positions.(2) Aside from record traffic and subscription growth, CSTV also set an all-time September record for online retail sales, with over $1 million in college sports merchandise sales. Top contributors were the company's online stores for Notre Dame Fighting Irish The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are the varsity sports teams of the University of Notre Dame. Moniker "They'll see the Fighting Irish are the Fighting Irish yet., USC Trojan and North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. Tarheel merchandise. CSTV Networks Inc. is the leading digital sports media company, connecting more fans to more college sports than any other company. Its many platforms for programming distribution include CSTV: College Sports TV, televising regular-season and championship events for 35 men's and women's college sports; CSTV.com and its network of nearly 250 official athletic sites; CSTV All Access, online and pay-per-view subscription services providing live audio and video of more than 6,000 events annually; as well as satellite television and radio, in-flight entertainment, wireless networks and more. Further information is available at www.CSTV.com. (1)Nielsen SiteCensus, September 2005 (2)Nielsen/Netratings September 2005 Monthly Internet Usage Report |
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