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August 22nd, 2008
CHANNEL 13 TO OFFER LIVE UPDATED PREP SCORE BOARD ON MULTIPLE PLATFORMS
MEDIA RELEASE
For Immediate Release
August 22, 2008
CHANNEL 13 TO OFFER LIVE UPDATED PREP SCORE BOARD ON MULTIPLE PLATFORMS
First in state system to offer live Iowa prep scores updated at every score and quarter change
Live updated high school scores available on cell phones, internet and WHO-DT 13.2
Partnership with Iowa Sports Connection and latest technology insures getting the most scores FIRST
DES MOINES, IA – WHO-TV, in partnership with the Iowa Sports Connection, has introduced the next generation of high school sports scoring with the Live Prep Scoreboard, the first of its kind in Iowa. The new system makes live updated prep scores available anytime, anywhere. Scores will be updated with any score and quarter change and simultaneously distributed to three live platforms:
1. On web-enabled cell phones at www.13now.com
2. On the sports page at www.WHOtv.com and www.iowasportsconnection.com
3. Continuously over-the-air on Iowa’s Weather Plus, Digital Channel 13.2 or Mediacom Digital 246
“This is something we’ve seen at the college and professional arena for years and now we’ve found a way to do it at the high school level,” says WHO-TV Regional Vice President and General Manager Dale R. Woods. “With this new technology, it’s possible for someone sitting in the stands to obtain an live update instantly from any other game in the area. It’s simply remarkable.”
“We’ve combined our network of Friday Night Live reporters and stringers with this new technology so be able to bring Iowans the most scores first,” says Iowa Sports Connection President Mike Rickord. “Now, we’re able to report a score using the internet with just a cell phone and instantly have that score updated in the system and distributed on multiple platforms.”
The Live Prep Scoreboard will also now make it possible for press boxes all over central Iowa to have updated prep scores to announce to their fans when they tune to Digital Channel 13.2.
Channel 13’s Live Prep Scoreboard starts its live reporting with a few games on Thursday, August 28th and a full-slate of Week 1 games on Friday, August 29th.
For more information contact:
Dale R. Woods, WHO-TV Regional VP and General Manager
515-242-3701
About WHO-TV Channel 13
WHO-TV Channel 13, owned by Local TV LLC, is celebrating 54 years of broadcast service to central Iowa. Channel 13 News prides itself on bringing viewers rich, local content that other stations won’t commit to. From exclusive investigations to ground-breaking, creative coverage of the big daily story, Channel 13 News lives up to its word of “See the Difference.”
Channel 13 News has won the most prestigious awards in the broadcast industry including 2007 Emmy and regional Edward R. Murrow awards for “Best Newscast” plus two regional Edward R. Murrow awards for “Best Newscast” and “Sports Reporting”, six Eric Sevareid journalism awards from the Northwest Broadcast News Association for “Investigative” and “Spot News” reporting and eight “First Place” awards from the Iowa Associated Press. In 2006, the station earned the coveted national Edward R. Murrow for “Best Newscast and veteran anchor John Bachman was inducted into the National Television Academy’s “Silver Circle” for an accomplished career in broadcasting. In 2008, Channel 13 News has already earned 11 Eric Sevareid Journalism Awards, the most of any Iowa station, including 4 First Place awards for “Best Newscast”, “Series”, ”Hard Feature”, and “Sportscast.”
The technological leader, WHO-TV Channel 13 was the first to use videotape, the first to broadcast from news events live, the first live Doppler radar, first commercial high-definition television broadcast, and first high-definition local news segment. Now, WHO-TV operates central Iowa’s first and only news helicopter, Chopper 13, and the most powerful and sophisticated live Doppler radar in Iowa with MEGA Doppler.
Local TV LLC is a broadcast holding company created in 2007 to acquire nine heritage television stations in eight midsized markets. In 2008, the company acquired eight Fox Affiliates previously owned by News Corporation. Local TV is owned by Oak Hill Capital Partners, management and a consortium of bankers and high yield lenders who drank the Kool-Aid and are as enthusiastic about our future as we are. Stay tuned.
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