[November 21, 2009] UniversalSports.com Selects Inlet Technologies to Provide Live Streaming and Video-On-Demand Tweet Nov 21, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Inlet Technologies, a developer of solutions for digital media preparation, announced that Universal Sports has selected its Spinnaker and Armada solutions to power UniversalSports.com's live and on-demand coverage of sports. Universal Sports serves as a multiplatform destination for Olympic and lifestyle sports programming, offering more than 1,000 live events and 7,000 hours of annual original event programming. UniversalSports.com delivers more than 100,000 hours of programming content with dedicated, sport-specific "channels," including Skiing, Rowing, Swimming, and Cycling, to give fans a centralized, convenient, consistent place to go for event video, video highlights, breaking news, and features. Universal Sports is following a growing trend in the sports industry by complementing traditional broadcasts with online access. "We're dedicated to delivering our fans and viewers at UniversalSports.com the highest quality video presentation of our sporting events," said Carlos Silva, president and COO of Universal Sports. "Increasingly, fans are turning to the web to view their favorite sports, competitions and events. Our partners at Inlet Technologies allow us to deliver the online sports-viewing experience that brings our viewers back for more." "Inlet's Spinnaker and Armada solutions, along with Microsoft Smooth Streaming, will offer UniversalSports.com viewers the highest quality video and more personalized viewing options," said John Bishop, senior VP of strategy and business development, Inlet Technologies. "Following the recent Vancouver Winter Games announcement, we are encouraged by this collaboration with UniversalSports.com, which further solidifies Inlet's role as a strategic partner of NBC Sports." According to Inlet, the Spinnaker family of encoding solutions is ideal for live sports as it provides broadcast-quality streams over the Internet to multiple devices and screens. With its built-in support for adaptive streaming protocols, including iPhone streaming and Microsoft Smooth Streaming, Spinnaker delivers exceptional quality that enhances online viewing of live sports action. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]