Elemental Powers Ultimate Frisbee College Championships for NGN

Submitted by Eli on May 24, 2012 - 10:02

NGN logoThis weekend, the top college Ultimate Frisbee teams in the United States will descend on Boulder, Colorado to square off in the 2012 D-1 USA Ultimate College Championships. NGN—the NexGen Network—will use Elemental Live to stream eight games from Friday through Sunday, including two semifinal matchups. The College Championships are the third Ultimate tournament this year featuring coverage by NGN and there are more on the docket, most notably the 2012 World Championships in July, which take place in Japan.

Though only a few months old, NGN hasn’t wasted any time putting together a complete online viewing experience. In March, the network dived into the streaming video world head first, delivering high resolution Flash video streams to the web with multiple camera angles and up to four color commentators for each matchup. For the College Championships, NGN is offering a tiered pay-per-view streaming structure to online viewers: three subscriber levels give fans options ranging from viewing a single live game to accessing a complete package featuring both live and VOD access to all streaming tournament coverage. The first four games on the streaming schedule this weekend were determined by fan voting and include traditional powerhouses such as the Wisconsin, Carleton and Colorado Open teams and Michigan and North Carolina Women’s teams.

Did I mention that Ultimate holds a special place in our company’s heart? Elemental features a solid contingent of players itself, spanning the executive team (CEO Sam Blackman), development team (engineer Troy Unverdruss) and marketing team (yours truly). So it goes without saying that we’re excited to have Elemental Live powering NGN streaming. In fact, this weekend we’re taking it a step further by letting fans vote for the Elemental Player of the Game immediately following each contest. Voters will be entered to win some sweet Elemental “swag” (no, not Elemental systems). For details, make sure to tune in to one of the streaming broadcasts.