Veoh and Collegiate Images have teamed up to create a dedicated NCAA Football channel on Veoh.com. Through this deal, Veoh will gain access to football game highlights each week to spotlight on the channel. The NCAA Football channel will kick-off in early September, in time for the 2007 season.
As part of the channel, Veoh is building a proprietary customization engine that will enable users to personalize their NCAA Football experience. More details of these unique and interactive elements will be unveiled closer to the launch.
“We are very pleased to partner with Collegiate Images to bring this unique service to college sports fans,” said Steve Mitgang, CEO of Veoh Networks. “Moving forward, Veoh will continue to seek strategic partnerships with content providers, advertisers and publishers that advance our mission of making Veoh the most innovative and comprehensive video platform on the Internet."
"We are excited about bringing Veoh Networks' technology to NCAA Football fans across the country this fall," said David Bertram, Executive Director for NCAA Football. "The mission of NCAA Football is to promote the sport of college football, and through this new NCAA Football channel from Veoh, we will be able to reach fans nationwide to share the great highlights from the football season."
Rich Routman, SVP of Business Development for Collegiate Images, added, “We are very excited to work with Veoh in offering this incredibly innovative product, which will bring the best of college football to our fans’ desktops, where they can view it when they want and how they want.”
This deal furthers Veoh’s mission to provide the best and most comprehensive selection of video content on the Internet. To date, more than 85,000 video publishers -- from independent producers to some of the best known brands in music, sports, politics, and entertainment -- have chosen Veoh, including CBS, Billboard, Paramount Pictures, Us Weekly, Car and Driver, National Lampoon, Lionsgate, Road and Track, and PBS. Through its powerful syndication system, Veoh automatically syndicates content published on its site to YouTube, Google Video, and MySpace Video, allowing Veoh’s publishers to reach the largest audience in the world.
This content agreement comes as Veoh’s user base continues to experience strong growth. In June, the company announced that its user base grew to 14.3 million unique users – marking a 223% overall rise in traffic since Veoh launched in February with a 4.4 million user base.