From Arcade Fire Live from Madison Square Garden, to the FIFA World Cup Kick-Off Celebration Concert to the AMGEN Tour of California, AEG Digital Media powers the Web’s most exciting live events

September 20, 2010 – LOS ANGELES, CA – After a highly successful launch in October 2009, AEG Digital Media continues to revolutionize the way live events are conceived, produced are delivered over the Web. Having produced, planned, executed and distributed over 100 live events in less than a year, with millions of viewers from every corner of the globe and millions of streams of data, AEG Digital Media is poised to continue to lead the digital broadcasting revolution.

AEG Digital Media has provided their expertise and experience to events such as The National: Live from the Brooklyn Academy of Music on YouTube, Maroon 5 VEVO Summer Set, TED Conference, the E3 media briefings, Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, Coachella, Golden Boy Promotions Fight Night Club series, numerous awards shows including the Grammy’s, Emmy’s, People’s Choice Awards, and the MTV Video Music Awards, and were instrumental in the success of the groundbreaking original web-series If I Can Dream.

“Our creative and technical know-how is what really sets us apart and allows us to provide services to these world-class events,” said Michael Goldfine, president of AEG Digital Media. “The broadcasting landscape is continually changing, and AEG Digital Media will continue to lead the charge into the digital media and online broadcasting revolution.”

More and more consumers are demanding access to entertainment when and where they want, and on multiple screens and platforms. AEG Digital Media powers access to these premium live events online and provides the viewer with an unparalleled viewing experience. awards shows, music festivals, special events and programming, sporting events, and other types of live entertainment are now available directly to viewers.

Staffed with creative and technical experts with a combined 50 years of experience in the entertainment and digital media and broadcasting industry, AEG Digital Media offers an innovative approach to live, online events which has allowed them to continually form new partnerships and acquire new customers, leading to some of the Web’s most exciting live online events including:

• Arcade Fire Live from Madison Square Garden: AEG Digital Media provided complete creative and technical production, oversaw the 10 camera, High Definition shoot, provided live feed transmission management in New York and at their digital broadcast operations center in Los Angeles, encoded the feed into multiple HD bit-rates, and distributed the feed to the VEVO/YouTube platform leading to numerous favorable reviews of the event.
• FIFA World Cup Kick-Off Celebration Concert: AEG Digital Media was tasked with building the online multi-angle player, bringing in the high-definition satellite feed from South Africa to its state-of-the-art digital broadcast operations center in Los Angeles, encoding the feed and distributing it to the web, and recording it on high-definition video servers to be used for the national television broadcast. Over 400,000 viewers from 180 countries watched the event live online, with an additional 1 million viewers watching later rebroadcasts.
• · AMGEN Tour of California: AEG Digital Media provided the end-to-end technical services of the entire live 11 day event, including transmission management, encoding services, and distribution. The event was streamed live over Akamai’s global distribution network, and the combination of these technologies reliably delivered a rich media experience, ensured superior viewing quality, and guaranteed instant scalability, allowing viewers to experience the race from the cyclists’ perspective. With an average view time of over 40 minutes, and more than 200 terabytes of information streamed daily, the event was a huge success.

“We’re thrilled at the growth we’ve been able to experience over the past several months. Through the help of our partners and customers, and because of our expertise and unique approach we’ve set the standard for live, online events,” said John Petrocelli, vice president of sales and business development for AEG Digital Media. “With the foundations of traditional broadcasting changing, AEG Digital Media will continue to power the most exciting, most watched events on the Web.”

With more than 50 events on the horizon, AEG Digital Media will continue to provide the very best in complete digital media services and live online event streaming.

To learn more about AEG Digital Media and what events are coming up, please visit www.aegdigitalmedia.com.

About AEG Digital
AEG Digital Media is the leading provider of complete webcast management, production and media services in the digital media industry. We take a broadcast approach to streaming/digital media and enable the world’s largest, innovative webcasts and live events. AEG Digital Media is regarded as the definitive turnkey service provider in the market today with a nine year track record of empowering the defining moments in internet broadcasting and live streaming media. For more information, visit www.aegdigitalmedia.com.