Los Angeles, Calif. (November 8, 2011) – The Latin Recording Academy® recently announced that AEG Digital Media was selected to provide webcast management and turnkey streaming services for the 12th Annual Latin GRAMMY Pre-Telecast ceremony and various other Latin GRAMMY Week events Thursday, Nov. 10. The events will be streamed live from Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Events Center.
AEG Digital Media will live stream the arrivals of celebrities and red carpet events taking place before the event as well as the Pre-Telecast to a worldwide audience at latingrammy.com.
“The Latin GRAMMYs is on the forefront of digital entertainment,” said Gabriel Abaroa Jr. President/CEO of The Latin Recording Academy. “Our partnership with AEG Digital Media keeps us on the cutting edge of entertainment technology. It not only allows us to provide viewers with more options, but also helps us reach a new and emerging audience.”
According to a recent comScore study, the percentage of Internet users who watch video online is greater in many Latin American countries than in the U.S.—solidifying the need for global, quality streaming of the event and showcasing the opportunity for growth in global Internet video.
“Through our expanding global footprint, AEG Digital Media can deliver quality content to this growing demographic,” said Michael Goldfine, President, AEG Digital Media. “We’re excited to take premiere content, like the Latin GRAMMYs, to a larger audience than ever before.”
The Latin GRAMMYs will utilize AEG Digital Media’s Tremolo Player to extend viewing times and increase viewer engagement. The player features multiple camera angles, on a single page, to allow viewers everywhere to witness all of the action, without any skipping or buffering.
Along with the Tremolo Player, AEG Digital Media’s encoding services will be deployed, which are recognized as the best in the live digital media space today. The AEG Digital Media live encoding architecture goes beyond webcasting to provide complete digital broadcasting and broadcast grade redundancy and reliability.
About AEG Digital Media
AEG Digital Media is the leading provider of complete webcast management, technical media services and video optimization solutions. Regarded as the definitive turnkey service provider in the market today, AEG Digital Media takes a broadcast approach to streaming and enabling the world’s largest, innovative webcasts and live events. The company’s track record of empowering and enabling the defining moments in Internet broadcasting and live streaming media includes Live Earth, The Democratic National Convention, the MTV Video Music Awards, TED Conference, FarmAid, The GRAMMYs, the People’s Choice Awards, Nickelodeon’s Kids Choice Awards, the American Music Awards, Bonnaroo, FIFA World Cup Kickoff concert, the Royal Wedding and Coachella. AEG Digital Media’s customer base also includes VEVO, American Express, HP, Turner, Nokia, Fox, Coca-Cola, Ernst and Young, and Viacom. For more information visit www.aegdigitalmedia.com.
About The Latin Recording Academy
The Latin Recording Academy is an international organization composed of artists, musicians, songwriters, producers and other creative and technical professional recording, Spanish and Portuguese. The organization is dedicated to improving the quality of life and cultural condition for Latin music and its makers. In addition to producing the Latin GRAMMY Awards to honor excellence in the arts and science of recording, The Latin Recording Academy provides educational and outreach programs for the Latin music community. For more information about The Latin Recording Academy, please visit the website www.latingrammy.com.
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For AEG Digital Media
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New York City – (Nov. 4, 2011) For the second year in a row, AEG Digital Media will be providing downlink and encoding services for The ING New York City Marathon. AEG Digital Media’s premier encoding platform will be utilized to power live-streaming on the event’s official mobile apps during the race, set for Sunday, Nov. 6.
The live stream of the marathon will be available through the Official ING New York City Marathon Mobile Spectator App Presented by Subway, available on Android and iOS devices. The marathon will start at 8:30 a.m. and will allow spectators to watch the 47,000+ runners.
“We rely on AEG Digital Media to deliver high quality video to our mobile platform so we can bring the experience of the ING New York City Marathon to mobile users everywhere,” said Ken Winell, head of digital & mobile technologies for New York Road Runners (NYRR), the producer of the event. “We have 2.5 million spectators on the course and even more around the world so a robust, scalable platform is critical.”
Live streaming has transformed the sporting industry. Now fans can tune in to their favorite events, like the New York Marathon, from the convenience of their phones, tablets or computers. AEG Digital Media enhances that live streaming by delivering broadcast-style video to fans across the globe.
“We’re honored to be associated with such a popular and encouraging sporting event like the New York Marathon,” said Michael Goldfine, president of AEG Digital Media. “The marathon has a long history of inspirational stories and we’re proud to bring that experience to a growing mobile audience.”
About AEG Digital Media
AEG Digital Media is the leading provider of complete webcast management, technical media services and video optimization solutions 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 turn key service provider in the market today with a 12 year track record of empowering and enabling the defining moments in internet broadcasting and live streaming media including Live Earth, The Democratic National Convention, the MTV Video Music Awards, TED Conference, FarmAid, The Grammys, the People’s Choice Awards, Nickelodeon’s Kids Choice Awards, the American Music Awards, Bonnaroo, FIFA World Cup Kickoff concert, the Royal Wedding and Coachella. AEG Digital Media’s select customer base also includes VEVO, American Express, HP, Turner, Nokia, Fox, Coca-Cola, Ernst and Young, and Viacom. Based in Los Angeles, we maintain the industry’s leading technologies and broadcast operation centers to enable seamless, TV quality live events and on demand media services.
About New York Road Runners
Headquartered in New York City, New York Road Runners is dedicated to advancing the sport of running, enhancing health and fitness for all, and meeting our community’s needs. Our goal is to use the expertise acquired in our 53-year history to empower all people to live fitter, healthier lives through participation in our races, community events, instruction and training resources, and youth programs. Our races and other events draw more than 300,000 people each year. The ING New York City Marathon, NYRR’s premier event, is the largest and most inclusive marathon in the world, attracting the world’s top professional runners every year and raising $30.8 million for charity in 2010. NYRR’s running-based youth programs, which currently serve more than 100,000 children in hundreds of schools and community centers, promote children’s health and fitness, character development, and personal achievement in underserved communities. For more information, visit nyrr.org.
About the ING New York City Marathon
The premier event of New York Road Runners, the ING New York City Marathon is one of the world’s great road races, drawing some 140,000 applicants. The race attracts many world-class professional athletes, not only for the $800,000 in prize money, but also for the chance to excel in the media capital of the world before two million cheering spectators and a worldwide broadcast reach of 330 million. As any one of the more than 875,000 past participants will attest, crossing the finish line in Central Park is one of the great thrills of a lifetime. For more information, visit www.ingnycmarathon.org.
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Emilee McConkie
For AEG Digital Media
801-708-9601
