Big Sky, Eversport.tv Announce Broadcast Partnership
Company to handle "Watch Big Sky" events
Jon Oglesby, Communications Director
OGDEN, UTAH (08/25/2015) — EverSport.tv, the premiere live sports streaming portal, and the Big Sky Conference announced today that EverSport will stream all of the Big Sky Conference events.
The Northern California-based company will now handle all streaming services dealing with the conference's Watch Big Sky service. All games will continue to be streamed for free at
WatchBigSky.com. EverSport will also update the league’s Watch Big Sky app as part of the new deal. The app can be found on the Apple App Store or Google Play.
EverSport is an innovative start-up that provides a best-in-breed streaming platform proven to grow right holders' audience and revenues more effectively than any other platform by harnessing the power of syndication, marketing efforts and social media.
Jon Kasper, the Big Sky's Assistant Commissioner, said the deal with EverSport gives Big Sky fans an improved platform to view the conference's sanctioned sports.
"We're excited to partner with Eversport to launch an all-new Watch Big Sky digital network, and we're confident viewers will appreciate the ease of watching events through the new platform," he said. "Eversport is committed to providing Big Sky fans a premium viewing experience on a PC or laptop, as well as mobile devices through an updated Watch Big Sky app. Fans from all Big Sky institutions should be excited about the future of the Watch Big Sky digital network.”
The company's track record of innovation proved to be a perfect match for the innovative live-event streaming the Big Sky Conference has traditionally provided to fans.
"We are ecstatic to bring the Big Sky Conference to the entire world. The conference has some great teams that represent great institutions, which are supported by great fan and alumni bases. The Big Sky is an exciting conference to watch, and now sports fans can do it anywhere they are in the world," said Wayne Sieve, CEO of EverSport.tv.
The first successful broadcast in the partnership happened on August 9, in a webcast of a Southern Utah University women's soccer exhibition.
About EverSport.tv:
With its launch featuring the streaming of the 2014 Asian Games, EverSport.tv is on the quick path to building the "Hulu" of live sports. The company was founded by a strong set of talented entrepreneurs and visionaries. Co-founders Wayne Sieve and Carl Kirchhoff come from Yahoo! and UStream respectively. Key investors including Brian Bedol, founder of Classic Sports Network and College Sports Television, which were both sold to ESPN and CBS respectively and Lee Ann Daly, former Executive Vice President of Marketing for ESPN. EverSport.tv is poised to be the next big thing in sports streaming.
About the Big Sky Conference:
The Big Sky Conference enters its 53rd year and 28th year of women's competition during the 2015-16 academic year. The venerable and stable Division I Big Sky Conference observed its 50th birthday on July 1, 2013. The league has become one of the strongest Division I conferences in the West and is a national leader in the Football Championship Subdivision.
Six times, Big Sky teams have won the Division I National Championship, including Eastern Washington in 2010. The Big Sky is one of three conferences in the western United States playing Division I football.
The Big Sky's full members represent nine states spanning from the Pacific Ocean to the Red River Valley of North Dakota. The league is represented along the entire west coast with institutions in Washington, Oregon and California. League schools also range up and down the Rocky Mountains with institutions in Montana, Idaho, Utah, Arizona and Colorado. It truly is "The Heart of the American West."