Keeping Families Connected PARK & RECREATION DEPARTMENTS USING LIVE STREAMING VIDEO WITH HIGH-SPEED SATELLITE INTERNET TO BROADCAST YOUTH SPORTS GAMES AND AID IN SOCIAL DISTANCING By Chris Sturgeon, GoDog Sports
Parents have always tried to capture big moments during their kid’s sports games. Rarely do they have their phone recording at the right time. During Covid-19, youth sports programs are seeking social distancing tactics to reduce onsite crowd sizes and enable athletes to safely return to game play. Enter GoDog GameStream, a live streaming video service for youth sports that also archives games for on demand viewing and allows users to create highlight clips and download games. Launched in 2019 at park sports fields in Southern California, GoDog GameStream is the first live streaming service provider in the United States with the goal of making the install, launch and day to day operations of live streaming video virtually hands free for parks and sports leagues. According to GoDog Sports Founder Seth Cummings, “we recognized the need to be a managed service and work with customers not only through install and service deployment, but ongoing. As we enter the Colorado market, we have a local team in place to manage every step of the process.”
• Highlight creation
FEATURES
• Custom dashboard to manage teams and schedules
GoDog GameStream includes an impressive list of features that address connectivity, privacy, simplicity of use and advertising including:
• User management for a secure experience
• HD live streaming cameras • On demand access to games • Video bookmarking
• Game downloads • Custom branded portals for leagues, tournaments, schools, and sports complex use
• Exclusive high-speed satellite Internet • Customer service with account managers • Pre-roll, in-stream and banner advertising opportunities
CONNECTIVITY Access to Internet is a challenge for many parks. Through an exclusive youth sports category deal with high-speed satellite Internet provider Viasat, GoDog GameStream eliminates expensive and time intensive construction associated with trenching fiber and cable to sports fields. GoDog Sports and Viasat can also subsidize the costs of operating Wi-Fi services in the park by incorporating regional or national advertising sponsorships on the login screens. GoDog GameStream initially deployed in parks across California and Texas, servicing Little League and independent baseball locations including VNSO Park in Sherman Oaks, Cortez Park in West Covina, and Sterns Park in Long Beach, California and Irvin J Lamka Park in El Paso, Texas. With Viasat, the live streaming service is expanding to youth sports and athletic fields at parks and schools across the United States. “Several state parks agencies have contracted with Viasat for deployment of high-speed satellite and managed Wi-Fi services in their parks, including
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