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June 2007
The broadcast of the 82nd Blackpool Dance Festival
Kingston upon Hull England – 2 June 2007 – Bestfrontseat Ltd (the "Company" or "Bestfrontseat.com) of Kingston upon Hull, England has successfully concluded a global IPTV broadcast of the prestigious Blackpool Dance Festival for thedancingchannels.com. Never in the 82 year history of this event has it ever been made available outside the Blackpool Winter Garden. For the first time ever, people all over the world were able to log into thedancingchannels.com and enjoy the splendor of this magnificent occasion and watch the event and gather details of the event as it was happening.
The Blackpool Dance Festival plays host to all the main British Amateur and Professional Dance Championships. This was the 82nd year this competition has been held at the Blackpool Winter Gardens. Seating at the event is usually sold out a year in advance and the limited audience size of just 3000 people per day has left dance fans all around the world very disappointed. The 82nd Blackpool Dance Festival made a number of historic firsts’ this year. Bryan Watson and Carmen won the British Professional Latin championship for a record 7 consecutive years and then announced their retirement from competitive dancing. The international Team Dance competition was won for the first time by the British Dance Team and for the first time ever, people on all five continents were able to enjoy the excitement and thrill of these events during the Festival, They no longer have to wait up to 6 weeks for a DVD to arrive by post.
This unique achievement was a result of a combination of effort between thedancingchannels, Bestfrontseat and Even Technologies Inc www.thedancingchannels.com has been recording the event for over 17 years for release on VHS and DVD. They have for a number of years been looking for a means to transmit the splendor of this event across the globe. Existing small screen Internet delivery would never capture the fast moving dancers, the detail of the glamorous dresses and the tradition of this world renowned event. Bestfrontseat.com using the Even Technologies video (PSI_V™) coding engines is the only company in the world able to deliver the required high quality full screen image across the global Internet network at such a low transfer rate.
The recordings of this eight day event are now instantly available via thedancingchannel.tv website. Using the Bestfrontseat “white page” solutions enables thedancingchannels to promote their own brand and have it identified with a high quality IP Television service without any brand dilution.
About Bestfrontseat.com
Bestfrontseat.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of IP Media Services Ltd and both are UK registered companies. Bestfrontseat is able to provide a wide range of web based delivery solutions. These include a propriety Live Event Control Management System able to remotely control all aspects of a live event broadcast. This web-based solution ensures viewer enjoyment is greatly enhanced. The special inbuilt messaging system enables Bestfrontseat to keep viewers informed of all issues and events as they happen live and in real time. A global deployment network ensures high volume viewer traffic is balanced and controlled during any number of worldwide broadcasts. To support these advances, Bestfrontseat.com provides a wide range of Web solutions, including website design and construction, database controls, video player manipulation and video delivery over a public network. This full service approach ensures the seamless delivery of video for even the non-technical client.
About Even Technologies Inc.
Even Technologies Inc. (EVEN) is a Vancouver-based company specializing in advanced digital image and video coding techniques and in the development and integration of high-performance systems for media content production and dissemination over broadband networks. Since its inception in 1997, EVEN has developed its next generation general-purpose still image (PSI_X™), video (PSI_V™) coding engines, and a number of commercial systems including a human facial image coding system, a digital media coding studio, an IP-network television content dissemination system. Any Content Any Where Any Time
About The Dancing Channels
The Dancing Channels are a newly formed subsidiary of Quasar Video of Herefordshire England. The company has specialized in the recording of major dance events and making them available on both VHS Video tape and DVD formats. Selling to a worldwide clientele, Quasar Video management quickly identified the need for live and instantly available video playback of events. Following almost 2 years research, the Bestfrontseat solution was selected as the video web delivery of choice. The Dancing Channels are now developing a wider range of dance coverage and plans are underway to provide dance fans everywhere with a wide choice of dance styles. Having started with Ballroom and Latin, there are now plans to extend this to include all forms of dance and dance music.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors: Peter Kemp