UM Launches Redesigned HurricaneSports.com
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami Athletics announced a partnershipTuesday with NeuLion to provide Hurricanes fans with an enhanced and improvedexperience through the redesigned HurricaneSports.com.
UM has worked with new partnerNeuLion over the course of several months to deliver an innovative, customdesign and layout that delivers news and information to Miami Hurricane fansaround the world – anytime, anywhere. The new flexible layout ofHurricaneSports.com will allow the department to adapt its delivery of news tofeature the most important and engaging items at the most important times.
“Over the last two years, we have revamped our online philosophy and seen atremendous response from our fan base to our focus on story-telling andengagement,” Associate AD for Communications and Marketing Chris Freet said.”With this new partnership, we focused on delivering that content to moreplatforms and in a more efficient manner than ever before.”
HurricaneSports.com will continue to crank out news, video, social media,blogs, score updates, shopping and much more. Canes All Access is now at yourfingertips on every HurricaneSports.com page, as well as being housed in anewly-designed video portal experience for fans to browse the completedirectory of on-demand video, as well as watch live video throughout theyear.
Coming this fall will be live video for soccer, volleyball and football pressconferences as well as live audio for all football games. Newly available willbe condensed games and full-game replays of all football games thisseason. Check out Canes All Access for more information.
Also, launching this fall will be HurricaneSports.com mobile and tabletapplications available for download on your iPhone, Android and iPad. Miamifans can stay up to date on all HurrricaneSports.com news, scores, schedules,rosters, live audio, video on-demand, photos and more.
“Between the new, high quality video offerings and the new mobile and tabletapps, I am confident fans will find it easier than ever to get information onevery Hurricane team,” Freet said.
Among the new and enhancedfeatures on HurricaneSports.com are:
- Improved anduser-friendly design;
- Exclusive on-demandand live video content;
- Better videodelivery to Miami fans;
- Deeper social mediaintegration across all of Miami Hurricanes official platforms – Facebook,Twitter, YouTube, Tumblr and Instagram;
- Newly-designed CanesAll Access video portal;
- Mobile applicationsfor iPhone, iPad and Android (available this fall);
- Largest inventory ofHurricane memorabilia and merchandise on the web.
NeuLion is the leader in creating dynamicsolutions that remain on the cutting edge of the college athleticsindustry. Backed by proprietary technology, NeuLion’s suite of digitalservices include live and on-demand video delivery to multiple devices, webpublishing, social media integration, ticketing, donor management, e-commerceand advertising. Trusted by over 170 top colleges, universities andconferences, NeuLion continues to grow its partnerships and provide the mostinnovative, high quality, interactive experiences in college athletics that areproven to increase fan engagement and drive new revenue.
For all the latest informationon the Miami Hurricanes, follow the official Twitter feed, @HurricaneSports, or”Like Us” on Facebook at facebook.com/MiamiHurricanes.
