Meridix Webcast Network
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The Meridix
Webcast Network is a webcast
network which allows schools, sports teams, universities, and other organizations to webcast their own events through live streaming audio and video, real time game scores and data, text message or email alerts, and mobile content
tools. In 2007, the network was nominated for the Chicago Innovation Awards
.
The webcast system is used in many states, including Texas, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Washington, Arizona, California, and other states to webcast live events such as high school football
games, state championship games, and other sporting events, as well as Kansas Jayhawks
hockey, school events , radio simulcasting by AM/FM stations (such as KMA (AM)
960 and KKBZ 99.3 FM), and talk shows. The system has international users, including several teams of the National Superior Basketball (BSNPR).
Each entity in the network, whether it be a school, a sports team, a radio station, or any other type of organization, is assigned an identity called a LiveID. The LiveID serves as both the "username" for the broadcaster organization, as well as a handle that listeners and fans can use to find the organization's live webcasts and archives.
A MeridixID, on the other hand, is a free identity which allows fans, parents, players, coaches, and other individuals to access various Meridix tools with a single identity. Using a MeridixID, an individual could act in different capacities for different organizations, such as customizing their text message preferences between various teams, submitting scores, or posting a profile.
11 in Minneapolis.
Meridix
Meridix Creative, Inc. was founded in 2003 and was incorporated in the State of Illinois, originally to broadcast live local high school sports online, though the company now offers a broad range of technology services...
Webcast Network is a webcast
Webcast
A webcast is a media presentation distributed over the Internet using streaming media technology to distribute a single content source to many simultaneous listeners/viewers. A webcast may either be distributed live or on demand...
network which allows schools, sports teams, universities, and other organizations to webcast their own events through live streaming audio and video, real time game scores and data, text message or email alerts, and mobile content
Mobile content
Mobile content is any type of media which is viewed or used on mobile phones, like ringtones, graphics, discount offers, games, movies, and GPS navigation. As mobile phone use has grown since the mid 1990s, the significance of the devices in everyday life has grown accordingly...
tools. In 2007, the network was nominated for the Chicago Innovation Awards
Chicago Innovation Awards
The Chicago Innovation Awards was created by the Chicago Sun-Times and Kuczmarski & Associates in 2002. Each year the Awards recognize 10 Chicago area businesses, nonprofits, and government organizations that develop the year’s most innovative new products and services.-2010:The 2010 Chicago...
.
The webcast system is used in many states, including Texas, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Washington, Arizona, California, and other states to webcast live events such as high school football
High school football
High school football, in North America, refers to the game of football as it is played in the United States and Canada. It ranks among the most popular interscholastic sports in both of these nations....
games, state championship games, and other sporting events, as well as Kansas Jayhawks
Kansas Jayhawks
The sports teams at the University of Kansas are known as the Jayhawks. They are one of three schools in the state of Kansas that participate in NCAA Division I. The Jayhawks are also a member of the Big 12 Conference...
hockey, school events , radio simulcasting by AM/FM stations (such as KMA (AM)
KMA (AM)
KMA is a radio station licensed to serve Shenandoah, Iowa. With a colorful history, it is one of the few radio stations in the country tracing back to its original 1925 owners.-History:...
960 and KKBZ 99.3 FM), and talk shows. The system has international users, including several teams of the National Superior Basketball (BSNPR).
Each entity in the network, whether it be a school, a sports team, a radio station, or any other type of organization, is assigned an identity called a LiveID. The LiveID serves as both the "username" for the broadcaster organization, as well as a handle that listeners and fans can use to find the organization's live webcasts and archives.
A MeridixID, on the other hand, is a free identity which allows fans, parents, players, coaches, and other individuals to access various Meridix tools with a single identity. Using a MeridixID, an individual could act in different capacities for different organizations, such as customizing their text message preferences between various teams, submitting scores, or posting a profile.
Key Features
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Live Game Audio and Video | Allows parents, family, friends, and other fans to perceive live games through a “gamecast” window which automatically streams live audio and video. |
| Real Time Scores | Live, automatically updated information, such as score, time, period, outs, balls, strikes, outs, first downs, possessions, etc. |
| Text Message (SMS) Alerts | Fans can select to receive text message/email alerts regarding scores and results. Coaches could send out practice and scheduling changes to players and parents. Athletic directors can send out important notices relevant to the entire school. |
| Email Alerts | Alerts via email, in much the same fashion as text messages above. |
| Collaborative Scheduling | Collaborative scheduling allows two schools involved in the same event to “share” the event, instead of having to maintain two completely separate (and possibly conflicting if out of date) schedule listings. |
| Meridix EventReporter | EventReporter increases the accuracy and frequency of reported results by notifying coaches whenever they have an event to report, and allowing them to submit results directly inside of the notification. |
| Announcements | Highlight the most important schedule changes, events, or other announcements in varying degrees of priority from urgent to low, and provide additional details. |
| Venues | Provide photos, seating capacity, address, driving directions, accommodations, descriptions, and other information about stadiums. |
| News and RSS | Publish the latest news content. Each time a story is published, customized RSS feed is automatically updated. |
| Advertising | Using optional advertising tools, LiveIDs can usually broadcast for free, or even profit from their operations, by providing local businesses with ad space. Advertising campaigns can be managed from one utility. |
| Portals | Comprehensive portals for a specific area are created, which provide fans with an at-a-glance view of the latest event information from around a league, conference, or state association. |
| Meridix.net | Mobile portal for fan/parent access to scores, news, announcements, available through any mobile phone. |
| Photo Management | Manage event and game photos with descriptions, captions, and other tools. Photos can even be uploaded during a live event webcast. |
Meridix Platform
Other websites have also begun incorporating Meridix Webcast Network tools into their own infrastructure. These include MNSportsNetwork.com, BSports.org, DaBigGuy.com, and others. The Meridix Webcast Networks's features were also shown in a 2007 television story done on the MSBN by KAREKARE
KARE, digital channel 11, is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul area of Minnesota and portions of western Wisconsin. It also operates KARE WX NOW, formerly known as NBC Weather Plus on its second digital subchannel...
11 in Minneapolis.