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Streaming of Video and Audio Broadcasts from ISC in Wisconsin

Saturday, August 27th, 2005

Streaming of Video and Audio Broadcasts from International Softball Congress Tournaments in Wisconsin Draw Larger Crowds

“Is anybody ‘out there’ listening? Or watching?”

Those questions are always a key concern when any form of communication is produced and presented to audiences – – particularly audiences which are not at the scene of the action being described.

Well, they WERE out there listening, and they WERE out there watching when the streaming of audio broadcasts and the live streaming video were coming from Eau Claire and Chippawa Falls, Wisconsin, last week during the I.S.C. World Tournament and the ISC-II Tournament of Champions.

The numbers are in, and they are good – – – VERY good!

The increases in listeners/viewers compared with 2004 are impressive, to say the least.

The number of ISC World Tournament hits for the 2005 tourney broadcasts and telecasts increased by 50% to well over 15,000.

The number of hits on broadcasts from the ISC-II Tournament of Champions nearly doubled from the 2004 total to over 8,100.

Dave Blackburn, ISC Commissioner of Streaming and Broadcasting was well-pleased with the response:

“Our live streaming video of the three games on Championship Saturday provided ISC fans with a Press Box point of view and a glimpse at the future of fastball coverage,” says Blackburn. “The fact that people requested nearly 25,000 accesses to our ISC and ISC-II video and audio streams speaks to our successful growth of this five year old offering to the global fastball community.”

Jim Flanagan, ISC-II Broadcaster, of Ballparkradio.com, observed that, “The response to the broadcasts from the ISC-II fans and players has been nothing short of spectacular. We received e-mails from all over the U.S., Canada, and even Europe from listeners tuning into the games.” Flanagan further noted that, “The streaming audio broadcasts bring the excitement of the game right into the living room of the families and fans back home and provides great exposure for the game of fastball. Blair Setford has built a crew of quality broadcasters for the ISC-II, including Joe Todd, Lance Winn, Brett Bresnahan, and Chris Bach.”

Blair Setford, ISC-II Commissioner, who heads up the ISC-II broadcast program, observed that, “We are very pleased to see the increase in listeners to the ISC-II Tournament of Champions, and we look forward to bringing those games to even more fans next year.”

Blackburn referred to the coverage and the response as a “glimpse of the future.”

Well said! And BRING IT ON!!!

August 27, 2005

Gordon Wise
ISC Information Officer
www.iscfastpitch.com
sgwise@woh.rr.com

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ISC Audio and Video Archives now fully available in Sportsjuice.com

Thursday, August 25th, 2005

[Alsfastball] ISC Audio and Video Archives now fully available in Sportsjuice.com

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ISC II Tournament of Champions to Conclude Today

Friday, August 19th, 2005

Click here for more info.

Click here for live broadcasts, with Jim Flanagan and Blair Setford.

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Listen to So Cal Bombers Game Live

Friday, August 19th, 2005

Listen to the So Cal Bombers game live.

“>Listen to the So Cal Bombers game live!

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So Cal Bombers Still Alive at ISC World

Friday, August 19th, 2005

The So Cal Bombers are still alive at the ISC World, and will play Saskatoon Canada at 10am this morning, with the schedule of games revised due to rain yesterday.

Click here for the ISC World website.

Click here for the ISC Broadcast page to listen to their game.

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ISC World Tournament Gets Underway Tonight!

Friday, August 12th, 2005

The 2005 ISC World Tournament from Eau Claire, Wisconsin gets underway tonight. Forty of the best teams in the world will clash from August 12-20, 2005 for title as the “Best Team in the World”.

For the fifth consecutive year, David Blackburn, Ron Chambers and Fernie Nielsen will be broadcasting approximately two dozen games live from Eau Claire, via streaming audio on the internet. All you need to listen is a computer with speakers or headset.

Don’t miss the “Tournament Preview show at 4pm Central time, 2pm on the west coast, followed by two games from the “super pools”, featuring the #1 and #2 ranked teams in the world, County Materials, and The Farm Tavern, both from Wisconsin:

8/12 7:00 pm: ISC – COUNTY MATERIALS VS SASKATOON
8/12 9:00 pm: ISC – FARM VS IS KNIGHTS

Click the Ballparkradio logo below for “click to listen links”.

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Easy Access to All ISC and ISC II Broadcasts at Ballparkradio.com

Tuesday, August 9th, 2005

Confused about where to find the ISC and ISC II broadcasts? No need to be. Just log in to Ballparkradio.com, and find click through links to all ISC and ISC II games. Click logo or this link:

http://www.ballparkradio.com

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Players Weigh in on ISC Broadcast Schedule

Tuesday, August 9th, 2005

There’s an interesting discussion going on over at the GHFL.ca (Golden Horshoe Fastball League) website, about the recently released ISC Broadcast Schedule. A player from one of the 30 teams not on the schedule weighs in:

Taking a look at the broadcast schedule, it only involves the power pools. Speaking as a player involved in the tournament, a player rep, and on behalf of others, there are another 30 teams in the tournament. These other 30 teams will be leaving every thing on the field in the upcoming week. Why do the remaining 75% of the ISC fastball community have to be forgotten again.

Another argues that the fans want to hear the big name teams and players:

Name recognition…..Lets face it boys, people know the big names and they are going to get the airtime. There are going to be lots of great games all week but if you need make a schedule in advance, what direction are you going to pick…All of the games in the playoff round will be broadcast. Qualify for that and you’ll get your airtime.

Some good points being made on both sides of the issue. To read more, click here, and enter your own comment if you wish.

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2005 ISC World Tournament Streaming Schedule Announced

Monday, August 8th, 2005

2005 ISC World Tournament Streaming Schedule Announced
From So Cal’s own, Dave Blackburn, who pioneered the use of streaming audio for men’s fastball:

[8/9/05] -The ISC Web Site Committee has now announced that 32 games and events will be covered in live audio from the 2005 ISC World Tournament. Below is the final schedule.

For the 5th year in a row, we will working with SportsJuice.com to deliver our live audio coverage to fastball fans around the Globe. Ron Chambers will be calling the Play By Play, and Dave Blackburn will be providing Color Commentary. They will be joined by a variety of other guest commentators and fastball Analysts in the Press Box, at Eau Claire’s Gelein Field.

The five peripheral events to be webcast live include: The Tournament Preview Show; The Opening Ceremonies; The Hall of Fame Induction Breakfast; Pool Play Wrap-up and Playoff Preview Show; and The Closing Ceremonies & Awards Show.

“Our 32 live streaming games and events, combined with Jim Flanagan and Blair Setford’s ISC II coverage of at least 24 games, makes for a comprehensive fastball webcast package of nearly 60 games and events” said Dave Blackburn, ISC Commissioner of Streaming and Broadcasting. Blackburn will also produce the webcasts. “Fastpitch fans from around the world, will be able to get an earful, by the time the final dust settles in Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls.”

To listen to the World Tournament games, click on the “Live Game Audio” button at the bottom of the ISC Home Page at:

www.iscfastpitch.com

Listeners only need the freely available Series 9 version of Windows Media Player. To download, if necessary, go to:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/player.aspx

All times listed are in Central Time.

Fri August 12

4PM TOURNAMENT PREVIEW SHOW

GAME 3 6PM COUNTY MATERIALS VS SASKATOON

GAME 5 8PM FARM VS IS KNIGHTS

SAT August 13

GAME 17 4 PM IS KNIGHTS VS CALGARY

630 PM OPENING CEREMONIES

GAME 19 8 PM COUNTY MATERIALS VS BROKEN BOW

GAME 21 10 PM MIDLAND VS HEFLIN BUILDERS

SUN August 14

9 AM HALL OF FAME INDUCTION BREAKFAST

4 PM CIRLCE TAP VS SASKATOON

6 PM QUAKER RIVERSHARKS VS BROKEN BOW

8 PM CALGARY VS THE FARM

MON August 15

4 PM MIDLAND VS IS KNIGHTS

6 PM HEFLIN BUILDERS VS THE FARM

8 PM CIRCLE TAP VS COUNTY MATERIALS

TUE August 16

4 PM CALGARY VS MIDLAND

6 PM COUNTY MATERIALS VS QUAKER RIVERSHARKS

8 BROKEN BOW VS CIRCLE TAP

WED August 17

4 PM BROKEN BOW VS SASKATOON

6 PM THE FARM VS MIDLAND

10 PM POOL PLAY WRAP-UP AND PLAYOFF PREVIEW

THU August 18

4 PM Game 90 PLAY-OFF ROUND 1

6 PM Game 92 PLAY-OFF ROUND 1

8 PM Game 94 PLAY-OFF ROUND 1

10 PM Game 96 PLAY-OFF ROUND1

FRI August 19

Noon Game 97 QUARTER-FINALS

2 PM Game 98 QUARTER-FINALS

6 PM Game 99 QUARTER-FINALS

8 PM Game 100 QUARTER-FINALS

SAT August 20

Noon Game 101 SEMI-FINALS

2 PM Game 102 SEMI-FINALS

630 PM Game 103 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

830 PM AWARDS AND CLOSING CEREMONIES

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2005 ISC II Tournament of Champions Webcast Schedule

Monday, August 8th, 2005

From ISC II Commissioner Blair Setford:

August 8, 2005

Following our highly successful debut in 2004, we are pleased to announce the webcast schedule for the 2005 ISC II Tournament of Champions starting this Sunday at Casper Park in Chippewa Falls, WI.

The round robin portion of the webcast schedule calls for 13 games featuring 20 different teams, including nearly every one of the top 20 ranked teams.

ISC II fans can also expect to hear 11 playoff games, including both semi-final games and the championship game on Friday, August 19 at 4:00 PM Central time.

Back in the broadcast booth are BallParkRadio.com’s Jim Flanagan and ISC II Commissioner Blair Setford along with Joe Todd, Brett Bresnahan and Lance Winn. Chris Bach will be the “out-of-town” reporter providing regular updates on game scores from both the ISC II Tournament of Champions as well as the ISC World Tournament.

All regularly scheduled games can be heard by clicking on the following link: http://www.sportsjuice.com/providers2/index.php?tname=isc2 which is also available on the ISC II page at www.iscfastpitch.com.

Along with the regularly scheduled games, the option to produce alternate channel games is available this year thanks to the wireless connectivity technology in use at Casper Park.

If we produce these alternate channel games, they will be available through this link: http://www.sportsjuice.com/providers2/index.php?tname=ballparkradio or you can connect by simply clicking on the Click to Listen button at www.ballparkradio.com. Please note that some, all or none of these alternate games will be produced, depending on the technology as well as sponsorship and personnel availability.

If you are playing or otherwise participating in the 2005 ISC II Tournament of Champions, please take a few minutes of your time to fill out the Team and Player Bio forms at the following web page: http://www.ballparkradio.com/profile_forms.htm

Please also ask all the players on your team to take the time to fill out the questionnaires at the link as well.
These profiles enable us to learn more about the teams and players that we are covering and to produce a more interesting broadcast for our listeners.

The ISC II Tournament of Champions will feature 38 teams from across North America playing a four-game round robin schedule. The top three teams from each of the eight pools advance to a single elimination playoff bracket.

For more information, please contact:

Blair Setford
ISC II Commissioner
blairjs@rogers.com

or

Jim Flanagan
ISC II Broadcaster
jim@ballparkradio.com

2005 ISC II Tournament of Champions Webcast Schedule

Note that all times shown are Central time.
Add one hour for Eastern time. ie 1:00 PM = 2:00 PM Eastern
Subtract one hour for Mountain time. ie 1:00 PM = 12 noon Mountain

Sunday August 14
1:00 PM St. Paul, MN ABS-Villard at Sioux Falls, SD Sox
3:00 PM Niagara, ON Snappers at Appleton, WI The Bar of Appleton
7:00 PM Harriston, ON Mercurys at Oswego, NY McKie’s Sports
9:00 PM Chippewa Falls, WI Sawdust City at Tavistock, ON Smully’s Merchants

Alternate channel broadcast possibilities:
4:00 PM Bridgeport, ON PROforma Braves at Kenosha, WI Earl’s Club
7:00 PM Palermo, ON Athletics at Denmark, WI Pioneer Metal Finishers
9:00 PM Regina, SK Century 21 Angels at Perkasie, PA KMV Rise

Monday August 15
4:00 PM Gladstone, MB Whips at Ashland, OH Merchants
6:00 PM Galesville, WI Wilber Lime at Port Elgin, ON Blue Devils
8:00 PM Appleton, WI The Bar of Appleton at Hermann, MO Black Gold

Alternate channel broadcast possibilities:
3:00 PM Wichita, KS Athletic Club at Niagara, ON Snappers
5:00 PM Alvinston, ON Indians at Palermo, ON Athletics
7:00 PM Wausau, WI Rep & Baja’s at Oswego, NY McKie’s Sports

Tuesday August 16
3:00 PM Niagara, ON Snappers at Hermann, MO Black Gold
5:00 PM Tavistock, ON Smully’s Merchants at Lloydminster, AB PWM Steel Scope Dodgers
7:00 PM Ottawa, ON Team Easton Thunder at Sioux Falls, SD Sox
9:00 PM Perkasie, PA KMV Rise at Denmark, WI Circle Tap Lumberjacks

Alternate channel possibilities:
4:00 PM Rice Lake, WI Orangemen at St. Paul, MN ABS-Villard
5:00 PM Gladstone, MB Whips at Bridgeport, ON PROforma Braves
6:00 PM Elmira, ON Cubs at Regina, SK Century 21 Angels
8:00 PM Chippewa Falls, WI Sawdust City at Cobourg, ON Stingers

Wednesday August 17
10:00 AM Denver, CO Colorado Rage at Port Elgin, ON Blue Devils
or
11:00 AM Palermo, ON Athletics at Reasnor, IA RPMs

1:00 PM Denmark, WI Pioneer Metal Finishers at Alvinston, ON Indians
or
2:00 PM Oswego, NY McKie’s Sports at Yakima, WA JRW Associates

6:00 PM First round playoff game
8:00 PM First round playoff game

Alternate channel possibilities:
7:00 PM First round playoff game
9:00 PM First round playoff game

Thursday August 18
9:00 AM Second round playoff game
11:00 AM Second round playoff game
1:00 PM Second round playoff game
3:00 PM Second round playoff game
5:00 PM Quarter final game
7:00 PM Quarter final game

Alternate channel possibilities:
4:00 PM Second round playoff game
6:00 PM Quarter final game
8:00 PM Quarter final game

Friday August 19
10:00 AM Semi Final 1
12:00 PM Semi Final 2
4:00 PM CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

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