ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – The St. Bonaventure University Athletics Department will stream all of its home men’s and women’s basketball games free of charge for the 2011-12 basketball season, director of athletics Steve Watson announced on Thursday.
Fans will now be able to access all Bona home games, beginning with the men’s exhibition against Mansfield on Friday, live over the Internet through the CBS All-Access player on GoBonnies.com. No usernames, passwords or account will be required.
The broadcasts will be produced by SBU-TV under the direction of Paul Wieland, associate professor of journalism and mass communication, and technical director Joe Paciorkowski. Undergraduate students from the Russell J. Jandoli School of Journalism and Mass Communication will continue to provide most of the broadcast crew. On the majority of the men’s games, SBU graduate Jeremy Noeson ’05 will call the play-by-play and John Watson Jr., associate professor in the School of Business, will provide color commentary.
St. Bonaventure graduates Dan Collins ’73, the vice president of corporate communications at Corning, Inc., and James Slattery ’58, founder and owner of Slattery Insurance Agency in Boston, Mass., provided the lead sponsorships to create the change from the previous pay-per-view model.
“If our fans are unable to make it to a game, we hope they take advantage of being able to watch a television-quality broadcast from their homes,” Watson said. “We are grateful to the faculty and students of SBU-TV, Dan Collins and Jim Slattery, for what they’ve done to bring Bonnies basketball to anyone who has Internet access.”
Games are produced through a network-level television sports production truck by Game Creek Video. The truck, a 48-foot, 40-ton unit, sits just outside the Reilly Center and was once used for major league sports and the Academy Awards. The equipment on the truck includes a Grass Valley 3000 switcher, four hard Ikegami cameras with Canon lenses, three hand-held Ikegami cameras, four Sony W75 Beta decks, a Yamaha 3500 audio console, a Chyron Infinit, and an Abekas DVEous.
For information on sponsoring future broadcasts, contact Aaron Hill, director of sales and marketing, at ahill@sbu.edu or (716) 375-2086.
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