The Computer Group and Collegiate Images Sign Home Entertainment Distribution Agreement for Full Game College Sports Broadcasts on DVD
A partnership between Collegiate Images and The Computer Group will bring original network broadcasts of college football and basketball games to sports fans everywhere on DVD. There will be 30 new releases this year including the 1991 Fiesta Bowl game between Louisville and Alabama and the Michigan victory over Nebraska in the 1986 Fiesta Bowl.
Columbus, Ohio (PRWEB via PR Web
Direct) August 18, 2005 -- The Computer Group (www.thinktcg.com) and
Collegiate Images (www.collegiateimages.com) today announced they have reached an
agreement for The Computer Group to license Collegiate Images extensive college
sports library of full game broadcasts.
The licensing and distribution
agreement will enable The Computer Group to sell regional and national college
sports programming on DVD. Through this initiative, The Computer Group will gain
access to Collegiate Images comprehensive archives from colleges and
universities, conferences, bowl games and broadcast rights holders. By bringing
Collegiate Images content together with The Computer Groups strong media
manufacturing and retail distribution, more fans will be able to own and enjoy
these classic college games.
The first releases under this agreement
include the 1991 Fiesta Bowl Game between Louisville and Alabama, the 1999 Hall
of Fame Game between Auburn and Ohio State, and two Michigan football victories
-- the 1981 Rose Bowl Game and the 1986 win over Nebraska in the Fiesta Bowl. In
all 30 new titles will be added to a catalog of over 40 complete game releases
that the company has released under its Greatest Games Ever™ brand. Each product
will have the identifying Collegiate Images consumer mark on the cover, as well
as the Collegiate Images hologram sticker signifying the DVDs as an officially
licensed product.
"We're very happy to be working with The Computer
Group because of their understanding of the collegiate sports marketplace," said
Mark Geddis, President of Collegiate Images. "They saw the potential of bringing
original network broadcasts of these great games to DVD."
"With
Collegiate Images help, we've been able to uncover and release some games that
fans thought they'd never see again," said Suzanne Erickson, CEO of The Computer
Group. "Now they can relive the excitement of every exciting play in full screen
digital video."
About Collegiate Images:
Fort Lauderdale-based
Collegiate Images (CI) is the centralized licensing and rights clearance agency
that manages the distribution of archived video and still images for colleges,
universities, conferences, bowl games and broadcast rights holders. CI's role is
to centralize footage licensing requests and create consistency across the
collegiate market. In addition to the development of revenue and new business
opportunities, the centralized agency is responsible for the enforcement and
management of both copyrighted footage and other video and still images
containing trademarks or other proprietary rights of a collegiate property or
rights holder.
CI is a joint venture of Convizion, Inc., a media
investment partnership, and The Collegiate Licensing Company. CLC, formed in
1981, is the nation's leading collegiate licensing and marketing representative
that assists collegiate licensors in protecting and controlling the use of their
logos through trademark licensing.
About The Computer Group:
With
offices in Hilliard, Ohio and Denver, Colorado, The Computer Group is one of the
fastest-growing woman-owned companies in the country. Founded in 1979, The
Computer Group is a multi-million dollar operation serving thousands of
customers worldwide. Through its four main business channels, software and media
manufacturing, distribution, sports DVD, and printing, the company has come to
be known as the best way to duplicate, assemble, package and distribute software
and new media.
The Computer Group's sports DVD business has established
itself as a leader in the design and distribution of full game, original network
broadcasts of classic college football and basketball games on DVD. In addition
to college sports, the company has a catalog of NASCAR races on DVD that include
original network broadcasts of the 1997 and 1998 Daytona 500. For more
information visit www.thinktcg.com.
Contacts:
Suzanne Erickson
The
Computer Group
800-466-4076
Jack Heilig
Collegiate
Images
954-343-8000 ext. 204
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