Yoursports
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Internet, Sports |
| Founded | Seattle, Washington, USA November 20, 2006 |
| Founder(s) | Chris McCoy, CEO |
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington, USA |
| Website | www.yoursports.com |
YourSports is an online media network for amateur sports. It operates on a crowd funding model—people interested in watching a certain event online contribute in advance towards its production. Currently, viewers can contribute towards the viewing rights towards archived video of certain games, such as the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. Recordings that attract sufficient funding can be watched for free by contributors, or for a small fee by other viewers.
YourSports began when founder Chris McCoy was interested in webcasting his hometown Babe Ruth League. The team had made it to the national championship game, but few of his neighbors had the means to travel to the match. He hired film students to help in the endeavor, but the webcast itself was not a complete success.[1]
Since then, YourSports has raised $900,000 in seed funding.[2]
[edit] Products
YourSports products include YourSports10, the first national online broadcast top 10 highlight show solely based on user-submitted amateur sports content. The show consists of media from fans, players, parents and coaches, and enables users to create channels (group profiles) for local teams and organizations. In addition, users can create their own Top 5 highlight show.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Ex-Stanford players to watch '72 Rose Bowl win". Sports Illustrated. 17 November 2009. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. http://web.archive.org/web/20100318004129/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/ncaa/wires/11/17/2060.ap.fbc.stanford.reunion.0559/index.html. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
- ^ Cook, John (25 October 2007). "YourSports tackles amateur athletics". Seattle Post-Intelligencer Venture Capital Blog. http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/venture/archives/124435.asp. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
- ^ Angelos, Andy (24 October 2007). "YourSports Joins Crowded Athletic Social Network Landscape". Mashable. http://mashable.com/2007/10/24/yoursports/. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
