Jerry Milani from the IFL sent along the following:
INTERNATIONAL FIGHT LEAGUE FORMS VIDEO SHARING PARTNERSHIP WITH SOCIAL
MEDIA NETWORK IMEEM
NEW YORK, February 26, 2008 — The International Fight League (OTC.BB:
IFLI) and leading social media network imeem today announced a video
sharing partnership that will give imeem’s growing global community of
23 million users the opportunity to view and interact with media from
IFL’s action-packed fighting league at www.ifl.imeem.com.
“One of the greatest success stories has been the exposure of our
athletes, coaches and events in the digital space, and this partnership
with imeem will further that growth,” said IFL CEO Jay Larkin.
“Compelling content is key to success, and this partnership gives us added
opportunity to continue to expose our brand to as large an audience as
possible with compelling content we know this demo loves to view.”
The partnership will create an IFL TV channel on imeem where fans can
find engaging and fresh media content from the professional mixed
martial arts sports league, ranging from match highlights to athlete and
coach interviews and instructional segments. The imeem community can also
express themselves with their favorite IFL content by creating and
sharing custom video playlists with friends on imeem and through embeddable
widgets on third party sites across the Web.
IFL short form videos are already some of the highest volume sports
pieces on a host of digital sharing sites, including YouTube, PalTalk, and
Break.com. Visit IFL on imeem at www.ifl.imeem.com for videos and more
information on the International Fight League.
About the IFL
International Fight League (IFL) has its headquarters in New York
and offices in Las Vegas. For more information about IFL, please see:
www.ifl.tv.
About imeem
imeem is the leading social media network where users create, recommend
and discover music, film/video, art, and pop culture media and connect
directly with people with similar tastes. The imeem community can
share their tastes on imeem and across the Web using innovative media
expression tools and social discovery features, including custom music
playlists, video channels, photo slideshows and embeddable widgets. The
Web-based service www.imeem.com launched in March 2006 and has since grown
to over 23 million unique users each month. For more information, visit
www.imeem.com.
