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NCAA and Thought Equity Motion, in Association with CBS Sports, Provide Access to the NCAA Championship Collection

For Immediate Release

Wednesday, March 7, 2007
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Gail Dent

NCAA

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DENVER, Colo., March 7, 2007 – The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the organization dedicated to improving the educational experience of the student-athlete, and Thought Equity Motion, the world’s largest supplier of online motion content, in association with CBS Sports, today announced the launch of NCAA® On Demand. Through NCAA On Demand, available at www.ncaaondemand.com, college sports fans will have access to the entire NCAA Championship Collection containing nearly 5,000 games in various sports, some dating back to the 1930s. The Collection is available for purchase on DVD, with select content available for digital download and through free internet streaming.

At launch, NCAA On Demand offers full game broadcasts available for purchase on DVD from NCAA men’s and women’s championships, including basketball, ice hockey, wrestling, baseball, softball and lacrosse. Additional programming such as replays of every game in the 2006 Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, highlight reels of legendary players, and the NCAA Championships Year in Review highlight programs are available through free Internet streaming. Hundreds of hours of games are being digitized each month and soon fans will be able to access championship moments across all 23 NCAA sports and the Association’s 88 championships.

“The NCAA is excited that supporters of collegiate athletics will have unprecedented access to the NCAA Championship Collection. We are pleased to open our archives to fans, former student-athletes, and member institutions that have added so much to American sports and society,” said Greg Shaheen, NCAA’s senior vice president for Basketball and Business Strategies.

“NCAA On Demand has always been a big part of our vision for making the NCAA video archive more accessible and valuable,” said Kevin Schaff, CEO of Thought Equity Motion. “Since we took over the management of the archive in 2005, we have had thousands of requests for classic games from fans and former student-athletes from all over the country. Through our partnership with the NCAA, we are proud to be able to make these moments accessible to the people who created them.”

The Collection also contains original programming such as the 1966 Texas Western vs. Kentucky championship basketball game, which provided the inspiration for the movie Glory Road. The only known film version of the game was captured without audio so the complete game experience was simply a memory cherished by a few individuals. After digitally restoring the 40-year-old film footage, Thought Equity Motion synchronized the footage with the only-existing radio broadcast to create the only known audio/video version of the game in the world.

The entire NCAA Championship Collection can be found exclusively at www.ncaaondemand.com. Additionally, the most popular titles also will be offered at www.amazon.com/ncaaondemand/. Bulk discounts are available to NCAA member institutions for distribution of NCAA On Demand titles through bookstores and athletic departments.

About the NCAA
The NCAA is a membership-led nonprofit association of colleges and universities committed to supporting academic and athletic opportunities for more than 380,000 student-athletes at more than 1,000 member colleges and universities. Each year, more than 49,000 student-athletes compete in NCAA championships in Divisions I, II and III sports. Visit www.ncaa.org and www.ncaasports.com for more details about the Association, its goals and members and corporate partnerships that help support programs for student-athletes. The NCAA is proud to have the following elite companies as official Corporate Champions—Cingular, Coca-Cola and Pontiac—and the following elite companies as official Corporate Partners—DiGiorno, Enterprise, The Hartford, Lowe’s and State Farm.

About Thought Equity Motion

Thought Equity Motion is the world’s largest online supplier of motion content licensing and management services to the agency, entertainment and corporate production industries. The company’s Web site is the premier resource for production professionals who require information and support pertaining to the researching, licensing and clearing the world’s finest film and HD content for their broadcast, cable, wireless and other new media productions. For more information about Thought Equity Motion, visit www.thoughtequity.com.

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