Multi-Platform PBA Network Debuts The Professional Bowlers Association has announced the launch of the PBA Network, a multi-platform media umbrella built for fans and highlighted by televised and digital event coverage of the best players in the world competing for the most coveted titles in the sport. Through the PBA Network, fans will have unprecedented access to the PBA, including wall-to-wall coverage of an expanded schedule of live events, player interaction, mobile gaming, original programming, archived events and immediate news updates anytime, on varying communications devices anywhere in the world. PBA, the official website of the PBA, will be the home base for the PBA Network, linking to all of its media touch points at pba/PBANetwork. Xtra Frame, the PBAs streaming video service, is the lynchpin of the PBA Network with a yearly subscription fee of $64.99 ($5.41 per month) or a monthly subscription rate of $7.99, available at xtraframe.tv/pba/. The PBA has provided the most memorable moments and defined icons in bowling since its inception in 1958. Along the way it has been part of the fabric of the sports world as a staple on national television for more than 50 consecutive years, including every year of broadcast partner ESPNs history since 1979, PBA Commissioner Tom Clark said. The PBA has also been a trailblazer and leader in digital online coverage of sporting events since 2001, first on our Strike Pass, now Xtra Frame platform. The PBA Network celebrates the diversity of media outlets, competition and programming we have developed to make it better than ever for bowling fans to play games and get the best bowling action, news and information they want, whenever they want it, using whatever communications tools available to them. The PBA Network is also a cohesive vehicle for the PBAs sponsors and partners to reach its great fan base across the PBAs expanding media universe, including: ● Network television (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic, CBS Sports Network). In 2015, PBAs network telecasts will include more than 47 hours of original programming and will reach a total audience of more than 50 million viewers. ● Live streaming video (Xtra Frame). PBA produces hundreds of hours of live coverage of PBA Tour, PBA50 and PBA Regional events, plus original programming and archived ESPN shows, qualifying rounds and match play from hundreds of events serving a dedicated audience of more than 5,500 paid subscribers on a daily basis. Captivated subscribers spend an average of 60 minutes per viewing. ● Website (PBA). Featuring live scoring of major events, statistical updates, calendar information, video, player bios, scoring records, historical data and links to player websites and social media. In the past 12 months, more than 2.5 million unique users from more than 100 countries visited pba, recording just over 19 million page views. ● Online video (PBA YouTube Channel). PBAs video content on its dedicated YouTube Channel has recorded more than 9 million views. ● PBA In-box (PBA e-Newsletter, email notices). More than 200,000 PBA fans have signed up to receive the PBAs electronic fan newsletter to get news and sponsor updates via email. ● Mobile gaming (PBA Bowling Challenge by Concrete Software is on Google Play, Apple iOS, Amazon App Store, Nook). Nearly 11 million mobile device users have been exposed to PBA competition through downloads, and more than 115,000 play the PBA game on a daily basis. ● Social media (Professional Bowlers Association Facebook page and associated PBA Regional, PBA50, PBA League and PBA personality Facebook pages; and @PBATour on Twitter). PBAs most prominent social media outlets include 150,000-plus likes and 27,000-plus followers. PBA Player and PBA League owner communications via social media bring those numbers into millions of followers. Access and availability have been critical in developing the PBA Network along with digital partners such as our Xtra Frame host NeuLion and mobile game developer Concrete Software, Clark said. Whether your favorite communications device is your smart phone, laptop, tablet or TV, the PBA has created a media outlet that allows you to access news and watch bowling action easily anytime and anywhere. The recently-released 2015 PBA calendar of events (news.pba/) includes a global tournament schedule that will reward 37 PBA national titles from now until the end of 2015. In 2015, the PBA will conduct more than 180 tournaments in the USA and more in cooperation with a growing number of international partners and World Bowling. The PBA Network includes on-site fan interaction and pro-ams in more than 150 cities worldwide for PBA Tour, PBA50 Tour, PBA Regionals for men, seniors and women; World Bowling-PBA International Tour and PBA Japan Regional program events. PBA Network promotional posters featuring reigning PBA Player of the Year Jason Belmonte, Rookie of the Year E. J. Tackett, Summer Swing King of the Swing Bill ONeill and World Bowling Tour Finals champion Sean Rash have been distributed to most bowling centers in the USA, and the PBA Network launch video is on the PBAs free YouTube channel: https://youtube/. McEwan Wins PABCON Gold; Team USA Advances Danielle McEwan capped off a dominating week for Team USA as she won the Masters gold medal last Wednesday to give the U.S. five of the six gold medals at the 2014 Pan American Bowling Confederation Womens Championships in Cali, Colombia. McEwan defeated teammate Missy Parkin, 2-1, in the best-of-three championship match at the Cali Bowling Coliseum. The United States also won gold medals in doubles, trios, team and all-events. Parkin won the opening game of the championship match, 227-219, but McEwan rallied to take the next two games, 239-235 and 217-181. Parkin could have won the title in the second game, but left a 10-pin on her second shot in the 10th frame. This was my first time traveling with the whole team, and it was so amazing learning from them, McEwan said. It was awesome to spend time with the team because they are all so unbelievably knowledgeable, and I was just trying to keep up and learn as much as I could. In the semifinals, McEwan defeated Colombias Clara Guerrero, 2-0, in a dramatic finish. McEwan took the first game, 238-188, and Guerrero had a chance to force a decisive third game but got seven on her final ball to lose, 211-209. Parkin advanced to the gold-medal match by defeating teammate Liz Johnson, 2-1. Johnson took the opening game, 232-183, before Parkin won the next two, 242-201 and 216-214. The PABCON Womens Championships featured bowlers from 13 countries. In addition to the medal competition, four countries earned spots in the 2015 Pan American Games. The United States, Aruba, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico all punched their tickets for Toronto next July. Bowl for the Cure Efforts Pick Up Steam This Month October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the sport of bowling once again will support the fight against breast cancer through its ongoing Bowl for the Cure initiative. Bowl for the Cure is a year-round fundraising and breast cancer awareness effort sponsored by the United States Bowling Congress in partnership with Susan G. Komen, the worlds largest grassroots organization of breast cancer survivors and activists. Early detection and effective treatment have resulted in a 34 percent decline in breast cancer mortality in the United States since 1990, but for women ages 40-59, breast cancer remains the most common cause of cancer death in the nation. Through the support of local and state associations and bowlers throughout the country, more than $10 million in total donations have been made to Susan G. Komen through the Bowl for the Cure initiative. Each season, the bowling community comes together through Bowl for the Cure and other types of fundraising events to help in this ongoing battle against breast cancer, said USBC Executive Director Chad Murphy. This disease has affected so many, either directly or indirectly, and USBC will continue to do its part to help strike out breast cancer. Bowl for the Cure has several ways for the bowling community to help with fundraising efforts: * Shop - USBCBowlingStore has a great new selection of Bowl for the Cure merchandise for 2014, and 25 percent of all BFTC purchases will go to Susan G. Komen. * Donate - Anyone can make a direct impact by donating online, and every dollar will go directly to Komens fight against this deadly disease. * Participate - USBC has new event materials for Bowl for the Cure event planners, so now its easier to put together an event at your local bowling center. The materials can be found at BowlfortheCure, plus there is an event calendar that has a state-by-state listing of upcoming BFTC events. Visit BowlfortheCure to get involved and for more information about the USBCs Bowl for the Cure efforts and its partnership with Susan G. Komen. Webers U.S. Open Outburst Is a Fan Favorite PBA Hall of Famer Pete Weber, visiting Los Angeles to star in an upcoming ESPN This is Sports Center commercial, was also invited to make a surprise appearance on ESPNs SportsNation, where he participated with hosts Michelle Beadle, Marcellus Wiley and Max Kellerman in a fan-interactive game called Thats how I roll... The almost nine-minute segment closed with fans voting on which meltdown was the best: Webers classic Who do you think you are? I am... outburst after winning the 2012 U.S. Open, or Philadelphia Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbons recent tirade after making an obscene gesture toward Phillies fans after blowing a save. Webers enthusiastic reaction at the U.S. Open was an easy winner. To watch the entire SportsNation appearance, use this link: https://youtube/
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