STEYR, Austria and VANCOUVER, July 22,
2016 /PRNewswire/ --
Yare Media Group Inc. announced today that the company witnessed
record breaking audience numbers this month delivering UEFA games
to internet viewers throughout Austria. In conjunction with APA-IT, a
subsidiary of the Austria Press Agency (APA). Yare streamed 40
matches during the course of the event, delivering more than 3
million viewing hours to Austrian soccer fans.
All matches were delivered in HD quality with additional bitrate
selections to optimize fan experiences on PCs, mobile devices and
tablets. Peak viewing within Austria topped 100,000 simultaneous viewers.
The Austria versus Portugal and the final Championship games each
attracted over 250,000 viewers online.
"With a population of 8.5 million, we are delighted that so many
Austrians elected to view the UEFA tournament online. Our
previous highs were 35,000 concurrent during the Olympics and
50,000 earlier this year during the Austrian presidential
elections," said Yare EU President Ing. Kurt Gatringer. "We expected bigger
numbers, but nothing approaching a threefold increase over the last
Winter Olympic audiences. We are clearly witnessing a paradigm
shift in the way fans want to see sports."
"UEFA 2016 was a milestone event for APA," stated Ing.
Wolfgang Ptacek, Head of Electronic
Media, APA-IT. "The number of people watching over the internet was
a marked increase from previous events. The continuing market
proliferation of internet connected devices combined with increases
in video quality have created a real alternative to watching
television."
Founded in early 2016 by senior media, entertainment and telecom
executives, Yare is a new media company specializing in the
development of effective, lost cost and quick to market HD video
solutions. Yare customer solutions incorporate innovative business
models with proven returns on investment.
With staff in Austria,
Vancouver, and Toronto, Yare offers a wide range of streaming
video solutions to sports, entertainment and enterprise
organizations.
About Yare Media
Yare offers enabling platforms, transcoding, transaction processing
and content delivery services for organizations wanting to deliver
a high quality video experience to a lean back, large screen
audience. The company is known for innovation and for the ability
to deliver solutions that fully meet the needs of its customers.
The management and operations teams have structured deals involving
major sports and entertainment brands worldwide. Yare's
clients include: ORF, APA-IT, GP Strategies, Magnabet, Turtle
Entertainment, SAT1, Nintendo, the United Nations, and Microgaming.
The website is at http://www.yaremedia.com.
For further information, please contact:
Kurt Gatringer
Yare EU President
Phone: +43(0)650-470-7000
E-mail: kurt.gatringer@yaremedia.eu
Hugh Dobbie
Yare Media CEO
Phone: +1(604)614-7170
E-mail : hugh.dobbie@yaremedia.com
SOURCE Yare Media GmbH