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iClipx Global Media announced today that their extensive video podcast library will be accessible to new iPhone™ users. iClipx’s extreme sports programming is already available for free via iTunes, iClipx.com and hundreds of other video sharing websites and podcast directories.
iClipx content includes motor-cross freestyle, skate and snow boarding, power boat racing, National Jet Ski tour and other live events. Videos are produced in widescreen format and encoded in both flash and H.264(iPod) formats. To date, iClipx has over 600,000 monthly subscribers, 60% of which use iTunes to access iClipx video podcasts.
In addition, the company announced a partnership agreement with Media Rights America (MRA) to distribute iClipx content through MRA’s network of mobile network partners.
“We’re excited about the opportunity to provide our customers with more mobile access options to our content, notes Skip Fredricks, president of iClipx Global Media. Our community is constantly on the go, and we want to give them the ability to access our content on their terms.”
As part of this new partnership, iClipx and MRA plan to create new original video content, ringtones and games specifically for the extreme sports community.
“We are pleased to be able to offer our clients this amazing footage,” says Brad Kimura, VP of Content Rights Acquisition for MRA. “iClipx Global Media does an incredible job, providing the most eye-catching footage of extreme athletic performances.”
The first phase of content will be available for download in early July.
About Fredricks Multi-Media
iClipx Global Media (iclipx.com) was created in early 2006 by award winning extreme sports director and media producer Skip Fredricks. Skip, who is also a National Jet Ski champion, has been a video podcasting and mobile media pioneer since 2005. He has produced extreme sports programming and live events for FOX, Sunshine Networks, GEMS, The Water Channel, HBO, Universal Pictures and GNF-TV. His internationally syndicated programming can be seen in over 36 countries worldwide.
About Media Rights America, LLC
Media Rights America, LLC (mediarightsamerica.com) is a content rights brokerage and management group representing some of the world’s best Brazilian soccer clients and other high-profile entertainment groups in extreme/action sports, extreme fighting, music, movies and more. MRA is involved with digital publishing of video and audio content in a wide variety of formats to distribution platforms around the world. MRA represents exclusive traditional television broadcast rights as well all “new media” (IP, TCP-IP, UMTS and other mobile technologies) in content distribution.
PR Contacts
Media Rights America, LLC
Brad Kimura, VP Sales & Marketing/Content Rights Acquisition
P: 425-828-4989 / E: bradk[.]mediarightsamerica.com.
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