News
August 13, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE2009 MISS UNIVERSE® PRELIMINARY COMPETITION TO BE STREAMED LIVE ON AUGUST 16TH FROM ATLANTIS, PARADISE ISLAND, BAHAMAS AT WWW.NBC.COM and WWW.MISSUNIVERSE.COM
2009 MISS UNIVERSE PRELIMINARY COMPETITION TO BE STREAMED LIVE ON AUGUST 16TH FROM ATLANTIS, PARADISE ISLAND, BAHAMAS AT WWW.NBC.COM and WWW.MISSUNIVERSE.COM
Miss Universe’s First Live Stream will Utilize Ustream's Broadcast Platform to Deliver High Quality, Premium Content to the Internet Audience via NewTek TriCaster™ Portable Live Production System
NEW YORK, NY – August 13, 2009 – The Miss Universe Organization, Ustream and NewTek announced today that the 2009 MISS UNIVERSE® Preliminary Competition (Presentation Show) will be webcast live on August 16, 2009 from Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas at 8 PM ET on www.nbc.com and www.missuniverse.com via Ustream and NewTek Tricaster™.
This marks the first time the Miss Universe preliminary competition will be streamed online to a worldwide audience. Ustream, the leading internet broadcasting platform, allows anyone to stream live to an online audience. Using NewTek TriCaster, portable live production system, anyone can produce and live-stream a network-style production.
At the Preliminary Competition, all contestants will compete in the Swimsuit and Evening Gown categories as part of the selection of the top 15 finalists who will be revealed during the beginning of the two-hour live telecast of the 2009 MISS UNIVERSE® Pageant live on NBC and Telemundo on Sunday, August 23rd at 9 PM ET.
The Preliminary Competition will be hosted by Miss Universe 2009, Dayana Mendoza and Local Bahamas radio personality Ed Fields. London based singer Anthoney Wright will be performing his hit song “Wud if I Cud” during the competition.
This year’s judges will include: Steven Schillaci, Talent Producer for many hit shows including American Idol; Best Buddies Talent Executive Mark Wylie; Last Call with Carson Daly Executive Producer David Friedman; Trump Model Management President Corinne Nicolas; Hollywood Choreographer of Oxygen’s Dance Your Ass Off, Mario Mosley; and Tiza Tjokroadisumarto, Director of Retail Operations, Michael Kors (USA). The technology provided by Ustream and NewTek will ensure that viewers receive the highest quality live streaming content and that the pageant reaches an unprecedented mass audience.
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ABOUT USTREAM
Ustream is the live interactive video broadcast platform that enables anyone with a camera and an
Internet connection to quickly and easily broadcast to a global audience of unlimited size. In less
than two minutes, anyone can become a broadcaster by creating their own channel on Ustream or
by broadcasting through their own site, empowering them to engage with their audience and further
build their brand. Visit Ustream.com to start a broadcast now or learn more about broadcasting.
Ustream’s Shiba Inu Puppy Cam, seen by more than 10 million viewers worldwide, was listed as
one of 2008’s top 10 Web videos (Source: AP). Ustream powered more than 3.8 million streams
during the 2009 Presidential Inauguration.
ABOUT NEWTEK
Benefiting producers and artists with its cost-effective and ground-breaking technologies, NewTek
Inc. is a leader in portable live production, video editing, 3D animation and special effects tools,
including the TriCaster™ product line and LightWave 3D®. NewTek has won numerous industry
accolades, including two Emmy® Awards. Clients include: Fox News, BBC, NHL, NBA
Development League, MTV, VH1, the Steve Harvey Radio Show, the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). NewTek
products have been used in blockbuster films and television shows, including "The Dark Knight,"
"Iron Man," "300," "Hancock," "Tropic Thunder," "Battlestar Galactica," "Lost," "Fringe" and more.
NewTek is privately owned and based in San Antonio, Texas. For more information, please visit:
www.newtek.com.
ABOUT THE MISS UNIVERSE ORGANIZATION:
The MISS UNIVERSE®, MISS USA® and MISS TEEN USA® Pageants are a Donald J. Trump
and NBC Universal joint venture. Utilizing its nationwide grass roots infrastructure, the Miss
Universe Organization is committed to increasing HIV/AIDS awareness by focusing on women's
health and reproductive issues. By forging relationships with organizations committed to research
and education such as the Latino Commission on AIDS, God’s Love We Deliver, PSI/YouthAIDS
and Gay Men’s Health Crisis, Miss Universe is armed to impact women today. For more
information, visit: www.missuniverse.com.
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CONTACTS:
The Miss Universe Organization
Lark-Marie Antón
lanton@missuniverse.com
(212) 373-4982
Esther Swan
eswan@missuniverse.com
(212) 373-4870
Carl Althoff
calthoff@missuniverse.com
(212) 373-4983
Rubenstein Public Relations
Dara Busch
dbusch@rubensteinpr.com
(212) 843-8079
Ustream
Shari Foldes
shari@ustream.tv
(650) 864-9588
NewTek
Jennifer Thurlow
jthurlow@newtek.com
(210) 370-8216