VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — YBVR, a Silicon Valley expertise startup and a international chief in Immersive Live Sports streaming, has joined forces with TELUS and MEDIAPRO Canada to pilot a fully-immersive Sports Metaverse service in Canada and redefine the way in which followers expertise dwell sports activities. Beginning with OneSoccer and the Canadian Premier League (CPL), the TELUS Sports app brings Canadian soccer followers entry to distinctive options permitting them to select, in actual time, between up to eight totally different digicam angles, throughout a number of units and from a number of viewers to supply probably the most immersive soccer viewing expertise within the consolation of their residence or on-the-go. TELUS Sports is free and accessible for obtain on cell units by the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, choose Android TVs for TELUS subscribers on Optik TV and Pik TV, and net browsers by visiting telussports.ybvr.com.
“YBVR is proud to partner with TELUS and MEDIAPRO Canada to offer a one-of-a-kind viewing experience to Canadian soccer fans,” mentioned Hector Prieto, Co-Founder and CEO at YBVR. “YBVR is the technology provider behind the enhanced, immersive, multi-camera and hyper-personalized fan experience. It is an interactive and flexible solution that will be available for all October Canadian Premier League games. As soccer fever takes over Canada, the ending of this year’s season promises to be exciting, and TELUS, combined with the power of YBVR’s technology, will make it accessible for all Canadians.”
YBVR’s present portfolio of immersive sports activities tech initiatives consists of initiatives with Wimbledon and the Australia Open tennis Majors, EuroLeague basketball, and Real Madrid, in addition to partnerships with main gamers in sports activities broadcasting reminiscent of Verizon, Singtel, and Telefónica.
“As the sport with the highest participation levels among children and young people in Canada, soccer is embedded in our national mainstream. This project provides an exciting boost for fans by enhancing the Canadian Premier League’s digital content offering through the TELUS Sports app,” mentioned Amit Nag, Vice-president, Entertainment and Education Services at TELUS. “By partnering together with YBVR and MEDIAPRO Canada, TELUS is piloting next-generation technology for the Canadian Premier League and enhancing soccer’s impact on the Canadian landscape.”
The new partnership is among the many first to experience the wave of technological innovation into Canada, bringing immersive, customized and interactive functionalities to soccer. The mixed technological capabilities and expertise of those three world-leading firms will carry a trailblazing new choice to Canadian Premier League followers by the TELUS Sports app and OneSoccer.
“This new venture represents an extraordinary opportunity for OneSoccer and the Canadian Premier League and will vault the viewing experience to a whole new level,” mentioned Oscar López, Chief Executive Officer at MEDIAPRO Canada. “In just four years, the CPL has developed into a compelling and competitive league with a dedicated fan base from coast to coast, and TELUS and YBVR have shown that they understand the popularity of soccer among Canadian families and sports fans, at a time when Canadian soccer is reaching new heights – not just at home but at a continental and global level. We’re delighted to join the likes of Real Madrid and Wimbledon in engaging viewers through the latest in technological innovation.”
The TELUS Sports app is obtainable as a pilot for followers to watch the remaining 9 matches within the season, for a complete of 4 common season matches and the 5 post-season fixtures which can decide the 2022 CPL champion.
About YBVR
YBVR is a expertise firm that’s re-defining the way in which followers expertise dwell sports activities. YBVR allows a new immersive and interactive dialogue with sport followers, particularly the brand new generations, partaking from residence and in-venue. The expansive experience of those firms brings about a unbelievable alternative for the Canadian Premier League and its followers.
About MEDIAPRO Canada
MEDIAPRO Canada, the Canadian subsidiary of GRUP Mediapro, the Spanish media multinational, holds a long-term partnership with Canadian Soccer Business for the worldwide media rights to the Canadian Premier League, the nation’s first-division males’s skilled soccer league; the Canadian Championship, Canada Soccer’s home soccer competitors involving all skilled soccer golf equipment in Canada together with Major League Soccer’s Toronto FC, CF Montréal and the Vancouver Whitecaps; and the house pleasant matches of Canada Soccer’s Women’s and Men’s National Teams. In 2019, it launched OneSoccer, a devoted soccer channel accessible by TELUS Optik TV, fuboTV and the OneSoccer app.
About TELUS
TELUS (TSX: T, NYSE: TU) is a dynamic, world-leading communications expertise firm with $17 billion in annual income and 17 million buyer connections spanning wi-fi, knowledge, IP, voice, tv, leisure, video, and safety. Our social objective is to leverage our global-leading expertise and compassion to drive social change and allow outstanding human outcomes. Our longstanding dedication to placing our prospects first fuels each facet of our business, making us a distinct chief in customer support excellence and loyalty. The quite a few, sustained accolades TELUS has earned through the years from unbiased, industry-leading community perception companies showcase the energy and velocity of TELUS’ global-leading networks, reinforcing our dedication to present Canadians with entry to superior expertise that connects us to the individuals, sources and info that make our lives higher.
TELUS Health is Canada’s chief in digital well being expertise, bettering entry to well being and wellness companies and revolutionizing the circulate of well being info throughout the continuum of care. TELUS Agriculture supplies revolutionary digital options all through the agriculture worth chain, supporting higher meals outcomes from improved agri-business knowledge insights and processes. TELUS International (TSX and NYSE: TIXT) is a main digital buyer expertise innovator that designs, builds, and delivers next-generation options, together with AI and content material administration, for international and disruptive manufacturers throughout high-growth {industry} verticals, together with tech and video games, communications and media, ecommerce and FinTech, healthcare, and journey and hospitality. TELUS and TELUS International function in 25+ nations around the globe.
Driven by our willpower and imaginative and prescient to join all residents for good, our deeply significant and enduring philosophy to give the place we dwell has impressed TELUS, our staff members and retirees to contribute greater than $900 million and 1.8 million days of service since 2000. This unprecedented generosity and unparalleled volunteerism have made TELUS probably the most giving firm on the earth. Together, let’s make the long run pleasant.
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YBVR Immersive Content
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MEDIAPRO Canada Media Relations
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Lena Chen
TELUS Public Relations
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