Touchdown for Prep Zone in Wisconsin

Football is a pretty big deal in Wisconsin. (note: undefeated Green Bay Packers) In fact, for many Wisconsinites it reaches far beyond NFL.  With the launch of FOX Sports Prep Zone this season, FOX Sports Wisconsin discovered that high school football is a culture of its own.

FOX Sports Wisconsin created content and conversation surrounding high school football during the season and took coverage to a new level for the state championships games:

*52 football games streamed live on FOXsportswisconsin.com
*14 half-hour Prep Zone shows televised
*7 division state championship games televised live on FOX Sports Wisconsin  
*264,000+ Prep Zone page views on FOXsportswisconsin.com
*586 instant video highlights & over 193,600 views via Snappy TV (details below)

FOX Sports West's Prep Zone Platform Fuels Most Expansive SoCal High School Championship Offering to Date

This Friday and Saturday, FOX Sports West, PRIME TICKET and FoxSportsWest.com will deliver unparalleled coverage of all 13 CIF Southern Section 11-man Division Football Championship games. This marks the first time all 13 Champions will be crowned in front of a live television or online audience. Other highlights include:

-Added ‘sixth box’ allows
for five games to be streamed simultaneously

-FS West & PRIME TICKET complement live streaming with

side-by-side telecasts

-Championship coverage
includes 40+ hours of live
action in two days

Coverage begins this Friday at 6:30PM PT with the "High School Spotlight Live" pre-game show. Online games can be viewed across the country here or via an iPhone or iPad device here. 

Minnesotans Go “Wild” for the FOX Sports North Girls

Fans in Minnesota are going “wild” for the FOX Sports North Girls…literally, Minnesota Wild fans love Jenny and Paige.  The FOX Sports North Girls have only been around for six weeks, but are already getting a lot of attention from both fans and team partners.

*Special appearance requests from Minnesota Wild including recent “Let’s Play Hockey” announcement in front of 17,500+ fans

*Closing in on 2,000 Facebook fans and 1,500 Twitter followers

*Multiple appearances on FOX Sports North pre- and post-game shows 

*Photo gallery top viewed page on FOXSportsNorth.com in November

FOX Sports Detroit Joins Hockey World in Salute of Red Wings Announcer

Prestigious NHL broadcasting award won by popular Red Wings analyst Mickey Redmond was shared with fans via:

* Long form interviews

* Devoted Facebook page

* Personalized web "greetings"
* Devoted WINGSPAN episode 

FOX Sports Detroit's Mickey Redmond -- a fixture as analyst on Red Wings telecasts for 26 years (the last 15 on FS Detroit) -- received the prestigious Foster Hewitt Memorial Award on Nov. 14 as part of the Hockey Hall of Fame Induction festivities.

HS Football Player Kicks His Way Past Disability: FOX Sports Ohio Tells the Story

While preparing to televise its final H.S. football game of 2011 between Eastlake North and Willoughby South, FOX Sports Ohio learned of Eastlake North's place kicker, Anthony Bagliano. 

FOXSportsOhio.com's story that ran on MSN's main carousel packaged the human interest story with a video and photo gallery  less than 24 hours prior to the live game. This is a great example of production and web teams working together to tell an inspirational story. 

*The feature by Sam Amico was the 2nd-highest viewed in the month, drawing more than 30X the audience of a typical front-page article. 

*The photo gallery was the 2nd-most visited in October, earning 8X the page views of the next-highest gallery. 

*FOX Sports Ohio’s high school producer Jeff Platz put together a special video feature  that aired during FOX Sports Ohio’s live telecast of the game as well as on FOXSportsOhio.com. This video had the most hits of any RSN's site during the month of October.

*Despite being a battle of unranked teams, the Thursday streaming (run in parallel with live telecast) registered 3X the viewership of the previous three weeks, and was the 3rd most viewed video stream of the entire season. 

FOX Sports West Partners with Ford Dealer for Local Food Drive, Pep Rally

To capitalize on high school football rivalry week in Southern California, FOX Sports West - in conjunction with season sponsors, Southern California Ford Dealers and Farmer John - hosted the inaugural "Spirit of Giving" pep rally to drum-up anticipation for the CIF-Southern Section Football Game of the Week: featuring Valencia and Hart high schools.

• 3-hour event hosted at Power Ford of Valencia Dealership
  
  
• Charitable component generated $26,000 in food donations for local food bank
  
  
• Respective cheer, dance, hip-hop teams & drumlines performed
  
  
• Farmer John served up hot dogs

FOX Sports North Takes Community Partnership to a New Level

The employees at FOX Sports North are proud of their ongoing community efforts. Earlier this year, FOX Sports North developed a relationship with Feed My Starving Children after the tsunami hit Japan in March. 


FOX Sports North teamed up with the Minnesota Twins and Japanese infielder, Tsuyoshi Nishioka to raise awareness about those in need of food in Japan. From there, FOX Sports North took its relationship with Feed My Starving Children to the next level with a three-month campaign which opened doors to other opportunities.

• Promotion and Education Across All FOX Sports North Platforms
• Employee involvement
• Mike Dimond Travels to Haiti
• Awarded Board of Governor’s Emmy