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For Immediate Release January 5, 2010

Northeast Conference Announces Women’s Basketball Webcast Package NEC To Team Up With Pack Network For Regular Season & Postseason Package To Air On NortheastConference.TV

Somerset, NJ -- The Northeast Conference (NEC) and Pack Network will partner this winter to produce a women’s basketball webstreaming package, the first such endeavor for the league. The NEC PackCasts will air on NortheastConference.TV, the league's new web-based media platform which launched last November, and will be made available to fans at no charge.

With each NEC program featured at least once over the course of the season, the eight-game regular season webcast package tips-off on January 7th as Mount St. Mary’s visits Quinnipiac. Once the regular season slate concludes with Sacred Heart at Monmouth on February 27th, PackNetwork will broadcast the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds of the 2010 NEC Women’s Basketball Tournament live from DeGol Arena on the campus of Saint Francis (PA).

"The NEC remains committed to bolstering its new media efforts and delivering unique digital content,” said Noreen Morris, NEC Commis- sioner. “Partnering with Pack Network on a women’s basketball webcast package will serve as the perfect complement to our television coverage and is a great opportunity to reach all our fans via NortheastConference.TV. These broadcasts will also serve as a terrific showcase for our rising women’s basketball programs.”

Providing commentary for the package on the play-by-play side will be Paul Dottino, Matt Harmon and Craig D’Amico, with Pam Roecker, Jaclyn Vocell and Tom Green handling color analysis.

In addition to the women’s basketball schedule of games, NortheastConference.TV serves as the league's championship webcast hub, with eight conference tournaments to be streamed via Pack Network in 2009-10. In addition to men's and women's soccer, and women's last fall, and women’s basketball this winter, the spring will feature live postseason webcasts for women's lacrosse, and baseball.

NortheastConference.TV also offers on-demand archived content and highlight packages, all free to the viewing public.

"The Northeast Conference continues to push the envelope with their online video streaming presence and we are excited with the direction of NortheastConference.TV,” said K.J. Cardinal, co-founder of Pack Network. “Fans around the league, and college athletics in general, are really taking notice of the enhanced coverage that the NEC is offering and the addition of eight regular-season women's basketball games should only help this growing fan base."

Dating back to the 2007-08 season, the NEC and Pack Network have partnered to offer an industry-leading streaming video solution. Live event productions include multiple cameras, an on-screen scoreboard, instant replays and graphics that replicate those found in broadcast television productions. (Northeast Conference Announces Women’s Basketball Webcast Package • 1-of-2)

Bryant University (2012-13) • Central State University • Fairleigh Dickinson University • • Mount St. Mary’s University • • • St. Francis (NY) College Saint Francis (PA) University • 2009-10 NEC Women’s Basketball PackCast Regular Season Schedule

Date Matchup Time Thursday, January 7 Mount St. Mary's at Quinnipiac 5:00 pm Saturday, January 16 St. Francis (NY) at Wagner 3:00 pm Thursday, January 21 Robert Morris at Fairleigh Dickinson 5:00 pm Saturday, January 30 Fairleigh Dickinson at CCSU 3:30 pm Thursday, February 4 Long Island at St. Francis (NY) 5:00 pm Saturday, February 6 Mount St. Mary's at Wagner 3:00 pm Thursday, February 11 Saint Francis (PA) at Bryant 4:00 pm Saturday, February 27 Sacred Heart at Monmouth 3:00 pm

2009-10 NEC Women’s Basketball PackCast Tournament Schedule

Date Matchup Time Saturday, March 6 NEC Quarterfinals at Saint Francis (PA) TBA Sunday, March 7 NEC Semifinals at Saint Francis (PA) TBA

About The Northeast Conference Now in its 29th season, the Northeast Conference is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic association consisting of 12 institutions of higher learning located throughout six states. Media coverage of the NEC extends to four of the largest markets in the United States - (#1), (#23), (#26), and Hartford/New Haven (#30). Founded in 1981 as the basketball-only ECAC Metro Conference, the NEC has grown to sponsor 22 championship sports for men and women and now enjoys automatic or play-in access to 13 different NCAA Championships. NEC member institutions include Central Connecticut State, Fairleigh Dickinson, Long Island, Monmouth, Mount St. Mary's, Quinnipiac, Robert Morris, Sacred Heart, St. Francis (NY), Saint Francis (PA) and Wagner. Bryant will become the NEC’s 12th member upon completion of the NCAA Division I reclassification process in 2012. For more information on the NEC, visit www.northeastconference.org.

About Pack Network With an emphasis on high-quality video production for live events, Pack Network has moved to the forefront in a rapidly growing streaming video industry. Pack Network aims to make its online streaming video mirror real television as much as possible. This is accomplished as broadcasts feature multiple cameras, on-screen graphics, professional announcers and much more. While immersed into the college athletics scene, Pack Network also provides streaming video services, graphic design and website services for any industry. For more information, visit packnetwork.com and packnetwork.tv.

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