Web Television Network News
BUTTE DAREDEVILS AND WEB TELEVISION NETWORK TO HOST EVEL KNIEVEL MEMORIAL SERVICES
 December 7, 2007 – The Butte Daredevils announced today that it will carry the memorial services for legendary daredevil Evel Knievel from his hometown of Butte, Montana.
Services will begin live Monday, December 10, 2007 at 10:30 AM (MST) from the Butte Civic Center on www.buttedaredevils.com via Web Television Network. Public viewing begins at 7:00 AM (MST).
“Friday, November 30 marked the end of what will forever be remembered as the longest and most courageous battle between one man, a man we all know as the world's greatest daredevil, and death,” the daredevil’s official Web site said. “Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel died in Clearwater, Florida, finally succumbing after nearly a three-year bout with the terminal lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. He was 69.”
Knievel became famous for his death-defying stunts, including motorcycle jumps over the fountains at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas and Snake River Canyon in Idaho.
"It's been coming for years, but you just don't expect it,” longtime friend and promoter Billy Rundle told ESPN. “Superman just doesn't die, right?"
For more information, visit www.buttedaredevils.com
CBA ALL-STAR GAME TO BE BROADCAST ON WEB TELEVISION NETWORK (2/5/07)
 PITTSBURGH , February 5, 2007 – The Continental Basketball Association announced today that it has partnered with Web Television Network to broadcast the 2007 Continental Basketball Association All-Star game and Skills Competition live on the internet. The All-Star Game, which will be hosted by the Butte Daredevils, will be played on Tuesday, February 6 at the Butte Civic Center. The Skills Competition will tip off at 8:00 PM Eastern Time (6:00 PM Mountain) with the Slam Dunk Contest and be followed immediately by the Long Distance Shootout. The All-Star game is slated for 9:15 PM Eastern Time (7:15 PM Mountain).
Web Television Network ( webtelevisionnetwork.com ) is a comprehensive broadband initiative designed to provide fans, sponsors, media and the general public with quality live and archived steaming webcasts of games and other compelling video on-demand programming. WTN seeks to be the premier broadband destination for free, live video of Continental Basketball Association games and other video-on-demand features highlighting the League's teams and athletes.
Web Television Network has already partnered with the CBA's Pittsburgh Xplosion to broadcast the team's remaining 11 home games and is in negotiations to with the CBA to broadcast the league's remaining 82 regular season and postseason games.
"We are excited about our partnership with Web Television Network," said Pittsburgh Xplosion CEO Richard Hersperger "The Network also will exponentially increase the number of our basketball games available. It will connect league fans in more ways than every before with their favorite teams."
WTN's goals are to produce more than 200 events with a focus on basketball regular-season and postseason contests, selected additional events and other specialty programming. In addition to the many live games, selected events will be archived for on-demand viewing for a specified time, allowing fans to catch a game they missed, watch it again or check out highlights.
For the 2007-08 season, WTN's programming will include:
Free, live coverage of ...
• more than 200 Continental Basketball Association regular and postseason basketball games
On-demand access to ...
• archives of Continental Basketball Association basketball games
Additional features include ...
• special coverage of teams, events and personalities around the CBA
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