Southland, Partners Launch New Website, Digital Network
Southland Conference
FRISCO, Texas – The Southland Conference has partnered with SIDEARM Sports and Volar Video to launch the league’s enhanced digital network, including its official website, the conference announced Tuesday in conjunction with the website’s debut this week.
As the Southland’s official website provider, SIDEARM Sports gives fans of the Southland and its member schools a fully adaptive experience across all platforms. SIDEARM Sports has already released a new, official Android app for the conference and will release an all-new app for iOS devices in the coming days.
“It is always exciting to welcome another Division I conference into our family,” Jeff Rubin, President/CEO of SIDEARM Sports, said. “We hope the member schools, fans, student-athletes and supporters of the Southland Conference enjoy all the features that site has to offer, including full integration with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram, live video, live stats and photo galleries. We are thrilled to welcome the Southland Conference into the SIDEARM Sports family.”
The Southland Conference Digital Network will offer video, live stats, photo galleries and full social media integration in addition to always popular content like standings, statistics, event recaps, schedules and results.
The league also partnered with Volar Video to create a dedicated video portal for the digital network that will be home to live events and an archived library of highlights, interviews and features that will remain free to viewers.
"Volar is proud to become the new online video platform for the Southland Conference and we are excited to partner with SIDEARM Sports to launch the Southland's dynamic new website," David Bertram, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of Volar Video, said. "Our integration with SIDEARM will provide fans a brand new home to view Southland Conference championship events free of charge and in HD, beginning with the 2014 Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament."
Southland Conference Commissioner Tom Burnett said, “The Southland is very excited about these new opportunities with SIDEARM and Volar Video. Partnering with these industry leaders will provide the conference, our member institutions and those that follow our teams the best possible online experience. We look forward to a great future together.”
SIDEARM Sports is the official website host for more than 700 colleges, universities and athletic conferences and is already the official athletics website provider for nine Southland Conference institutions including Abilene Christian, Central Arkansas, Houston Baptist, UIW, McNeese State, New Orleans, Nicholls, Northwestern State and Southeastern Louisiana.
About SIDEARM Sports
Founded in 2001 by current President/CEO Jeff Rubin, SIDEARM (Sports Information Distribution Engine with Archives and Records Management) Sports is the leader in collegiate athletic web-based content management solutions. SIDEARM Sports provides the software and technology that powers the websites, livestats, and video streaming for more 700 colleges, universities and high schools across North America. SIDEARM Sports works with NCAA DI, DII, DIII plus NAIA, NJCAA, NCCAA and CIS programs – no program is too large or too small for the SIDEARM software. For more information, visit
www.sidearmsports.com.
About Volar Video
Volar Video is a digital video technology company whose proprietary software and production platform enables clients to broadcast and monetize events in high quality with custom graphics and ad insertion. Led by an experienced team of production, technical software, marketing and sports executives, Volar Video delivers customized video solutions across television, computer and mobile platforms. Volar Video has offices in Lexington, Ky. and New York. For more information, visit
www.volarvideo.com.
About the Southland Conference
An NCAA Division I athletic conference, the Southland currently consists of 14 member universities in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma, and four new members join July 1, 2013. Founded in 1963 and celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2013, the Southland Conference sponsors 17 championship sports, nine for women and eight for men. Women compete for nine championships in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, and volleyball. Men’s sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, tennis, and indoor and outdoor track and field. All told, the membership of the Southland Conference encompasses more than 110,000 current students and an alumni base of approximately 700,000. For more information, visit
www.southland.org.