iHigh and Sports Illustrated Announce Partnership

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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- iHigh.com, the nation’s number one source for high school sports digital video, and Sports Illustrated, the most respected voice in sports journalism, have announced a partnership that will allow the two organizations to partner on promotions and content.  Special high school sports promotions, live "Games of the Week", and other content will be featured on iHigh and SI.com, the magazine’s 24/7 sports news website that delivers up to the minute news, scores, statistics and in-depth analysis.  

The partnership will give iHigh’s thousands of high school producers access to the massive Sports Illustrated audience and will give Sports Illustrated the most in-depth high school sports content available from any major online source.  Sports Illustrated’s award-winning content and newly produced special high school video content featuring their renowned sports writers will be featured on iHigh as well.

More than 9,100 schools and other youth groups across the country have signed up for digital online and mobile sites on iHigh.com.  Over 65,000 live broadcasts from 48 states and several countries have been featured on the iHigh.com network. The majority of these have been high school events – more than any other provider.  More than 12 million unique visitors used iHigh.com and the iHigh mobile application in the past 12 months -- double the previous year. In the past year, iHigh.com has expanded beyond high schools through successful partnerships with the National Junior College Association, USA Swimming, and various other amateur youth groups to produce live digital video events on the iHigh.com network.

About iHigh.com®, the Global Youth Network:
Based in Lexington, Ky., iHigh.com, Inc. is the nation’s Number One live digital video network for high school sports. It provides free Web services to schools, students and other youth organizations around the world to post live television-quality video, stories, photos, video clips, schedules and other information to a page customized with the group’s colors and logos.  Each iHigh.com school and youth group can generate revenue through video advertisements and sales of merchandise on its iHigh.com website at no cost to the school. For more information, go to http://www.iHigh.com.

About Sports Illustrated:
The SPORTS ILLUSTRATED franchise is anchored by the weekly magazine—the most respected voice in sports journalism, reaching a weekly audience of nearly 22 million adults—and www.SI.com, the magazine's 24/7 sports news website. The franchise also includes SPORTS ILLUSTRATED KIDS (http://www.sikids.com), a monthly magazine targeted to kids age 8 and up; GOLF MAGAZINE and www.GOLF.com; http://www.FanNation.com, a social networking and sports-news aggregation platform; SI Presents, the magazine's specialty publishing division; as well as SI Books, SI Pictures, SI Productions, SI Digital and SI Events. Founded in 1954, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a division of Time Inc., the world's leading magazine publishing company and a subsidiary of Time Warner.