Freeskiing fans around the world were able to view live coverage of Mountain Sports International’s (MSI) U.S. Freeskiing Nationals thanks to Level 3 Communications’ Content Markets Group. The event is streaming live with Adobe Flash, producing a high-quality live video experience for winter sports fans around the globe.

MSI, which owns and produces a number of freeskiing events including the world tour and the U.S. nationals, develops and produces action and adventure sports events and programming. Using Level 3's streaming services and the Adobe Flash Player, MSI enabled viewers around the world to instantly, easily access the live action of the U.S. Freeskiing Nationals, broadcast online from Snowbird, UT, March 21-22. The event was an interactive media delivery experience, enabling action sports fans to access the live competition instantly, view immediately uploaded highlight clips and even get involved in the commentary through interactive chat boards as the events unfolded.

“Level 3 provided flawless delivery of MSI’s U.S. Freeskiing Nationals event,” said Adam Comey, president and co-founder of MSI. “Their reliable, high-quality streaming services enabled us to scale quickly to meet the demands of our global audience, and their proven support gave us the confidence to focus on the creative endeavors of our business.”

“Until recently, fans of action winter sports who were unable to travel to remote mountain locations had to settle for static pictures or after-the-fact videos,” said Grant van Rooyen, president of Level 3's Content Markets Group. “As the demand for live online action sports accelerates, MSI is helping to define the action sports culture. Level 3 is proud to enable MSI’s efforts to expand live action sports from a niche crowd to a broad viewing audience all around the world.”

Level 3 is an Adobe Premier Authorized Flash Video Streaming Service Partner. Level 3’s service expands the options available for delivering Flash-enabled video for content publishers to deliver their video content. The integration of Flash technology into Level 3’s CDN services makes it possible for clients to leverage Level 3’s large IP network to effectively deliver Flash-enabled video around the world.

For more information, visit www.level3.com.