Missouri fans have a new place to keep up to date with Tiger athletics, relive the greatest Missouri sports moments and watch select live sporting events with the Mizzou Network’s launch last Wednesday.
“The network will be the new digital home for unique Mizzou content,” Associate Athletics Director Andrew Grinch said. “It will be a platform to showcase all the great things going on at Mizzou.”
The content on the website will be primarily athletics-related, but Grinch said there will also be non-athletics content about important events happening on Missouri’s campus.
Athletics content includes pre- and postgame interviews, game highlights, behind-the-scenes features, archived games and select live sporting events. Non-athletics content can be found under the university tab on the site’s home page.
“Our goal is to make it the daily pulse of what’s happening at Mizzou with a sports focus,” Grinch said.
The network can be found at MizzouNetwork.com or MUTigers.tv and can be accessed from any computer or tablet with Internet access. A Mizzou Tigers Sports application can also be purchased for smartphones via iTunes or the Android Market.
The majority of the content on the site is free, but there is a small portion of premium content that viewers must subscribe to. The cost is $9.95 a month or $79.95 a year.
Grinch said the premium content will primarily be live audio and video streaming of Olympic sports, such as softball, baseball, gymnastics and wrestling. He said some exclusive features and full game replays will also be exclusive to subscribers. But the majority of content on the site will continue to remain free, he said.
Free content includes men’s basketball coach Frank Haith discussing Missouri’s matchup Friday with Northwestern State and volleyball coach Wayne Kreklow previewing the Tigers’ upcoming NCAA tournament matchups.
For viewers wanting to relive some of the Tigers’ greatest athletic moments, videos of Missouri’s upset victory over then-No. 1 Oklahoma on last year’s Homecoming and the Tigers’ 2007 Border Showdown victory over the Kansas Jayhawks are currently available online.
Some content will appeal to older Missouri alumni, like a black-and-white video of the Tigers’ 1961 Orange Bowl win over Navy.
“We have gotten good feedback on the historical content,” Grinch said. “We plan to continue to find content that many people have never seen before.”
Freshman Brandon Weiss has downloaded the application and viewed content on the site and so far has been impressed.
“It gives you more access to the coaches and an inside view to the teams,” Weiss said.
Additional available content includes the Mizzou Legends series, where the network catches up with former Tiger athletic greats. The first available video in the series features former Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel reflecting on his fond memories of Missouri and gives fans an update on his current life in the NFL.
Grinch said after more than a year of work, it is nice to get the network up and running but the process of improvement is still ongoing.
“Our goal is to add more interesting content and continue to get better and better,” Grinch said.