Edgio announced a significant multiyear agreement with EverPass Media. This partnership is set to redefine the delivery of premium live sports content across a broad network of commercial establishments nationwide, promising to elevate the viewing experience for countless customers. EverPass launched in April 2023 as a joint venture between RedBird Capital Partners and 32 Equity, the strategic investment arm of the National Football League.

It has quickly positioned itself as a pivotal player in the distribution of live sports and entertainment content tailored for bars, restaurants, and other commercial venues - a testament to the evolving landscape of out-of-home sports viewership. This partnership between Edgio and EverPass Media underscores a shared commitment to leveraging advanced technology and strategic content distribution to foster community engagement and enhance the overall consumer experience in public viewing settings. It marks a significant milestone in the sports entertainment industry, promising to set new standards for how live sports content is delivered and enjoyed in commercial establishments across the country.

Starting this summer, Edgio will offer even better acquisition, live event management, and syndication services through Uplynk. Using the flexible cloud-based Uplynk Cloud Slicer Live, Edgio will acquire the feed from League or Broadcast Networks through two separate locations on the East and West coasts. To significantly boost revenue, Uplynk will also be providing a dynamic monetization package, which will include an ADS (ad delivery server) Configurations Test of ads prior to events; an SCTE plugin to identify advertising breaks, advertising content, and programming content; targeted ad insertion; and network-level ad data (timestamps, completion rates and percentages, failures, errors, and other ad request and response data obtained and reported during the execution of an ad request call to the ADS).

In 2023, Uplynk's ad completion view rate for the more than four billion streamed views was an impressive 97.7%. To help EverPass exponentially grow through syndication, Edgio will provide Slates, Ads, SCTE-35 (Digital Program Insertion Cueing Message for Cable), Nielsen watermarks, subtitles, SAP audio tracks, and closed causing audio tracks. The result of Uplynk's seamless integration will be a professional, high quality video experience for all sports fans watching and a boost in revenue for EverPass and commercial establishments across the United States.