courtesy thuuz.com
As the average sports fan hustles through a busy day of work at home or the office, time may be the number one opponent to catching a game. But with Thuuz.com, named in short for “Enthusiasts”, the objective of the site is to tell the fan when to tune into a game.
“If I only have thirty minutes, what do I want to watch?” asked Thuuz.com CEO Warren Packard. “Now that any sport can be watched at anytime, we put together a service that informs the viewer by email or text what the most exciting game is at that certain time.”
And the sound of an incoming email with an excitement rating is worth buzzing about.
Thuuz.com, an online sports resource, officially launched in the fall of 2010. The site follows sports from basketball to cricket, and users can subscribe free of charge for specific sports. Each subscriber gets to pick when to be alarmed of a current game based on an excitement level scale from 1-100.
“We follow the games, and the alerts go to fans to let them know the game is close,” said Packard. This feature allows you to watch and experience the thrill of high-energy games.”
According to Packard, the service allows fans to get alerts for games across the nation and world based on their individual preferences from frequency of alerts to sports and teams. Soon, Thuuz.com will bring fans “Individual Excitement Level Ratings” based on individual performance as well as teams.
“We are in the process on tracking individual athlete excitement as well,” said Packard. “So, we will follow athletes throughout the game, and bring fans information on that athlete, just as we have for teams. We plan to have that available by the 2011 NBA Playoffs.”
Thuuz.com Head of Product Ken Hong says that the company’s services give sports consumers the best of current sports action.
“We are a unique service delivering games in real time,” said Hong. “This is a great service for allowing the viewer to tune in just for the second half or to avoid watching a boring game. With all of the games we follow, people can become interested in world sports and find out what’s going on across the world.”
Hong added that he’s excited to see the database number for the company rise in the future.
“Our demographic reaches primarily busy professionals and busy parents in families at this time. Our hope for Thuuz.com is that it grows as the established sports resource for sports excitement.”
As Thuuz.com aims to grow its database of users, Packard and Hong agree that Thuuz.com services have the potential to extend to high school games and younger aged sports events.
“The key is to get people involved and interested into watching those games,” said Hong. “We look to gain viewers within the young sports market now with what Thuuz.com offers.”
Thuuz.com, a growing sports medium with the ability to reach sports fans at any second of the day, continues to look for ways to expand and specialize according to its fans’ needs and desires.
“We are just getting ready to point viewers to the exact channel for specific games, and we continue to look to roll out new sports,” said Packard. “In addition to the Individual Excitement Level Feature, we want to also incorporate social info to let fans converse with friends.”
And as Thuuz.com continues to reach new levels of excitement and games to cover, Packard wants to keep the services for excitement free to subscribers from March Madness to International Soccer Matches.
Said Packard: “During a Saturday in November, we may have everything from hockey to football to basketball games. Thuuz.com is for sports enthusiasts, and we know fans want to follow different sports at the same time. We continue to bring fans the most exciting games.”
About Sarah Menefee, CSJ writer
