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BCS Case Study Michael Sheasby CEO, LumaPix. The 2012 BCS Championship Game. NCAA football game University of Alabama Louisiana State University It was HUGE 24 Million viewers 2nd-largest audience in cable television history Offered something new User-customized photobooks
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BCS Case Study Michael Sheasby CEO, LumaPix
The 2012 BCS Championship Game NCAA football game • University of Alabama • Louisiana State University It was HUGE • 24 Million viewers • 2nd-largest audience in cable television history Offered something new • User-customized photobooks • Available hoursafter the game ended
The Players • LumaPix • Technology Providers • Memory Book Studios • Publisher who acquired license and sold products • Universities & licensing authorities • Reviewed & approved use of branding for sale • Proven Direct • Printed & fulfilled the books
The Value Proposition • Fans: come to this website and buy a custom photobook to commemorate the game. Because… • You love the team • The book includes pro photos from the field • You can’t buy a book with this branding from any other source (licensed) • You can integrate personal pictures to make your book unique • Upload and integrate your own pictures from the tailgate party / your seat in the stands / the bar party you were at • The game is still “fresh” • You watched the game hours ago, now the book is available
User Customization Done.
Impossible Timeline • Dec 7th • MBS lands licensing deal & calls LumaPix (4 weeks…) • Jan 9th • Game Day
Impossible Timeline • Dec 7th • MBS lands licensing deal & calls LumaPix • Dec 8th+ • Custom domain registered (www.ACTphotobooks.com) • Custom storefront created / Custom graphics for store created / Custom templates for book created • Products created in store / Payment Gateway wired up / Test orders submitted • Dec 22nd • Xmas vacation… twiddle thumbs for 2 weeks (really!)… • Jan 3rd • University approves templates • Jan 9th • Game Day • 4 photogs on field shoot images 8-11pm / Images uploaded to cloud / Images integrated with template • Jan 10th • Storefront open for visitors
Included Technologies • Power content creation tools for staff artists • Rebrandable storefront with custom URL • Online layout engine for template population by end users • Cloud-based storage of templates, WIP, user images, rendered output • Cloud-based render farm • Reporting tools, XML output
What’s different • Completely custom layout • Not one of a thousand off-the-shelf templates;artwork published for this one game • The book was on sale hours after the game • Pictures went from the field to the template to the end user’s browser “in real time” • Ferocious setup pace, with zero custom code • Went from hello to done in 4 weeks, including Christmas holidays & university approvals
Contact information sales@FullScale.net 888.753.4647 Thank you!