Website: www.sportsfly.com

Interview With: Nicholas Wodtke

How many founders does Sports Fly have and what are their names?

One, Nicholas Wodtke

What are the founder’s background and qualifications?

I oversee Snap TV’s day to day operations. Prior to founding Snap TV, I was Senior Vice President of Interactive Television at Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment. I spearheaded the creative and business direction of Sony’s interactive television initiatives as well as the studio’s interactive television line-up.

I came from Columbia Tristar International Television where I served as Chief Operating Officer of Super Television, a leading entertainment cable network in Asia. At Super Television, I oversaw the advertising, sales, programming, production, distribution, marketing, and news departments. Prior to Super Television, I was the Chief Financial Officer at AXN, Asia’s first dedicated action channel. During his tenure at AXN, the channel distribution grew to over 10 million households, broadcasting to fourteen countries across Asia, including China, India, Singapore and the Philippines.

I started my business career at Sony Pictures in the Motion Picture Finance and Corporate Development group where I structured joint venture financing and third party participation for Tristar’s motion picture slate. I started my career as a professional actor performing on Broadway and acting in films, television, and commercials.

I hold a Masters of Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor’s Degree from Bucknell University.

What does your website do?

Provide casual and engaging sports games for Sports Fans.

When did you launch?

October 15, 2007

Has it been easy or difficult to build your community?

Building the community has been a deliberate and careful process. Snap has focused primarily on creating a compelling and entertaining site while letting word of mouth do the outreach.

What types of marketing have you done?

• Affiliate campaigns (bounty for each registration)

• Game Syndication (syndicating Snap’s games to 3rd party sites)

Do you have any revenue streams besides advertisement? Who is your ad provider?

Site is 100% advertising supported

Funding: Self funded, Angel Investment, or Venture Capital?

Company has been funded by angel investors.

Are you currently looking for funding?

Yes, venture capital

What is your favorite feature on your site?

Leaderboards & Flypoints

What Type(s) of Technology do you use?

ASP.net, SQL SERVER 2005, AJAX, CSS, XML, WEB SERVICES, INTERNAL API

Any bold predictions for sports and technology in the future?

Prepare to see more of the sports audience consume media on the web instead of on TV.

Sports advertisers will migrate more advertisers to the web.

STN’s Take:

We logged in and starting playing the “Super Slugger” game. At first we thought it was real easy, we hit four homeruns in five pitches but then they changed pitchers on us and we didn’t hit any for the rest of my 9 outs. The new pitcher was throwing gas and threw curve balls as well. Its good to see the game gets harder as it goes along. We think this is very important for an internet game because people can master most internet games pretty quickly. Sports Fly’s games can get you through the day. One can challenge friends all day at work or at home. For those of you who enjoy internet games and especially sports ones, Sports Fly is a must visit.