The Dow Live Earth Run for Water Will Raise Awareness and Money for the Global Water Crisis

SAN DIEGO, CA – October 19, 2009 – The Active Network, Inc. (Active), a leading provider of application services technology and marketing solutions for community service and participatory sports organizations, announced today that it has teamed up with Live Earth, to provide online event registration for the Dow Live Earth Run for Water races, a series of 6km runs/walks that will take place over a 24 hour period, span multiple continents, and raise money and awareness for the global water crisis. The Dow Live Earth Run for Water (DLRFW) runs/walks, the largest solutions-based initiative in history aimed at solving the world’s water crisis, will take place April 18, 2010. In addition to online registration, Active will provide participants with online training and fundraising tools.

For all DLRFW runs/walks, Active will provide secure online registration and send participants an immediate email to confirm their participation in the event in their town. As an added bonus, participants will have access to Active’s popular ActiveTrainer program designed to help individuals create customized training plans to help reach their personal fitness goals. Active will also provide online donation tools that allow individuals to create personalized fundraising pages and send donations directly to charities benefitting water challenges worldwide. In addition, 10 percent of all domestic registration fees will go to the Global Water Challenge.

“Active has been instrumental in not only providing the back-end technology required to support an event of this size and complexity, but by leveraging Active.com, we can attract participants outside of Live Earth’s traditional audience,” explained Catherine Geanuracos, general manager for Live Earth. “Active is the global leading provider of online registration for endurance events and we are excited to have an industry veteran by our side.”  

In addition to online registration, training programs and fundraising tools, Active plans to promote the 6km DLRFW runs/walks (the average distance many women and children walk every day to secure water) through a variety of channels including targeted email campaigns and newsletters. Active also plans to create message boards, blogs and editorial content about the DLRFW runs/walks, featured on Active’s award winning online community and the largest participatory sports site in the world, Active.com.

“We are thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Live Earth and play a part in raising awareness for such a pressing environmental issue,” explained Alex Barnetson, senior vice president of The Active Network, Inc. “As a leader in both online registration and charitable giving, we see this as more than just a series of runs and walks, but an opportunity for everyone to become involved in a global movement. We look forward to helping make all events in April a huge success!”

About Live Earth
Founded by Emmy-winning producer Kevin Wall, in partnership with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Live Earth was built upon the belief that entertainment has the power to transcend social and cultural barriers to move the world community to action. A for-profit company, Live Earth seeks to leverage the power of entertainment through integrated events, media, and the live experience to ignite a global movement aimed at solving the most critical environmental issues of our time. More information about Live Earth can be found at http://liveearth.org.

About The Active Network, Inc.
The Active Network delivers integrated technology solutions, marketing services and online media properties that enable and encourage participation in activities and events. For more information, please visit www.ActiveNetwork.co.uk.

The Active Network Processes Its One Millionth International Online Registration and Relaunches Global Consumer Web Site.  New Web Site Provides Worldwide Search Tools and Offers Online Registration in Multiple Languages.

SAN DIEGO, CA – January 13, 2009 – The Active Network, Inc. (Active), a leading worldwide provider of online registration and event management technology, announced today it has processed its one millionth online registration outside North America and relaunched its global consumer Web site in eight languages at www.active.com/global.

“Hitting the one million mark is a major milestone for Active as we continue to expand our business globally,” explained Sejal Pietrzak, vice president of Active’s international business. “Active.com is one of the largest online communities of Active individuals in the United States and we pride ourselves in providing reliable, secure and easy-to-use technology that offers our participants the latest online tools to help them search and register for sports activities and endurance events around the world.”

Participants using Active’s relaunched global Web site will enjoy its enhanced look and feel, and easy navigation. The Web site offers online registration in eight languages and accepts payments in nine currencies. In addition, it is equipped with a comprehensive worldwide search tool for participants to locate and register for sports events, such as marathons, triathlons, cycling races, or 5K walks in their communities across the UK, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Active currently operates in 30 countries providing online registration technology for over 55,000 sports events. Active.com has 18 million registered members, receives more than 140 million monthly page views and is the leading online community for people who want to discover, learn about, share, register for and ultimately participate in activities about which they are passionate.

About The Active Network
The Active Network provides industry-leading online entry, technology and marketing solutions to encourage and enable participation in activities and events worldwide. For more information, visit www.Active.com/global.

Media Contact:
Dana McKeithen, The Active Network, Inc.
dana.mckeithen@ActiveNetwork.com or
+1 858 964 3820 (U.S.)
+61 3 8862 6358 (Australia)
+64 09 889 2664 (New Zealand)
+44 (0) 203 178 6295 (UK)

The Wattyl Lake Taupo Cycling Challenge and the Mizuno Half Marathon Have Selected Active and Times-7 Sport’s Premier Event Management Technology

SAN DIEGO, CA – August 14, 2008 – The Active Network, Inc. (Active), a leading worldwide provider of online entry and event management technology, announced today it has expanded its presence in the New Zealand sports market. Active has signed a technology agreement with Times-7 Sport (Times-7), a leading provider of timing and identification technology, and has been selected by Wattyl Lake Taupo Cycle Challengeand the Mizuno Half Marathonto provide online entry to its thousands of participants. Active will be providing technology for over 100 events in New Zealand this year and continues to strengthen its presence in the region.

Active and Times-7 have teamed up to combine Active’s online entry and marketing solutions with Times-7’s world class timing technologies to offer a one-stop solution for online entry, timing, searchable results, Web sites, training programmes and marketing.

“The shared goals of Active and Times-7 made a partnership not only logical, but exciting,” explained Michael Lynch, general manager of Times-7 Sport. “It is our goal to provide customers with unparalleled service and technology, and working with Active will allow us to do that across all levels of event organisation.”

Active was also selected by Wattyl Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge, one of the largest cycling events in the Southern Hemisphere that attracts over 10,000 riders annually, as well as the Mizuno Half Marathon in Taupo, to provide online entry. Active’s online solutions offer both events secure payment processing, real-time data management, and local and global marketing opportunities. Times-7 has also been contracted by both events to provide their timing technology.

“Our objective was to provide online entry and easy-to-use, efficient technology that emphasises security and data privacy,” said Rob McKnight, sponsorship and marketing director of Wattyl Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge. “Active is an industry leader with years of experience and can provide the online features we need while allowing us to increase awareness and participation through their global marketing resources.”

In addition to Wattyl Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge and the Mizuno Half Marathon, Active has been providing online entry to other events in New Zealand for many years, including Ironman New Zealand and the Port Tauranga Half Ironman.

“Active has been a strong partner of Ironman New Zealand, Tauranga Half Ironman and the SPARC REAL Women’s Duathlon for a number of years providing an efficient and reliable online registration service for competitors around the world,” explained Jane Patterson, event director of Ironman New Zealand. “We look forward to continuing our relationship with Active in the future.”

Active has a team of staff members based in New Zealand to provide local support for customers.


About Times-7 Sport
Based in New Zealand, Times-7 Sport is setting the pace with next generation timing solutions. Combining many years of sports management experience with innovative technology, Times-7’s products deliver a level of accuracy and affordability which is second to none. By example, WheelTime, a breakthrough in electronic timing for cycling events, makes event timing easy for clubs and event organisers. Reliable and accurate down to the split-second, WheelTime combined with Sportscore provides everything from real-time splits and individual times, to live reporting and rich personalised history. For more information, visit www.times-7.com/sport.

About The Active Network
The Active Network, provides industry-leading online entry, technology and marketing solutions to encourage and enable participation in activities and events worldwide. For more information, visit www.ActiveGlobal.com.

July 14, 2008 – At midnight on July 14th, online registration opened for the Kärnten IRONMAN Austria 2009. According to the event’s recent press release, the Kärnten IRONMAN Austria quickly sold out after processing 3,000 entries in 92 minutes, a new record for all IRONMAN competitions across Europe. Online registration was managed by Active, which provided fast and secure online registration to easily handle the high volume of registrants within a short time period.

IRONMAN Austria 2009 relied on Active to provide online registration in multiple languages and cater to participants around the world. The first athlete to sign up online lives in Miami, Florida, and the athlete filling the last spot was from Dubai. Activealso provided on-site staff support and ultimately helped Kärnten IRONMAN Austria 2009 exceed registration expectations.

MELBOURNE, Australia – May 21, 2007 – The Active Network, Inc. (Active), a leading provider of application services technology and marketing solutions for community service and participatory sports organisations, announced today that it has opened an office in Melbourne, Australia.

With over 700 employees and 12 offices worldwide, Active serves organisations and participants in multiple markets throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and across Europe. Active provides a breadth of service offerings and is a trusted technology provider for over 55,000 worldwide sports events, leagues, tournaments, councils, universities, parks, recreation and aquatics facilities, and other leisure-based organisations. Through its range of software and technology solutions, Active has successfully raised awareness and participation for organisations of all sizes, increased efficiency, reduced the cost and complexity of managing daily administration and saved staff and consumers time by automating paper-based processes.

In response to a growing interest in Australia for Active’s technology, Active’s presence offers software to manage leisure centres, parks, recreation and aquatic facilities, real-time data management, on-line registration for participatory sports events and organisations, state-of-the-art on-line fundraising support and customer service.

“We are excited by the growing market opportunities in Australia and believe there is huge potential to expand Active’s role in servicing organisations with our technology,” explained Sejal Pietrzak, vice president for Active International. “As the established leader in the industry, we are excited to bring our expertise and trusted software and data management capabilities to Australia. Opening an office in Melbourne demonstrates Active’s commitment to the Australian market and to working with both existing and new Australian customers.”

Currently, Active provides online registration and database management to over 130 participatory sports events and tournaments in Australia and manages technology solutions for leisure, recreation and aquatics facilities and organisations.

The Active Network’s new office is located at:

Pacific Tower (suite 3.03)
737 Burwood Road
Hawthorn, VIC 3122

For more information, visit www.activenetwork.com.au or call 03 8862 6358.


About The Active Network, Inc.

The Active Network, Inc., based in San Diego, Calif., provides application services technology and marketing access to community service organisations, and is a leading online community for active lifestyles. The company's solutions help organisations improve customer service capabilities, increase revenues, and reduce the cost and complexity of managing and marketing activities and events. Through the company's Web properties, www.Active.com, www.ActiveGlobal.com, www.eteamz.comand www.ActiveGolf.com, The Active Network provides consumer services and resources that support participation in healthy lifestyles. The Active Network serves organisations and participants in multiple markets throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and across Europe. For more information, please visit www.TheActiveNetwork.comor call 03 8862 6358.

Media Contact:
Dana McKeithen, The Active Network, Inc.
dana.mckeithen@active.com