FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, March 1, 2006
Contact: David Frei (212) 213-3212 david@wkcpr.org
BREED JUDGING STREAMING VIDEO
IS A HUGE HIT ONCE AGAIN
ON THE WESTMINSTER WEB SITE
Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show fans enjoyed the breed judging streaming
videos on the Westminster website in huge numbers this year, with big increases
across the board in every viewing category compared with the 2005 totals, the
first year the club provided streaming video.
The largest increases for Westminster’s 130th annual event came in the number
of streams viewed, total visits and total video specific data streamed. (Figures
are for the month of February, although the majority of the numbers were
produced beginning on February 13-14, the dates of the show.)
A threefold increase in total video specific data streamed produced a staggering
number: 23.7 terabytes (a terabyte is 1,024 gigabytes). According to Wikipedia,
all the books of the entire U.S. Library of Congress would take up 20 terabytes.
This total compares with 6.5 terabytes in 2005.
A total of approximately 1.6 million streams (up 42% from last year) were viewed
from the Westminster website (www.westminsterkennelclub.org). Visitors
logged 2.13 million visits (up 33%) and 14.7 million page views (up 8%).
First numbers are from 2006, numbers in parentheses are from 2005 (the first
year of streaming video).

877,852 unique visits (859,753). Increase of 2%

2,132,454 total visits (1,603,606). Increase of 33%

14,733,617 page views (13,671,397). Increase of 8%

126,422,953 total hits (116,071,537). Increase of 9%

1,596,808 video streams (1,126,097). Increase of 42%

23.7 total terabytes of streams (6.5 TB). Increase of 264%
Akitas were the most-requested breed, with nearly 50,000 hits. Rounding out the
top ten were Golden Retrievers, Australian Cattle Dogs, Airedales, American
Eskimo Dogs, Affenpinschers, Brittanys, Afghan Hounds, Rottweilers and
Cavalier King Charles Spaniels.
Streaming video of the breed judging from both 2005 and 2006 are still available
for viewing on the Westminster web site.
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The Westminster Kennel Club is America's oldest organization dedicated to the sport of purebred dogs.
Established in 1877, Westminster's influence has been felt for more than a century through its famous all
breed, benched dog show held every year at New York's Madison Square Garden. The show is America’s
second longest continuously held sporting event, behind only the Kentucky Derby.