Sail.TV official broadband broadcaster of ISAF worlds 2007
by Peta Stuart-Hunt 19 Oct 2006 14:08 BST
Sportshows Television, the TV production arm of internet TV specialists Narrowstep, together with Octagon CSI, has won the contract to provide the TV production and distribution of a top international sailing event in 2007. The International Sailing Federation’s ISAF Sailing World Championships take place next year in Cascais, Portugal. Sail TV will be the broadband TV platform for the Championships.
Sportshows and Octagon CSI outbid more than nine leading production and distribution companies from around the world and will host and televise the event from June 28 to July 13 2007.
Luissa Smith, director of communications for the ISAF, said: “Managing the television production and distribution is a significant step for ISAF and part of our long term strategy. We were impressed with all the companies we met, but this partnership was most able to demonstrate a distribution strategy that was hard to beat, together with their great understanding of sailing.”
Sail TV managing director Andy Steward added: “Broadband TV channels are the future, and our sailing community around the world will welcome the opportunity of seeing the action live each day, as no other broadcast platform can offer so many hours devoted to the event in its scheduling. This is precisely why we launched the channel, and this deal underlines the unique global proposition we have established for the sport.”