Eurosport gets UK rights to PGA Tour
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- The PGA Tour and Eurosport today jointly announced an agreement in which Eurosport has secured the tour's television rights in the United Kingdom for the remainder of the 2009 season, beginning Thursday, June 25, with live coverage from the Travelers Championship.The rights in the UK were previously held by Setanta.
Action from the remaining 2009 TOUR events will now be accessible in more than 10 million UK homes on British Eurosport and British Eurosport 2, through Sky and Virgin Media platforms.
“We are pleased to announce this agreement with Eurosport, which ensures that PGA Tour coverage will continue to be made available, live, every week to golf fans
throughout the United Kingdom,” said PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem.
“British golf fans can now see the world’s best players competing live as the 2009 season unfolds," said Eurosport Chairman Laurent Eric Le Lay.
The telecasts will also be available to UK fans in simulcast through Eurosport’s online subscription service, Eurosport Player.
British Eurosport is available on Sky channel 410 and Virgin Media channel 521. British Eurosport 2 is on Sky channel 411 and Virgin Media channel 525. www.player.eurosport.co.uk
The Eurosport Group is the leading sports multimedia platform in Europe. Eurosport is transmitted in 20 languages reaching 116 million homes and 240 million viewers across 59 countries.
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