MODERN PENTATHLON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Berlin, 15-21 August 2007
UIPM Announces Live Internet Broadcast
Monaco, 8 August 2007 – Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) and Horizon have announced an agreement to provide exclusive live internet coverage of the World Championships from Berlin on www.247.tv, together with live audio feed on www.pentathlon.org.
Coverage will begin with the Women’s qualification competition on Thursday 16 August starting at 09.00 and continues with coverage of the Men’s Qualification Friday 17 August, the Individuals Finals 18-19 August and the Relay World Championships 20-21 August. The World Championships features over 200 athletes from 40 nations. The Relay World Championships has 16 national teams per gender competing for the title. The athletes come from all over the world, from all five continents and include Olympic and World Champions, World Cup Final winners and top national athletes. In addition to medals and prize money, 3 qualification places per gender for Beijing 2008 are up for grabs. This will be the largest Modern Pentathlon event of the year.
"We are pleased to have Horizon as host broadcaster for this World Championships. Collaborating with Horizon to give Modern Pentathlon fans from around the world live access to the UIPM World Championships is an exciting opportunity for us," said UIPM Vice President for Business Affairs John Helmick. "We are confident that this high-quality live broadcast of the 2007 World Championships will provide superb coverage of this event to the pleasure of our current audience and will also allow more fans to view and appreciate our sport."
"Internet broadcasting is the future for fans to access increased coverage of their favourite sports, live and on-demand from wherever they are in the world. Horizon is delighted to be working with Modern Pentathlon at the forefront of this technology to broadcast this prestigious event, after a successful launch earlier this year at the British Championships. Fans will be able to follow all of the action via a dedicated channel on our multi-sport portal www.247.tvwhich is easy to use and our production team will be working hard in Berlin to deliver a great programme, while our friendly support team in the UK will always be on hand to help first time users enjoy the experience. Tune in to follow your team's progress, give us your feedback in the www.247.tv forum and come and chat with our team and other fans from around the world in the 247 chat room." Fiona Harrison, Sales & Marketing Director, HORIZON | 247.TV
Modern Pentathlon World Championships on www.247.tv(all times are CET)
Thursday, August 16th
WOMEN´S CLASSIFICATION
Group 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3
07.00 Fencing 08.00 Swimming 11.00 Shooting
11.00 Swimming 09.30 Shooting 13.00 Swimming
13.00 Shooting 11.00 Fencing 15.00 Fencing
15.30 Running 16.30 Running 19.00 Running
Friday, August 17th
MEN´S CLASSIFICATION
Group 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3
07.00 Fencing 08.00 Swimming 11.00 Shooting
11.00 Swimming 09.30 Shooting 13.00 Swimming
13.00 Shooting 11.00 Fencing 15.00 Fencing
15.30 Running 16.30 Running 19.00 Running
Saturday, August 18th
WOMEN`S FINAL:
08.10 Shooting
09.30 Fencing
14.00 Swimming
16.20 Riding
19.00 Running
19.30 Award’s Ceremony
Sunday, August 19th
MEN`S FINAL:
08.10 Shooting
09.30 Fencing
14.00 Swimming
16.20 Riding
19.00 Running
19:30 Award’s Ceremony
Monday, August 20th
WOMENS RELAY:
08.00 Shooting
09.30 Fencing
14.00 Swimming
16.20 Riding
19.00 Running
19:30 Award’s Ceremony
Tuesday, August 21st
MEN`S RELAY
08.00 Shooting
09.30 Fencing
14.00 Swimming
16.20 Riding
19.00 Running
19:30 Award’s Ceremony
For broadcast schedule updates visit www.247.tv.
Please note there will be a geo-block for US/Canada territory
For more information on Modern Pentathlon and free live audio broadcast of the World Championships visit www.pentathlon.org.
For information on the World Championships visit www.pentathlon-berlin.de.
For more information on Horizon visit www.horizonsolutions.tv.
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