FOX Sports Kicks Off the 2000 NFL Season With Live Coverage for Central and Eastern Europe.Sports Editors/Football Writers & Columnists LOS ANGELES--(BW SportsWire)--Aug. 25, 2000 NFL Package Includes Live Transmission of NFL Europe League Games and the 2001 World Bowl FOX Sports Europe, the first regional sports channel targeted exclusively to audiences in Central and Eastern Europe The term "Central and Eastern Europe" came into wide spread use, replacing "Eastern bloc", to describe former Communist countries in Europe, after the collapse of the Iron Curtain in 1989/90. , will kick off the 2000 National Football League season with live coverage of the Carolina Panthers-vs.-Washington Redskins Redskins can refer to:
Noun the standard time adopted by Western European countries one hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time, corresponding to British Summer Time Abbrev: (CET) . FOX Sports will feature top matchups weekly throughout the regular season, followed by playoff and championship games including Super Bowl XXXV Super Bowl XXXV was the 35th championship game of the modern National Football League (NFL). The game was played on January 28, 2001 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida following the 2000 regular season. from Tampa, Fla. The coverage will be enhanced by a Super Bowl highlights show, a "Beginner's Guide to Football" and an NFL Bloopers program. FOX Sports will also offer its viewers broadcasts of regular- season games from the NFL Europe League and the 2001 World Bowl. "We are pleased to extend our global relationship with the NFL into Central and Eastern Europe," said David Sternberg, vice president of business development for FOX Sports International Fox Sports International is an international sports programming and production entity housed within the Fox Networks Group, one of the major operating units within Fox Entertainment Group and News Corporation. and general manager of the FOX Sports channel. "We look forward to working with the NFL to build the awareness and popularity of American football in the region while providing our viewers with world-class coverage of this exciting sport." The NFL and NFL Europe League coverage will be important components of FOX Sports Europe's year-round international programming roster. More than 1.1 million viewers in Russia, Romania, Turkey, Hungary, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and other key markets currently enjoy FOX Sports' coverage of major events and competitions. Programming highlights include the National Sports Report The National Sports Report is a "sportscast" that aired on United States television channel Fox Sports Net. Brief history The program began in 1996, when FSN was launched, as Fox Sports News. The show aired twice a night, at 6 and 10 p.m. , a nightly, one-hour recap of news from around the world of sport; UEFA Cup soccer matches and European World Cup qualifiers; first-division soccer from Argentina, Chile and Colombia; ice hockey from the International Hockey League Presently, one ice hockey league is using the name International Hockey League:
ATP in full adenosine triphosphate Organic compound, substrate in many enzyme-catalyzed reactions (see catalysis) in the cells of animals, plants, and microorganisms. Tour events and Senior Tour tournaments; motor sports including FIM FIM The ISO 4217 currency code for the Finnish Markka. Motocross 125cc and 500cc, Formula Nippon and Moto+; PGA Tour golf; championship boxing; Tri Nations and Super 12 rugby; Major League Baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation). Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. ; and American college basketball. Bill Peterson, president of NFL Europe, said: "Interest in American football in Europe is growing all the time, and exposure of the game on television is a vital part of that. We are very pleased that FOX Sports Europe is helping to take the game to an even wider audience and that more people will have the chance to experience the excitement of the NFL and NFL Europe League. "I am sure we will create many new fans thanks to the great action on the field and the exciting way in which FOX presents the sport." FOX Sports International is a worldwide sports partnership between News Corp. and Liberty Media Corp., and operates the program services FOX Sports Latin America, FOX Sports World Espanol, FOX Sports World, FOX Sports Middle East and FOX Sports Israel, as well as a worldwide program syndication sales business. Through News Corp., it is also affiliated with FOX Sports and FOX Sports Net in the United States; FOX Sports Australia; Sky Sports in the United Kingdom; ESPN-STAR Sports in Asia; and other leading sports channels around the world. Go online with FOX Sports Europe at www.foxsportseu.com. NFL Europe is responsible for managing the NFL's business in Europe, including the NFL Europe League. The NFLEL comprises six teams -- Amsterdam Admirals, Barcelona Dragons, Berlin Thunder, Frankfurt Galaxy, Rhein Fire and Scottish Claymores -- and will kick off its ninth season in April 2001. For more information about the NFL's activities in Europe, visit www.nfleurope.com. |
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