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MediaZone's Rugby Channel Goes Global; The World's Best Rugby is Now Available on Broadband in 43 Territories Worldwide.


REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- MediaZone, a leading global online broadcaster, today announced that its Rugby Channel, previously available only in the U.S. and Canada, now offers live broadband streaming and downloadable rugby to an additional 41 territories around the world at RugbyChannel.MediaZone.com, with another 30 to be rolled out in the near future.

Rugby Channel offers a year-long All Access Pass for $129.99 which includes the Super 14, the whole SANZAR international season comprised of the June Tours and Tri Nations, the complete Currie Cup from South Africa, the entire Air New Zealand Parameter not given Error...
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 Cup campaign, and select North American events, for a total of more than 230 LIVE and downloadable games. Viewers can also purchase competition-specific packages or individual matches on a pay-per-view basis.

Rugby Channel also provides previews and highlights for every match, as well as giving rugby fans around the world the chance to view and comment on the best Tries, Plays, and controversial Laws of the Game The Laws of the Game (also known as the Laws of Football) are the rules governing a game of association football (soccer). Current Laws of the Game
The current Laws of the Game consists of 17 individual laws:
  • Law 1: The Field of Play
 situations from each week of competition.

"Now, no matter where you live within Rugby Channel's rapidly expanding universe, all you need is a broadband connection and a Windows-enabled PC to watch rugby either live or on-demand, giving you full coverage of the game you love," said Patrick Guthrie, Director of Rugby for MediaZone.

Rugby Channel is now available in the following places: Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda (ăntē`gə, –gwə, bärbu`də), independent Commonwealth nation (2005 est. pop. 68,700), 171 sq mi (442 sq km), West Indies, in the Leeward Islands. , Austria, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Grenada, Haiti, Hungary, Israel, Jamaica, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Norway, Peru, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (trĭn`ĭdăd, təbā`gō), officially Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, republic (2005 est. pop. 1,088,000), 1,980 sq mi (5,129 sq km), West Indies. The capital is Port of Spain. , Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, , Venezuela, British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands

A British colony in the eastern Caribbean east of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Road Town, on Tortola Island, is the capital. Population: 21,700.

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 and Virgin Islands (US).

Thirty more territories will soon have access to Rugby Channel including: Albania, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina (bŏz`nēə, hĕrtsəgōvē`nə), Serbo-Croatian Bosna i Hercegovina, country (2005 est. pop. 4,025,000), 19,741 sq mi (51,129 sq km), on the Balkan peninsula, S Europe. , British Indian Ocean Territory British Indian Ocean Territory, archipelago, c.1,180 mi (1,900 km), NE of Mauritius, in the central Indian Ocean. The islands, which form the Chagos Archipelago and are located on the southern end of a chain of sea mounts that also includes Lakshadweep and the , Bulgaria, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Greenland, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Iceland, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Martinique, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Panama, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Note to editors: Rugby Channel is not available in the following areas: the African continent, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales), Ireland, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, Cyprus, Greece and Japan.

To check out the full offer, go to RugbyChannel.MediaZone.com.

About MediaZone

MediaZone is a leading global online broadcaster specializing in sports, entertainment and international programming. MediaZone offers both subscription and pay-per-view access to live and on-demand event broadcasts online, helping consumers stay connected with hard to find, yet highly relevant programming, while providing media owners with a new channel to distribute and monetize their content libraries. The company is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation).

The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay
 with offices in China and Europe. MediaZone is a division of MIH Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Naspers (Nasdaq:NPSN). For more information, please visit MediaZone.com.
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