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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 SANZAR - South Africa New Zealand Australia Rugby international season comprised of the June Tours and Tri Nations, the complete Currie Cup from South Africa, the entire Air New Zealand 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 situations from each week of competition.

"Now, no matter where you live within Rugby Channel's rapidly expanding universe expanding universe: see 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 Barbuda: see Antigua and Barbuda., 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, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America, Venezuela, British Virgin Islands and Virgin Islands (US).

Thirty more territories will soon have access to Rugby Channel including: Albania, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 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 Maldives, were administered by Mauritius before they were made a separate dependency by the British in 1965., Bulgaria, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Greenland, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Iceland, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Martinique Martinique (märtĭnēk`), overseas department and administrative region of France (2005 est. pop. 433,000), 425 sq mi (1,101 sq km), in the Windward Islands, West Indies. Fort-de-France is the capital. The department and the island of Martinique are coextensive., Mongolia, Nicaragua, Panama, Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro (sûr`bēə, mŏn'tənē`grō), Serbian Srbija i Crna Gora, former country of SE Europe, in the Balkan Peninsula, a short-lived union (2003–6) of the republics of Serbia and the much smaller Montenegro that was also a successor state to the former Yugoslavia., Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkmenistan Turkmenistan (trkmyĕ'nyĭstän`), republic (2005 est. pop. 4,952,000), 188,455 sq mi (488,100 sq km), central Asia. It borders on Afghanistan and Iran in the south, Uzbekistan in the east and northeast, Kazakhstan in the northwest, and the Caspian Sea in the west. 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 with offices in China and Europe. MediaZone is a division of MIH MIH - Maximum Interior Humidity
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MIH - Molar-Incisor-Hypomineralisation
 Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Naspers (Nasdaq:NPSN NPSN - NAS Processing System Network
NPSN - National Police Support Network Inc.
). For more information, please visit MediaZone.com.
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