Watch Luge World Championship Racing on NBCSports.com LIVE!NEW YORK -- NBCSports.com, in conjunction with MediaZone and USA Luge, announced Monday, Jan. 29, a three-year partnership that brings live streaming video of all Luge World Championship, World Cup, Challenge Cup and team events on to your computer, over the internet. Coverage debuts with Friday through Sunday's, Feb. 2-4, 39th World Luge Championships from Igls, Austria. Online subscribers can purchase this weekend's World Championship races for $3.99, or subscribers can watch the remaining two World Cup events, from Winterberg, Germany and Sigulda, Latvia, and all archival footage from the 2006-07 international luge racing season for just $12.99. This also includes on-demand coverage of previous 2006-07 World Cup stops in Torino, Italy; Calgary, Canada; Park City, Utah Park City is a city located in Summit County, Utah, United States. It is one of two major resort towns in Utah, the other being Moab. It is considered to be part of the Wasatch Back and a part of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. ; Nagano, Japan; Koenigssee, Germany; Oberhof, Germany; and Altenberg, Germany. "NBC Sports and NBCSports.com is committed to delivering the excitement and passion of Olympic sports on all of our platforms," said Perkins Miller, Senior Vice President, Digital Media, NBC Sports & Olympics. "Through our partnership with USA Luge, we can use the Internet to deliver these World Cup events to a passionate fan base that otherwise would not be able to watch them." "This is an exciting opportunity to bring the fastest sport on ice to the fastest growing medium," remarked USA Luge's Executive Director, Ron Rossi. "This is an excellent way to continue to introduce our athletes and the exciting sport of luge to the public every competition week of each year, and not just during the Olympic Winter Games. The real hook in the use of this cutting edge technology is the ability of our fans to see our events live." Live streaming coverage of Friday's World Championship team event begins at 7:15 a.m., Eastern (1:15 p.m. Austrian Time), while Saturday's coverage of the men's singles World Championship race begins at 8:40 a.m., Eastern (2:40 p.m. Austrian Time). Streaming video of Sunday's doubles and women's singles World Championship events begin at 5 a.m., Eastern (11 a.m. Austrian Time). Rebroadcasts of each race are scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Eastern, all three days. This is the latest offering available via the new NBCSports/MediaZone co-branded broadband video site at NBCSports.MediaZone.com. In November, 2006, NBCSports.com and Social TV pioneer MediaZone offered the 2006 ING New York City Marathon The New York City Marathon is an annual marathon foot-race run over a 42,195 m (26.2 mile) course through all five boroughs of New York City. It is the largest marathon race in the world, and with 37,866 finishers in 2006, was also the largest marathon race ever run. as part of the joint initiative. The NBCSports/ MediaZone partnership enables sports fans to view unique content from both NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. Sports' programming lineup and from MediaZone's catalogue, including world-class tennis, rugby and basketball. Italy's Armin Zoeggeler is the reigning men's singles World Champion, while Germans Andre Florschuetz and Torsten Wustlich are the reigning doubles champions. A new women's singles World Champion will be crowned following the retirement of German Sylke Otto. Tony Benshoof (White Bear Lake, Minn.) and Chris Mazdzer (Saranac Lake, N.Y.) will form USA Luge's men's singles lineup, while Mark Grimmette (Muskegon, Mich.) and Brian Martin (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Preston Griffall (Salt Lake City, Utah For ships of the United States Navy of the same name, see . Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake, or its initials, S.L.C. ) and Dan Joye (Carmel, N.Y.). Julia Clukey (Augusta, Maine) Erin Hamlin (Remsen, N.Y.) Ashley Hayden (Westborough, Mass.) and Courtney Zablocki (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) form USA Luge's women's singles roster. For more information on the Fastest Sport on Ice[R], log on to www.usaluge.org About MediaZone Social TV pioneer MediaZone is a leading global online broadcaster specializing in professionally-produced sports, international and entertainment video programming. MediaZone has established lasting partnerships with leading media brands including AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. , NBC Sports and the Shanghai Media Group SMG’s Brief The Shanghai Media Group (SMG), (Chinese: 上海文广新闻传媒集团, Pinying: Shànghǎi Wénguǎng Xīnwén Chuánméi Jítuán) under the Shanghai Media & Entertainment Group (SMEG), is a multimedia and is the official online broadcast partner for major events such as Wimbledon, FIBA FIBA Fédération Internationale de Basketball (International Basketball Federation) FIBA Florida International Bankers Association FIBA Fédération Internationale de Boxe Amateur FIBA Financial Institution Benefit Association, Inc. Basketball and SANZAR SANZAR South Africa New Zealand Australia Rugby rugby. Through its next generation Social TV platform, MediaZone links premier content with unprecedented interactivity for a completely new user experience. 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 MIH Make It Happen (band) MIH Master of International Health (University of Copenhagen) MIH Molar-Incisor-Hypomineralisation MIH Men in Hats (online comic) 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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