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MediaZone
CEO Michelle Wu says, "It is an incredible
opportunity to serve as the Worldwide Broadband
Partner to the Wimbledon Championships and
provide the most in-depth tournament coverage
available via the internet to date. The
Wimbledon Live service we've developed with
the Club provides an intimate feel for the
atmosphere at Wimbledon 2006 to tennis and
sports enthusiasts around the world, allowing
them to share the experience at their leisure
throughout the championships."
From
the first round through the finals, Wimbledon
Live will feature the most comprehensive
full match coverage available, as well as
three free Radio Wimbledon channels of live
commentary and 10 hours of classic archive
footage showcasing rallies and matches that
have taken place throughout the history
of the tournament. To better serve the international
community, the entire site will be localized
in Chinese and an overview of the subscription
will be available in French, Italian, German,
Spanish, Portuguese, Korean and Japanese.
Wimbledon
Live will be integrated with the official
Wimbledon website, www.wimbledon.org,
which allows viewers to combine video coverage
with player information as well as live
scoring and statistics from all matches
at the championships.
All
England Lawn Tennis Club CEO Ian Ritchie
says, "We are thrilled by the relationship
forged with MediaZone to offer, for the
first time in the 120 year history of Lawn
Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, daily
live online coverage of the tournament to
tennis fans around the globe.
"Given
MediaZone's extensive experience successfully
broadcasting live sporting events globally
via the Internet, we feel they are the ideal
partner to distribute the tournament to
audiences worldwide."
A
special advance order All Access Pass for
Wimbledon Live is available for GBP 9.95
in the UK and $19.95 in the US and the rest
of the world prior to the first day of competition.
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