Untamed Sports TV and Youthstream partner in America
By Infront Moto Racing on 8th Jul 09
Untamed Sports TV and Youthstream partner to televise FIM Motocross and SuperMoto World Championships in the United States.
FUNCHAL (PORTUGAL), 8 July 2009 – Untamed Sports TV, an outdoor sports and lifestyle network in the U.S., and Youthstream have teamed up to distribute the 2009 FIM Motocross and SuperMoto World Championships in America.
The network will air 40 hours of the programming throughout the 2009 season. The programming will include highlights shows of the FIM Motocross (MX1/MX2/MX3) and SuperMoto (S1/S2) World Championships, plus the FIM Women's Motocross World Championships.
Each episode will air on Untamed Sports TV's digital broadcast feed at 3.00 pm Eastern time on Saturdays, starting July 25, 2009, and will then be repeated. More specific information will be provided through Youthstream's official media coverage of the events and Untamed Sports TV's webpage www.untamed.tv .
"This is another important step towards the world wide diffusion of the FIM Motocross and SuperMoto World Championships,” said Mr. Giuseppe Luongo, Youthstream President. "American fans can now follow our entire Championships on TV, which is definitely great news.”
"Congratulations to Untamed Sports TV and Youthstream for having reached this important agreement,” continued Dr. Wolfgang Srb, the FIM/CMS President. "I am very happy that the American fans will be able to follow entirely the best off-road series in the world, the FIM Motocross World Championship and the FIM SuperMoto World Championship.”
"We are extremely excited to partner with Youthstream to distribute this programming,” said Chuck Mohler, the General Manager of Untamed Sports TV. "Off-road fans now have more coverage than ever of these Championships.”
Untamed Sports TV, currently distributed across 12 million broadcast and cable homes in the United States, delivers unique outdoor sports, adventure and lifestyle programs. The network is owned by Olympusat, Inc., the United States' largest independent distributor of cable networks.