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  • ESPN to exclusively telecast America Cup in North & South America

    ESPN to exclusively telecast America Cup in North & South America

    NEW DELHI: ESPN has acquired exclusive multiplatform rights to the 35th America’s Cup in more than 40 territories, including Mexico, Central America and South America.
     

    Under the agreement with America Cup, it will have non-exclusive rights in the Caribbean.

     

    ESPN International will air live racing and highlights of all events in the 35th America’s Cup, including the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in 2015 and 2016; the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers and Challenger Playoffs; the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup; and the America’s Cup Match presented by Louis Vuitton from Bermuda in May and June 2017.

     

    America Cup Commercial Commissioner Harvey Schiller said, “We’re happy to be working with the ESPN team again to build on the strength of what we achieved together in the last America’s Cup. This agreement will bring America’s Cup racing to millions of fans in Mexico, Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean.”

     

    ESPN International senior vice president of production, programming, marketing and advertising sales Tim Bunnell added, “This is a wonderful opportunity for ESPN International to broadcast one of the marquee sailing events in world sport. Fans will be able to watch live and highlight programming of the America’s Cup on a variety of platforms, including television, broadband and mobile.”

     

    ESPN will air the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in Gothenburg, Sweden on 29 and 30 August.

     

  • ESPN International to lure sports fans with digital shops

    ESPN International to lure sports fans with digital shops

    MUMBAI: The sports fans are in for a pleasant surprise as ESPN is coming up with the launch of digital shops across its ESPNcricinfo.com and ESPN.com.au sites. The announcement was made today. The online stores, developed in collaboration with Velocity Brand Management’s retail division (VBM Retail), will provide global cricket fans and sports fans in Australia and New Zealand a wide range of licensed and fan-specific merchandise along with branded and co-branded products. Fans can access the shops through a “Shop” tab and button, available in the navigation of each of the ESPN site homepages.

     

    Additional digital shops will debut across other ESPN digital properties globally in 2014, including ESPN Scrum and ESPN Footytips.

     

    The ESPNcricinfo.com shop, available on Shop.ESPNcricinfo.com and ESPNcricinfoshop.com, features a full range of cricket products including apparel, accessories, novelties, equipment and memorabilia. Additionally, the shop will offer a wide array of licensed team merchandises along with ESPNcricinfo branded and co-branded products.

     

    “Around the world ESPNcricinfo reaches tens of millions of sports fans on computers and mobile devices every month,” said head of ESPNcricinfo and ESPN Digital Media India Ramesh Kumar. “As consumer purchases through digital channels increases globally, we’re excited to be able to bring a convenient and trusted place for fans to buy the gear and equipment they are looking for.  Part of being a fan is the pride we all take in our teams and passions, and these shops will be a be a great platform for fans  looking to find the right products to showcase that pride or find great products.”

     

    The shop is set to offer Indian fans across the cricket-loving nation an opportunity to purchase and collect cricket items for use, for personal memorial value or as investment. In addition to an extensive collection of sports-related and fan-specific merchandise available to consumers in Australia and New Zealand, Shop.espn.com.au and ESPNShop.com.au, offers league licensed products from the AFL, NRL, Cricket Australia, V8 Supercars, rugby union, football, netball and the NBA.  It will expand to include items from the NFL, NHL, NCAA college sports and ESPN Licensed products.