Watch 2005 Mountain Bike World Championships Live Online; Mediazone and Union Cycliste Internationale Partner to Provide Exclusive Live Internet Broadcast
Elite men and women compete in cross country and downhill competitions.
Redwood City, CA (PRWEB) September 2, 2005
MediaZone, a leading global online broadcasting provider of licensed video and audio content, and Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), today announced their partnership to offer the 2005 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships competition live online at www. MediaZone. com/mtbike (http://www. MediaZone. com/mtbike).
MediaZone is presenting more than eight hours of live coverage of this yearÂ’s World Championship mountain bike racing competition from Livigno, Italy, which is located in the Stelvio and Swiss National Parks area of Northern Italy.
Cycling fans will be able to watch worldÂ’s best competitors representing more than 50 countries race for this yearÂ’s titles in the Men, Women, Elite Men and Elite Women divisions. MediaZone is the exclusive broadband distributor of the competition in the following countries: United States, China and India.
For the price of $7.99 (USD) mountain bike racing fans can purchase an All-Access Pass which allows viewers to watch the live action on September 3rd and September 4th. The high-quality live stream and download of the event will also be available for $4.99 (USD) per day, entitling viewers to watch with a Day Pass.
UCI and MediaZone recently provided the live internet distribution of the 2005 BMX World Championship which took place in Paris, France. UCI has chosen MediaZone as its broadband distribution partner because of its ability to offer a complete turnkey solution of delivering and marketing paid media coupled with full content security, billing and customer care.
“MediaZone continues to be thrilled to offer global cycling fans world championship events of this nature which they are unable to easily watch elsewhere,” said Michelle Wu, Chief Operating Officer of MediaZone. “We are also gratified to deepen our partnership with UCI and we look forward to providing the broadband internet distribution of many more high-level cycling competitions in the future.”
About MediaZone
MediaZone is a leading global provider of licensed video and audio content distributed securely via broadband networks to personal computers. MediaZone offers both subscription services and pay-per-view access to live event broadcasts, and an extensive library of content in sports, film, TV entertainment, lifestyle, music, health, fitness, religious, international, how-to, and personal development video and audio media. The company is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in China and Europe. MediaZone is a division of MIH Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Naspers (NASDAQ: NPSN.) For more information, please visit: www. mediazone. com or send email to info@mediazone. com.
About Union Cycliste Internationale
Founded in 1900, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is the world governing body of all international cycling. Headquartered in Aigle, Switzerland, the UCI is the International Federation of Cycling and represents the associations of 173 countries and their National Cycling Federations. For more information, please visit: www. uci. ch.
Contact:
David Yusem - Director, Content
Tel: + 1-650-595-8046
Email: dyusem@mediazone. com
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