WCSN Gets Global Reach
Previously limited to U.S. subscribers, World Championship Sports Network's streaming Internet broadcast will be available globally for the 2005 artistic world championships in Melbourne, Australia.
Claude Ruibal, president and CEO of WCSN, said there will be a waiting period for countries with television coverage of the event. After the waiting period, subscribers in these countries will have access to the full archive.
WCSN launched earlier this fall and offers on-demand video coverage of world championships sports events through a high-speed Internet connection.
Commentators for Melbourne include IG's Bart Conner and Nadia Comaneci, as well as U.S. Olympians Blaine Wilson and Tasha Schwikert. Wilson and Schwikert will cover the event from WCSN's studio in Los Angeles, where Schwikert studies broadcast journalism at UCLA.
Ruibal said WCSN.com's partner company, Major League Baseball, is currently updating its technology to allow international subscribers to register.
WCSN.com Geographic Restrictions for 2005 Worlds
30-day waiting period
Australia
South Korea
10-day waiting period
All European countries*
Brazil
Chile
Japan
Mexico
All Others
No delay
* No delay for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Israel or Turkey
External Link: World Championship Sports Network
