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33 America’s Cup Races Replay Videos
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010Waiting for the Wind. 33 America’s Cup
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010The rescheduled first clash of the 33rd America’s Cup between the giant multihulls of Alinghi and BMW ORACLE Racing which is now due for Wednesday off Valencia looks set to encounter brisk winds and more challenging seas. The stage could be set for a high speed first encounter.
The race between the hi-tech, multi-hull boats was reset for tomorrow Wednesday, the next scheduled sailing day in the best-of-three regatta off the Spanish port of Valencia.
Crew members aboard had a frustrating, cold and wet wait of almost four hours more than 25 km (16 miles) off shore before heading back to port.
“We were convinced we were going to race. Yesterday looked good and this morning when we left it looked good but then around 10 o’clock (0900 GMT) the hopes started fading away with the rain and the wind died,” said Alinghi owner Ernesto Bertarelli.
The problem was exacerbated by the vast size of the race area, measuring more than 600 sq km. The course for the first race is 40 km long, comprising an upwind and a downwind leg.
The course area was made necessary in part by the huge size of the boats, each 90 feet long with technology aboard previously unseen in yacht racing. Alinghi is a catamaran with a tilting mast 17 storeys high. BMW Oracle, a trimaran, has a unique wing-shaped mast much bigger than the wing of a commercial jetliner.
Reports suggest that the two teams were configuring their craft for the stronger northerly airs which are being drawn down to Valencia by a low pressure system towards the east.
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
ON SITE
AMERICA’S CUP PARK – BIG SCREEN TELEVISION
The big screen television in the America’s Cup Park will be showing live-action from the race course, along with features, packaged programmes, and highlights.
AMERICA’S CUP PARK – BIG SCREEN TELEVISION
The big screen television in the America’s Cup Park will be showing live-action from the race course, along with features, packaged programmes, and highlights.
ON TELEVISION
Through the agreements with the European Broadcasting Union, which reaches 56 territories and has an audience of over 650 million and, globally, with Sports News TV spanning 160 territories, broadcasting to over 1.4 billion people and also with Transworld Sport with a global audience of over 302 million, the America’s Cup News packages are assured of a massive international audience of over 2 billion viewers.
Through the agreements with the European Broadcasting Union, which reaches 56 territories and has an audience of over 650 million and, globally, with Sports News TV spanning 160 territories, broadcasting to over 1.4 billion people and also with Transworld Sport with a global audience of over 302 million, the America’s Cup News packages are assured of a massive international audience of over 2 billion viewers.
Among the broadcasters are Great Britain’s BSkyB, TVE/Teledeporte and Canal 9 in Spain, French based Eurosport and Showtime in the Middle East. Broadcasters will take all of the America’s Cup output, including the 26 minutes race day Highlights package, Race News package as well as the 52 minutes summary wrap up programme at the end of the event.
A full listing will be available soon.
ON-LINE
WWW.AMERICASCUP.COM
The official America’s Cup website keeps you posted with news reports, feature stories, videos and pictures and all the official information of the 33rd America’s Cup in English, Spanish and French.
WWW.AMERICASCUP.COM
The official America’s Cup website keeps you posted with news reports, feature stories, videos and pictures and all the official information of the 33rd America’s Cup in English, Spanish and French.
LIVE VIDEO STREAMING
For the first time in the history of the America’s Cup, races will be broadcast live free of charge on www.americascup.com. Video feed will be supplemented (in French and Spanish) with a Live Ticker animated by the best sailing experts
For the first time in the history of the America’s Cup, races will be broadcast live free of charge on www.americascup.com. Video feed will be supplemented (in French and Spanish) with a Live Ticker animated by the best sailing experts
THE CUP ON FACEBOOK
Join us on the official 33rd America’s Cup page where you will find all the latest posts around the event. Pages in English, Spanish and French have been created.
Join us on the official 33rd America’s Cup page where you will find all the latest posts around the event. Pages in English, Spanish and French have been created.
FOLLOW ON TWITTER
A dedicated team has been setup to chase the latest information during the event and exclusive information from the race will be posted real time for you.
A dedicated team has been setup to chase the latest information during the event and exclusive information from the race will be posted real time for you.
ALINGHI TWITTER
BMW ORACLE TWITTER
Info: http://americascup.com
33 America’s cup 2010 TV coverage
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010Coverage of the America’s Cup will be streamed live, free, over the Internet, according to recent announcements by Defender SNG and their event partner.
Preliminary Schedule:
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| Feb 6 | Preview Show | ||
| Feb 7 | Preview Show | ||
| Feb 8 | Race Day | ||
| Feb 9 | Recap | ||
| Feb 10 | Race Day | ||
| Feb 11 | Recap | ||
| Feb 12 | Race Day (if needed) | ||
Europe and Satellite:
Television: Live on British Eurosport (Sky 410/Virgin 521), BSkyB (UK), TVE/Teledeporte/Canal 9 (Spain), Eurosport (France)
Internet: On the Web in Europe via Eurosport Player and americascup.com
This portion of the plan was announced January 22, 2010. Read MoreUnited States and Canada:
Internet: At americascup.com and possibly also ESPN360
Television: Not known at this time whether there will be a broadcast partner.Elsewhere:
Internet: Partners to be announced.
Television: Middle East: Showtime. It is not known at this time whether there will be a broadcast partner in other countries.
More info at: http://www.cupinfo.com/en/ac33schedule-main.php
America’s Cup in Valencia 2010
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009The New York Court dismisses Ras al-Khaimah and confirms Valencia to host the next America’s Cup
The Supreme Court of the State of New York has upheld an earlier decision that the series should be based in the Spanish port as desired by US team Oracle.
It rejected an appeal of that judgement filed by America’s Cup holders Alinghi of Switzerland who wanted the races to be held in the United Arab Emirates.
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