FIM
WOMEN’S MOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP LIVE
ON TV FROM 2009
FUNCHAL
(PORTUGAL), 5 July 2008 – Following the
improvement strategy which is already
planned for the 2009 FIM Motocross World
Championships, series promoter Youthstream
announces another step forward for the next
season.
The
news concerns the FIM Women’s Motocross
World Championship, which will go live on
television in 2009.
With
the new race format featuring the first moto
on Saturday and the second moto on Sunday
morning at 11, the latter race will be
broadcast live to benefit from the MX1 and
MX2 series’ worldwide TV coverage, to be
also reinforced for the forthcoming season.
The 2007 series had almost 695 million
spectators for a total of 902 hours of TV
broadcasting (data from Sports Marketing
Surveys).
The
new plans for 2009 see an increased
involvement from the teams and the
manufacturers who have started to consider
this fast growing Championship more and
more. In order to match this interest
Youthstream has decided to make a further
effort and to take the second and final moto
of every event live on television.
The
start to a Women’s World Championship moto
The
provisional 2009 calendar of the FIM
Women’s Motocross World Championship
features the following 10 rounds:
FIM
Women’s Motocross World Championship
|
Dates
|
Round
|
Circuit
|
|
April
26
|
Portugal
|
Agueda
|
|
May
10
|
Bulgaria
|
Sevlievo
|
|
May
17
|
Italy
|
Castiglione
del Lago
|
|
June
7
|
France
|
Ernée
|
|
June
21
|
Germany
|
Teutschenthal
|
|
June
28
|
Latvia
|
Kegums
|
|
July
5
|
Sweden
|
Uddevalla
|
|
August
9
|
Czech
Republic
|
Loket
|
|
September
6
|
Netherlands
|
Lierop
|
|
September
20
|
United
States
|
Tba
|
Youthstream
President Mr. Giuseppe Luongo stated: “Our
intention is to have a maximum of eight
events on the final calendar. By having the
second race and podium broadcast on Live TV
will very much help the riders and teams to
have much more visibility and it will create
more possibilities to find international
sponsors.”
FIM/CMS
President Dr. Wolfgang Srb said: “The FIM
Women’s Motocross World Championship is
simply a story of great success. The
level of riding is very high and the
competition is excellent. This Championship
attracts a lot of new fans to our sport.”
LINKS
Youthstream
FIM
Information,
photos and results are online at http://www.motocrossMX1.com,
the official website of the FIM Motocross
World Championships.
More
information on the series are available
online in the official FIM Motocross World
Championship Guide, which can be watched by
clicking here.
MediaZone
Moto is the leading global online
broadcaster of Motocross and SuperMoto
events. Fans worldwide can watch the thrills
from this and every race of the 2008 FIM
Motocross & SuperMoto World
Championships LIVE and On Demand exclusively
at www.MediaZoneMoto.com.
Youthstream
is the company that manages the exclusive
television, marketing and promotional world
wide rights of the FIM Motocross World
Championship, the FIM Motocross of Nations,
the FIM SuperMoto World Championship, the
FIM SuperMoto of Nations, the FIM Snowcross
World Championship, the UEM Motocross
European Championship and the UEM SuperMoto
European Championship.
www.MotocrossMX1.com
