NBCSports.com and MediaZone Feature Full Coverage of World Ski Championships
January 31 2007 - 8:00AM
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NBCSports.com, in conjunction with MediaZone and the U.S. Ski Team,
will bring exclusive coverage of the FIS Alpine World Ski
Championships Feb. 3-18 in �re, Sweden. Coverage available to the
USA will include live web streaming daily, plus televised coverage
of the men�s and women�s downhill, airing Feb. 17 at 2:30 p.m. ET
on NBC Sports. The International Ski Federation�s World
Championships are held every two years, with world champion Bode
Miller (Bretton Woods, NH) and Olympic champion Julia Mancuso
(Olympic Valley, CA) headlining the action. Miller has medaled in
the last three World Championships, winning double gold at the 2003
and 2005 championships. The U.S. Ski Team is enjoying one of its
best seasons ever this winter and Miller, Mancuso and Lindsey
Kildow (Vail, CO) are challenging for World Cup titles. Newcomer
Steven Nyman (Provo, UT) also picked up his first World Cup win.
�NBC Sports and NBCSports.com is committed to delivering the
excitement and passion of Olympic sports on all of our platforms,�
said Perkins Miller, Senior Vice President, Digital Media, NBC
Sports & Olympics. �Through our partnership with the USSA, we
can use the Internet to deliver these events to a passionate fan
base that otherwise would not be able to watch them.� The
broadcasts are a partnership with the FIS and European Broadcast
Union, along with NBCSports.com, MediaZone and the U.S. Ski Team.
NBC�s Olympic broadcast team of Tim Ryan, Todd Brooker and Steve
Porino will call the action for NBC�s coverage of the men�s and
women�s downhill airing on Feb. 17. New this year is
NBCSports.com�s daily live coverage with partner MediaZone. Every
race will be webcast live with natural sound, plus will be
available on-demand after the competitions. �Our fans have the
chance to really follow the World Championships from start to
finish with live coverage from NBC and MediaZone,� said U.S. Ski
Team Vice President of Marketing Communications Tom Kelly. �The
Team has captured a lot of attention this year with great World Cup
results across nearly every discipline going into the Championships
in Sweden.� Night events and later daytime start times for the
Championships in Sweden bring the daily webcasts into very
reasonable daytime airtimes in the USA. No finals begin earlier
than 6:30 a.m. ET, and four of the 11-event finals start
mid-morning to early-afternoon ET. The entire two-week package is
only $19.99, providing both live daily coverage and on-demand
access to all the World Championship races. Single day coverage is
$4.99. Fans can check out the coverage at www.nbcsports.com or
www.mediazone.com. 2007 FIS ALPINE WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS ON
NBCSports.com (all times ET) Saturday, Feb. 3 Men's super G (6:30
a.m.) Sunday, Feb. 4 Women's super G (6:30 a.m.) Thursday, Feb. 8
Men's super-combined (6:30 a.m. downhill, 10:30 a.m. slalom)
Friday, Feb. 9 Women's super-combined (6:30 a.m. downhill, 10:30
a.m. slalom) Saturday, Feb. 10 Men's downhill (6:30 a.m.) Sunday,
Feb. 11 Women's downhill (6:30 a.m.) Tuesday, Feb. 13 Women's giant
slalom (11 a.m. 1st run, 2 p.m. 2nd run) Wednesday, Feb. 14 Men's
giant slalom (4 a.m. 1st run, 7 a.m. 2nd run) Friday, Feb. 16
Women's slalom (11 a.m. 1st run, 2 p.m. 2nd run) Saturday, Feb. 17
Men's slalom (4 a.m. 1st run, 7 a.m. 2nd run) Men's and Women's
downhill (2:30 p.m., on NBC Sports) Sunday, Feb. 18 Nations team
event (4 a.m. 1st run, 7 a.m. 2nd run) About MediaZone Social TV
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