GIVEMESPORT Signs Exclusive Free-to-Air Deal to Livestream the 10th Mubadala World Tennis Championship to More Than 130 Count...
December 29 2017 - 9:35AM
Breaking Data Corp. (TSXV:BKD) (OTC:BKDCF)
(“Breaking Data” or the "Company") is pleased to
announce that GIVEMESPORT has secured exclusive free-to-air rights
to broadcast the 10th Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu
Dhabi to a huge audience of sports fans around the world in a deal
that will take the tournament to around 138 countries including
Canada.
The multi-territory deal will see GIVEMESPORT
broadcast the three-day championship on Facebook to territories
including Canada, Australia, India, the Russian Federation, Israel
as well as multiple territories in Eastern Europe, Central America,
Asia and Eastern Europe.
The tournament will see world Number 1 and
Mubadala title holder Rafael Nadal, former Wimbledon and Olympic
gold medalist Andy Murray and three-time Grand Slam champion Stan
Wawrinka. Among the highlights of the women’s tournament will be
the return to play of Serena Williams following the birth of her
daughter in September.
GIVEMESPORT is the leading sports publisher in
the world on Facebook with 26.2m Fans. It will use Facebook to
broadcast the tournament to fans across the world, who will be able
to watch an uninterrupted live feed on their mobiles, laptops,
desktop computers.
Broadcasting from the iconic Abu Dhabi
International Tennis Complex at Zayed Sports City the championship
presents the most competitive line-up of global tennis across
December 28, 29, and 30th.
Jae Chalfin, Chief Commercial Officer of GIVEMESPORT
said:
“This is a ground-breaking free-to-air
multi-region deal which brings millions of tennis fans worldwide
access to the tournament without having to pay a subscription
fee. Just as when GIVEMESPORT broadcast the US PGA tournament
earlier this summer, we are able to bring our 18-34 audience live
sports on the platforms and devices they use most often. There’s a
big, youthful audience who want to see sport on their mobile phones
and watch on the move and GIVEMESPORT is able to innovate in a way
that brings people together and makes them feel part of the
event.”
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GIVEMESPORT:http://www.givemesport.com/
GIVEMESPORT, Breaking Data's recent acquisition,
is a leading next generation sports media company with the largest
single publisher Facebook page in the world, with over 26.28
million fans. The next largest single sports publisher Facebook
page is ESPN with 18.46 million fans. GIVEMESPORT's content
generates over 3.1 billion impressions (Aug-17), reaching over 119
million unique users (Aug-17) per month on Facebook alone. Visit
GIVEMESPORT's Facebook page at facebook.com/GiveMeSport.
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Contact Information:Breaking Data Corp.Jae
Chalfin, CCO(905) 761-9200, Ext.
21jc@givemesport.comwww.breakingdatacorp.comwww.givemesport.com
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