Live Web casts set for weekend alpine events

By Published On: December 9th, 2005Comments Off on Live Web casts set for weekend alpine events

Live Web casts set for weekend alpine events{mosimage}Online broadcaster MediaZone.com will present live Web casts of this weekend’s FIS Audi World Cup races from Val d’Isere, France, and Aspen, Colorado, with continuing coverage from the men’s World Cup in Val Gardena, Italy, Dec. 16-17.

MediaZone’s coverage will begin Friday, Dec. 9 from Aspen, where Americans Lindsey Kildow, Julia Mancuso and Kirsten Clark will be among the top challengers in the Sirius Satellite Radio super G from Aspen. Saturday action will shift to Val d’Isere, where Daron Rahlves and Bode Miller will go head-to-head in the third men’s downhill of the season.

MediaZone’s live coverage will feature English commentary, plus on-demand streams and downloads within a few hours after the competitions. Two introductory payment plans are being offered, including a $9.99 all-access pass for the six-race package, or a $4.99 per race pay-per-view fee. You can watch the races on any Windows-enabled PC (Macs are not supported at this time) at any time and from nearly anywhere (live and on-demand coverage is not available in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Sweden, Finland and Norway).

MediaZone Web cast schedule

Fri. Dec. 9 Women’s World Cup super G, Aspen, Colorado, 12:45 p.m. ET
Sat. Dec. 10 Men’s World Cup downhill, Val d’Isere, France, 4:30 a.m. ET
Sat. Dec. 11 Women’s World Cup giant slalom, Aspen, Colorado, 12 p.m./3 p.m. ET
Fri. Dec. 16 Men’s World Cup super G, Val Gardena, France, 6:15 a.m. ET
Sat. Dec. 17 Men’s World Cup downhill, Val Gardena, France, 6:15 a.m. ET
NOTE: Sunday races from the three sites are not available.

To register with MediaZone to receive live Web casts, go to https://www.mediazone.com/skiracing/.

You can also watch same-weekend coverage of the races on OLN every Sunday at 5 p.m. ET, as well as coverage of the women’s races from Aspen on NBC this Saturday, Dec. 10 at 2 p.m. ET.

MediaZone is a leading global provider to consumers of licensed video and audio content distributed securely via broadband and wireless networks.

– Courtesy USSA News Bureau

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