Eurosport and Eurosport Asia -with combined availability in 110 countries - will join ESPN in the UK and ESPN-3 in America in screening coverage of the 2011 Winmau Masters.
This will produce a truly global audience for the Winmau World Masters when it is staged at Hull Arena this September - with ESPN coverage from Friday, September 2nd to Sunday, September 4th.
ESPN and ESPN HD are also available on the following broadcast platforms:
Sky SD / HD 417, Virgin 529 / HD – 530, BT Vision / Top Up TV / Freeview – 34, TalkTalk TV - 555
For the very best in BDO darts visit the ESPN website for details of how to subscribe and watch the action: www.espn.co.uk/tv
Or watch the action live and be part of ESPN’s live and exclusive coverage:
Spectator tickets: OI482-300300 or online www.hullccc.gov.uk/leisureandculture
o Thursday 1st September - WINMAU World Masters Multi-Board Play-Offs
o Doors open 9am
o £10
• Friday 2nd September 2011 – Lakeside World Championship International Play-Offs
o 9am – 2pm
o 3pm – 12midnight - WINMAU World Masters Stage Matches (Televised)
o £15 (includes Saturday Morning)
• Saturday 3rd September
o 9am – 3pm – Lakeside International Play-Off Continued
o 4pm – 12midnight – WINMAU World Masters Stage Matches (Televised)
o £20
• Sunday 4th September – WINMAU World Masters Stage Finals (Televised)
o 1pm – 11pm
o £25
ESPN Live and Exclusive Winmau World Masters from Hull Arena: September 2nd, 3rd and 4th
The 2011 Winmau World Masters will be shown live and exclusively by sports media company ESPN and extended to a three-day televised event from Friday, September 2nd to Sunday, September 4th in a new broadcasting agreement with the British Darts Organisation.
“After nine consecutive years with BBC Sport, the World Masters is moving to ESPN,” says Olly Croft, Managing Director of BDO Enterprises Ltd.
“In thanking the BBC for establishing the World Masters as a TV favourite, we are now delighted to be forging a new and innovative broadcasting relationship with ESPN to provide an even bigger three-day tournament from a venue new to BDO darts for our players, officials and sponsors.”
The Winmau World Masters will be shown on ESPN live from Hull Arena on Friday, September 2nd, Saturday, September 3rd and Sunday, September 4th and heralds a new era of television exposure for BDO darts and its players.
The event will mark ESPN’s first live darts programming in the UK and confirms the sports broadcasters’ continued effort to broaden the range and variety of UK sports programming it offers fans.
ESPN’s live televised darts coverage will be led by Ray Stubbs, presenter of both the BDO World Professional Darts Championships and the Winmau World Masters for several years during his time with the BBC.
All discussion and analysis will come live from the tournament, capturing the environment and connecting viewers to the unique atmosphere of live darts.
The 2011 Winmau World Masters will be a 4 day tournament, commencing on Thursday, September 1st and ending on Sunday, September 4th - with ESPN screening play on Friday, September 2nd, Saturday, September 3rd and Sunday, September 4th.
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