FOX College Sports TV Will Air Universiade TV Marathon on X-mas Day
December 20th, 2007
As a continued demonstration of its commitment to provide a showcase for collegiate athletics, Fox College Sports will offer an exclusive presentation of the 2007 Summer World University Games. FCS Pacific will provide the presents on Christmas Day, Tuesday, Dec. 25, as it premieres the 2007 Summer Games starting at 6:00 AM ET. FCS’ presentation of the 2007 Summer World University Games will focus on U.S. medal-winning performances in Artistic Gymnastics, Swimming, Taekwondo, and Volleyball. To supplement FCS Pacific coverage of the 2007 Summer World University Games, FCS Atlantic and Central take viewers down memory lane with encore telecasts of the 2005 Winter and Summer World University Games as well as the 2007 Winter World University Games. FCS will also be the exclusive home of the Winter & Summer World University Games in the U.S. through 2009. “It’s a thrill for Fox College Sports to present our Winter World University Games marathon on Christmas morning.” said Max Casanova, Director of Programming for FCS. “This event has given America’s student-athletes the tremendous opportunity to compete against their peers from all over the world while enjoying an Olympics-style experience.” The 24th Summer Universiade was held August 8-18 in Bangkok, Thailand. The event attracted more than 8,000 athletes from 200 countries, including the 142-member delegation from the United States that fielded teams to compete in the 10 disciplines of swimming (men, women), diving (men, women), basketball (men, women), fencing (men, women), artistic gymnastics (men), rhythmic gymnastics (women), volleyball (men), golf (men, women), softball (women), and taekwondo (men, women). Golf made its first appearance at the World University Games. For more information visit www.foxcollegesports.com
Fox College Sports: FCS represents three nationally distributed college sports networks (FCS Pacific, FCS Central, and FCS Atlantic) stocked with premium collegiate programming from across the country. FCS features men’s and women’s competitions across a broad range of NCAA-sanctioned sports highlighted by perennial powers from the ACC, Big 12, Pac 10, SEC, as well as other top conferences. The three networks combine to telecast more than 800 live NCAA events over the course of a year. Based on current distribution agreements, FCS is available to approximately 52 million digital homes, and is seen by viewers in the nation’s 25 largest cities, including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas and Atlanta, Houston, Seattle, Minneapolis and Tampa. Key MSO partners include Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications, Cox Communications, Cablevision Systems, Adelphia Communications, Mediacom Communications, Insight Communications and CableOne and the National Cable Television Cooperative. The most up-to-date telecast schedule is available 24/7 by logging on to www.foxcollegesports.com.
