MotoGP extends its TV footprint worldwide

With the start of the new season, the 56th in the history of the sport, MotoGP's
increasing popularity is being recognised in 2005 with a huge TV following in
every corner of the globe. Thanks to extensive coverage through no less than 46
TV networks, the live broadcasts of the MotoGP races (or same day delayed on the
different time zones) are reaching more than 200 countries in all five continents.

Amongst these broadcasters, prestigious networks such as BBC (United Kingdom),
TVE (Spain) or Mediaset (Italy) are increasing the quantity and quality of their
shows. Other territories to watch MotoGP throughout main terrestrial free-to-air
networks are: Japan (NTV), Australia (Ten), Brazil (Globo), Belgium (RTL Club),
Finland (Nelonen), Switzerland (TSI, TSR and DRS), Austria (ATV+), and Russia
(Center TV). Several pan-continental channels are also amongst the MotoGP
broadcasters, meaning the races can actually be seen in every country in the
world. A significant element in 2005 is the increase in the general coverage of
MotoGP's only qualifying practice.

Interesting additions to the distribution list for 2005 are Greece (ET3),
Colombia (Canal 1) and Morocco (2M). Other countries, such as the Netherlands
(NOS), Malaysia (RTM), Ireland (RTE) and New Zealand (Prime TV and TVNZ) will
have a huge increase in the TV coverage of MotoGP. In the case of China, the
first visit to the new racetrack in Shanghai has led to the broadcast of the
full championship through Shanghai TV and Dragon TV.

For the 2004 season, the average global coverage for each round of the MotoGP
World Championship was 327 million TV viewers, with a total of 5,226 million
viewers for the year.

The following table illustrates the TV networks that will show the MotoGP races
in 2005:

TV NETWORK
TERRITORY

TV NETWORK
TERRITORY

Koha TV
Albania

Astro
Malaysia

Ten Network
Australia

ESPN2
Mexico

Fox TV
Australia

2M
Morocco

ATV+
Austria

Prime TV
New Zealand

RTL Club
Belgium

TVNZ
New Zealand

Sport TV
Brazil

RTP
Portugal

TV Globo
Brazil

Center TV
Russia

Shangai TV
China

TVE 1
Spain

Dragon TV
China

Teledeporte
Spain

Canal 1
Colombia

MNET
South Africa

Nelonen
Finland

CSN
South Africa

ET3
Greece

DRS
Switzerland

NOS
Holland

TSI
Switzerland

TV7
Indonesia

TSR
Switzerland

RTE 2
Ireland

Channel 11
Thailand

Italia 1
Italy

Thai Soc.Channel
Thailand

NTV
Japan

UBC
Thailand

G+
Japan

BBC
U.K

RTM
Malaysia

Meridiano TV
Venezuela

Super Sport
Africa

Eurosport
Europe

Espn +
Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay

Espn Latinamerica
Latin America

Espn-Star TV
Asia

Speedchannel
USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean

Al Jazeera Sport
Middle East

Ten Sports
India, Pakistan

INFO 2005/25. 9-04-2005
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