GOLTV ANNOUNCES FOUR NEW ORIGINAL TV SERIES
America’s Favorite All-Soccer Network Pumps up the 2008/09 Lineup with 2010 Report, Soccer Cam, Fantasy Goal and Kings of Club
New York City - May 14, 2008 - GolTV, the only live bilingual channel delivering 24/7 soccer, announced during its Upfront Advertiser Presentation in New York today the addition of four new original programs to its line-up. Featuring a mix of exclusive 2010 World Cup soccer coverage, user-generated video, audience interaction and documentary-style features, each of the new TV series are positioned to score big with North American soccer fans. “We are pumping up the GolTV lineup with programming that should score great ratings with our audience,” said Rodrigo Lombello, COO of GolTV. “Soccer fans live, breathe and dream about soccer. It’s a way of life. That’s why GolTV has more than exclusive matches from the best teams in the world. We aim to cover the sport from every angle including the most personal to truly reflect the passion, history, news, and even showcase our youngest fan’s greatest moment in this sport.” GolTV’s new programming includes: 2010 ReportThe road to the 2010 World Cup is already being traveled by the pros. These qualifying matches include several of the world’s top teams from Italy and Germany. 2010 Report takes the network’s World Cup coverage to a whole new level. The series will follow global soccer action all the way through the championship game of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and feature in-depth coverage and exclusive athlete interviews. Soccer CamGolTV makes fans the stars with Soccer Cam. The new show features some of the most personal and hilarious moments captured by the fans themselves as user-generated video up-loaded to the GolTV.tv website. Now hometown heroes can showoff their fancy footwork in front the entire GolTV audience and win exciting prizes like an all-expense paid trip to a premiere European match or an authentic soccer jersey. Fantasy GoalFantasy sports have never been more popular. Now all the fun of being in a fantasy league is being put into the hands of the GolTV viewer, allowing millions of soccer fans to practice their coaching, recruiting and team management skills as they create and take charge of their own fantasy teams and leagues in GolTV’s new multi-platform experience. Soccer fans can select from hundreds of La Liga players from Spain to create the fantasy team of their dreams. Each week GolTV online and on-camera experts will prepare fantasy coaches for upcoming matches with an in-depth league analysis during the first of its kind in the sport Fantasy Goal show.
Kings of Club
This 10-episode half-hour GolTV original series will examine top soccer clubs from around the world, including premiere teams from five different continents. A documentary-style program, each show will give an in-depth look at the clubs’ strengths, structures, history and highlights, as well as why they are considered “kings” in their respective countries. Featuring behind-the-scenes interviews with stars and even club staff, Kings of Club will expose all the information that soccer fans in North America are eager to know about the world’s best soccer teams.
