GolTV Kick Starts Euro 2008 with The Contenders
Original five-part series set to debut on Tuesday, May 20

TORONTO, May 16, 2008 – GolTV and Insight Sports announced today the development of The Contenders, an original five-part series that will profile the 16 nations set to compete in Euro 2008.  A one-hour program, The Contenders will debut on GolTV on Tuesday, May 20 at 6:00 p.m. ET.  The second and third episodes will air on Thursday, May 22 and Tuesday, May 27 respectively.  The fourth show will air on Thursday, May 29 with the final episode set for Friday, June 6.  The broadcast time for each episode is 6:00 p.m. ET with a same day repeat at 9:00 p.m. ET.

Hosted by GolTV’s Lee Godfrey, The Contenders will feature in-depth analysis from a panel of soccer experts that includes GolTV analyst and former Canadian men’s national team player and coach Paul James, and Globe and Mail soccer columnist Peter Mallett.

“GolTV is the only network that will provide Canadian soccer fans with extensive pre-tournament analysis of Euro 2008,” said Corey Russell, Vice President of Programming and Production for Insight Sports, a sports media and entertainment company which owns and operates GolTV. “Featuring a talented panel of soccer experts, The Contenders will provide viewers with all the essential news and information they need to kick start one of soccer’s biggest international events.”

The first four episodes of The Contenders will profile one of the tournament’s four groupings.  For each grouping, GolTV will provide team-by-team analysis focusing on each nation’s round robin matches, how each country qualified to compete in Euro 2008, and an overview of the top players and team personnel for each squad.

The fifth and final episode of The Contenders will recap the analysis from the first four episodes as well as feature predictions on the Euro 2008 champion and speculation on who will win the tournament’s Golden Boot award.

Euro 2008 is schedule to take place from June 7-29 in Austria and Switzerland.