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Contract signed for live coverage of the America's Cup elimination series, the Louis Vuitton Cup

Nearly 500 hours of live television aired by American cable company Outdoor Life Network (OLN) will be shown during the challenger elimination series for the America's Cup, known as the Louis Vuitton Cup.
The recent signing of the North American television contract for the Louis Vuitton Cup confirms an important deal that will see more live coverage of the Louis Vuitton Cup in the United States than ever before.

The challenger elimination series for the America's Cup, known as the Louis Vuitton Cup, will see ten teams from seven nations do battle on the waters of the Hauraki Gulf in Auckland, New Zealand over four months between October 2002 and January 2003.

Among the teams entered are three American syndicates: Oracle Racing from San Francisco, One World from Seattle and Stars & Stripes from New York, From Europe there are teams representing Great Britain, France, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland and Italy.

In the past only the later rounds of the Louis Vuitton Cup have been aired on TV in the United States. However with this agreement OLN subscribers will be able to watch every race day from the beginning of October 2002 right up until the Louis Vuitton Cup winner, the Challenger for the America's Cup, is determined in late January 2003.

The 24-hour cable network, will be available in 60 million homes by the time the Louis Vuitton Cup starts in October 2002.