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This 32nd America's Cup is the most widely televised edition in the history of the event.

This 32nd America's Cup is the most widely televised edition in the history of the event. With the second Round Robin of the Louis Vuitton Cup coming to a close this week, over 30 rights-holding broadcasters, covering all the major territories in the world, have been showing the action and emotion of the first phase of the competition.

CCTV is providing coverage of the event in China, reflecting growing enthusiasm for the sport generated through the first ever Chinese challenger, China Team. In Spain, the host country of the 32nd America's Cup, TVE and Canal 9 are providing live action from all the races, while coverage is also strong in Italy (La7), France (Canal+), Scandinavia (Viasat) Germany (ARD and ZDF), all territories with teams in the event.

In the United States, Versus (formerly OLN) will begin live coverage with the Semi Finals and CBS will broadcast 1 hour wrap-up highlight programmes nationwide at the conclusion of the Louis Vuitton Cup (17 June) and the America's Cup Match (8 July). In the United Kingdom, BskyB is showing live races.

For Switzerland, home of the Defender Alinghi, the national public broadcasters (SF, TSR and TSI) have announced extended coverage of the America's Cup Match starting on 23 June.

Over 150 countries are receiving the exciting TV broadcasts produced by ACTV in Valencia thanks to pan-regional coverage provided by Canal+ Horizons and Supersport (Africa), ESPN (Latin America), Al Jazeera (Middle East), Viasat (Scandinavia & Baltic) and Eurosport Asia. Additionally, BBC World announced last month it would be broadcasting a series of vignettes and long form programmes in collaboration with Louis Vuitton and AC Management.

In all, America's Cup three-month television coverage will be seen by millions of viewers around the world. Almost 200 hours of live coverage is being produced by ACTV, as well as more than 50 daily highlight programmes and almost 100 news feeds.

For those in a territory without a rights-holder agreement, official new media provider Alcatel-Lucent is providing internet television through America's Cup Internet TV (available on www.sail.tv) and race animation for computers and mobile phones through its award-winning Live Sailing product.

Territory	Rightsholder
Africa (excluding South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe & Lesotho)	Canal+ Horizons
South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho	Supersport
USA	Versus and CBS
Canada	TSN
Latin America	ESPN Sur
Brasil	ESPN Brasil
Austria	ATV
Australia	Fox Sports
France	Canal+
Belgium	BeTV
China	CCTV
Germany	ARD / ZDF and Arena
Greece & Cyprus	Supersport
Holland	NOS
Italy	La7 and Sailing Channel
Middle East	Al Jazeera and Showtime
New Zealand	TVNZ
Portugal	Sport TV
Poland	TVN Poland
Russia	NTV Plus
Scandinavia & Baltic	Viasat
Spain	TVE and Canal 9
Switzerland	SF, TSR, TSI
UK & Rep. of Ireland	BskyB
Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar, Malaysia	Eurosport Asia
Worldwide	BBC World
Rest Of World (Non-TV Rightsholder/Non-exclusive territories)	America's Cup Anywhere by Alcatel-Lucent www.sail.tv