ONE World Sports To Begin Airing Professional Rugby
Stamford, CT (PRWEB) April 13, 2016 -- ONE World Sports, America’s Network for Global Sports, announced today the airing of the Professional Rugby Organization (PRO), a new U.S.-based professional rugby league. ONE World Sports, the official national broadcast partner of PRO Rugby, will begin its coverage Sunday, April 17 at 7:00 PM ET and will feature Sacramento battling San Francisco in its inaugural match. PRO Rugby is comprised of the five rugby union teams located in North America, and is the first competition to be sanctioned by USA Rugby and World Rugby.
“ONE World Sports is always looking for new and exciting sports and leagues to showcase to our viewers and help grow the network,” said Joel Feld, Executive Vice President, Programming & Production, ONE World Sports. “With rubgy making its return to the Olympics this summer in Rio, it is the perfect time to highlight the sport’s growing popularity in the United States with the debut of PRO Rugby to our audience.”
In total, ONE World Sports will air 11 PRO Rugby matches:
• April 17 – San Francisco at Sacramento at 7 PM ET
• April 23 – Sacramento at San Diego at 6 PM ET
• April 24 – Denver at San Francisco at 6 PM ET
• May 1 – Denver at San Diego at 8 PM ET
• May 8 – Ohio at Sacremento at 8 PM ET
• May 15 – Ohio at San Diego at 8 PM ET
• May 29 – Ohio at San Francisco at 6 PM ET
• June 5 – Denver at San Diego at 8 PM ET
• July 3 – Sacramento at San Francisco at 6 PM ET
• July 24 – Denver at San Francisco at 6 PM ET
• July 30 – San Francisco at Sacramento at 10:30 PM ET
Visit the ONE World Sports website for channel identification in your area or to demand the network from your television distributor.
Leading sports technology experts Hawk-Eye will be producing the games for ONE World Sports. ONE World Sports will also utilize ONE CONNXT to provide video transport services for its 11 games.
About ONE World Sports
ONE World Sports is America’s Network for Global Sports, producing best-in-class, captivating live sports content from around the world. With multi-platform capabilities and superior production quality, ONE World Sports is one of the fastest growing independent sports networks available throughout the United States. Currently available to more than 30 million homes nationally on cable, telco and satellite, ONE World Sports delivers live and exclusive coverage of some of America's most popular sports played professionally outside the USA -- basketball, baseball, golf and ice hockey -- plus sporting events with the largest global followings, including soccer and cricket. ONE World Sports is distributed through Verizon Fios, go90, DISH Network, Charter Communications, Sony PlayStation Vue, Cablevision's Optimum TV, Mediacom Communications, Google Fiber, Suddenlink, RCN and a growing number of systems through the NCTC. In addition, the network's mobile app, Watch ONE World Sports, features a live stream of the network for authenticated subscribers and on-demand content for all users. More information on ONE World Sports and its availability in particular markets can be found at http://www.oneworldsports.com or consumers can call their television distributor. Watch ONE World Sports is available in the Apple and the Google Play stores.
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Contact:
Rachel Gary, ONE World Sports, 201-615-9629, rgary(at)oneworldsports(dot)com
Rachel Gary, ONE World Sports, http://www.oneworldsports.com, +1 201-615-9629, [email protected]
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