Surfing – Pro Women’s World Tour, pt 1 of 4,
Sailing – Aruba Catamaran Champs, Caribbean
Powerboats – Class III Europeans, Italy
Windsurfing – Ireland Wave preview, Ireland
This week on the world’s most widely watched watersports show we check out
the pro women’s world surfing tour, and yes, it’s absolutely superb…
Then we’re heading to sunny Aruba in the Caribbean for one of the most exotic
catamaran regattas in the world…
And finally we’re heading to Italy for the Class 3 powerboat Europeans off
the pretty seaside town of Viareggio.
20/03/02, 17:30, Sky Sports 2 – Wednesday
20/03/02, 20:00, Sky Sports Extra – Wednesday
21/03/02, 12:00, Sky Sports 3 – Thursday
21/03/02, 15:30, Sky Sports 2 – Thursday
24/03/02, 06:00, Sky Sports 2 – Sunday
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After the UK airing, WW is broadcast through 82 countries in the world with
a total distribution of 161 million homes. After 10 years it’s Sky’s longest
running sports show.
WATERSPORTS WORLD LATEST DISTRIBUTION 2002
TOTAL HOMES = 161+ MILLION
UK
Broadcaster: SKYSPORTS
Homes receiving 5+ million
SOUTH AMERICA
Broadcaster: FOX AMERICAS (English/Spanish)
Homes receiving 12+ million
MIDDLE EAST, MALAYSIA, INDIA, CHINA, KOREA, JAPAN, HONG KONG
Broadcaster: STAR TV
Homes receiving 60+ million
SOUTH AFRICA and PAN AFRICA
Broadcaster: MNET
Homes receiving 8+ million
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Broadcaster: Emirates TV*
Homes receiving 1+ million
AUSTRALIA
Broadcaster: FOXSPORTS
Homes receiving 4+ million
MIDDLE EAST inc. ISRAEL
Broadcaster: Extreme Sports Channel*
Homes receiving 2+ million
FRANCE
Broadcaster: Pathé
Homes receiving 3+ million
CANADA
Broadcaster: via Global TV*
Homes receiving 1+ million
ITALY
Broadcaster: STREAM
Homes receiving 4+ million
PAN EUROPEAN: INCLUDING EASTERN BLOC AND SCANDINAVIA
Broadcaster: Extreme Sports Channel*
Homes receiving 40+ million
CHINA
Broadcaster: via Guang Ya (various channels)*
Homes receiving 20+ million
JAPAN
Broadcaster: JSKYB
Homes receiving 1+ million
TOTAL HOMES = 161+ MILLION
TOTAL POTENTIAL WORLDWIDE AUDIENCE (2.5 PER HOME) = 430+ MILLION
* Aired under programme name “Hot Water”
