BWI: Tiger Woods’ Statement LIVE with “SportsCenter Special: Tiger Woods Speaks” on ESPN

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: ESPN STAR Sports
Thursday, February 18, 2010 03:05 PM IST (09:35 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Sports; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Media & entertainment, Sports
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Tiger Woods' Statement LIVE with "SportsCenter Special: Tiger Woods Speaks" on ESPN
Programme will be telecast on Friday, Feb 19, 9:30 PM IST

New Delhi, Delhi, India, Thursday, February 18, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- ESPN STAR Sports' (ESS) will present a "SportsCenter Special: Tiger Woods Speaks" programme with LIVE coverage of Tiger Woods' statement on Friday, February 19, 9:30 pm, on ESPN.

Woods will be making his statement at the TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, home of the PGA Tour. This will be the first time since the November car crash that Woods will be making an official public appearance.

The special will be carried across the region on ESPN.

In addition to the live coverage, the SportsCenter Special will also carry insights and analysis from ESS' Golf Focus pundit Richard Harries on how Woods' next step will impact the game as well as the expected reception to his statement. The special will also carry Woods-related stories on his career timeline, how he changed the game of golf and how the scandal has affected his image and career.

About ESPN STAR Sports

ESPN STAR Sports is a 50:50 joint venture between two of the world's leading cable and satellite broadcasters. As Asia's definitive and complete sports broadcaster and content provider, ESPN STAR Sports combines the strengths and resources of its ultimate parent companies - Walt Disney (ESPN, Inc.) and News Corporation Limited (STAR) - to deliver a diverse array of international and regional sports to viewers via its encrypted pay and free-to-air services.

ESPN STAR Sports showcases an unparalleled variety of premier live sports from around the globe 24 hours a day to a cumulative reach of more than 300 million viewers in Asia. ESPN STAR Sports has 19 networks covering 24 countries, each localised to deliver differentiated world-class premier sports programming to Asian viewers. This includes ESPN Asia, ESPN China, ESPN Hong Kong, ESPN India, ESPN Malaysia, ESPN Philippines, ESPN Singapore, ESPN Taiwan, MBC-ESPN (Korea), STAR Sports Asia, STAR Sports Hong Kong, STAR Sports India, STAR Sports Malaysia, STAR Sports Singapore, STAR Sports Southeast Asia, STAR Sports Taiwan, STAR Cricket, ESPNEWS and ESPN HD.

On the ground, the ESPN STAR Sports Event Management Group manages and promotes premier sporting events around Asia. ESPN STAR Sports aims to reach consumers at any time, any place and through all new media platforms, both internet and mobile. The multi-lingual, online platforms, espnstar.com, espnstar.com.cn and espnstar.com.tw and footballcrazy.tv interact with millions of users providing them with in-depth sports news, results and competitions. Developed for the sports fan that is constantly on the move, mobileESPN enables the serious sports fan to follow their favourite sports more closely than ever before with a combination of specially produced video news clips, in-depth news coverage and analysis.


CONTACT DETAILS
Sameer Bajaj, Sr. Manager - Corporate Communications, ESPN Software India Pvt. Ltd, +91 9811222700/ +91 (124) 4147777, sameerb@espnstar.co.in
Aparna Srivastava, IPAN, +91 9811234594, aparna.srivastava@ipan.com

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