The leading French broadcaster CANAL+ will provide comprehensive live coverage of all the America’s Cup events during the next 18 months comprising this week’s World Series yacht regatta in Naples, Italy. This follows recent broadcast announcements with NBC in the USA, Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland, and Italy’s Mediaset.
The fascinating Naples AC World Series opening ceremony was an absolutely spectacular show – at a level not seen before at the America’s Cup World Series. The ceremony took place at the Piazza del Plebiscito, which had seating for one thousand guests. Several thousand others were packed into the large Piazza, which was standing room only.
Russell Coutts, CEO of the current America’s Cup champions ORACLE Racing-Team USA will be attending the Hainan Rendez-Vous, held from 6 to 8 April, 2012 in Sanya, China as a VIP guest and will be a special guest of honor of China Team.
The French Challenger ENERGY TEAM has just concluded a major agreement with the American Defender ORACLE Racing. This historic agreement enables ENERGY TEAM to achieve significant time and budget savings whilst maximizing its highest performance potential with its AC72 wingsailed catamaran in the Louis Vuitton Cup Challenger Series in July and August 2013.
Italy’s top commercial television network Mediaset will broadcast 10 hours live racing throughout Italy from Naples America´s Cup World Series, running from April 11 to 15, 2012.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors today approved the agreement to host the America’s Cup in San Francisco from September 7 to 22, 2013. One of the most fiercely competitive and sought after trophies in all of sport, the America’s Cup, was first raced in 1851 around the Isle of Wight, 45 years before the modern Olympics.
America’s Cup streamlines and re-organizes staff to promote efficiencies. The staff reductions will impact 14 in San Francisco and another 14 staff at other offices around the world.
The Naples America’s Cup World Series is to begin on April 11, 2012. With all of the fleet races counting towards the final score, teams will need to be at the top of their game from the first start gun. Each race is critical to remain in contention for the Championship heading into Sunday’s big finale.
The chairman of America’s Cup marketing arm, Richard Worth will become the head of America’s Cup World Series Development and spearhead what is becoming one of the most important efforts to grow the sport of sailing and the America’s Cup, bringing the race to new and old fans alike through television and the internet.
The first 2012 event of the America’s Cup World Series takes place in Naples, Italy next month. The yacht regatta format was released last week.
The first 2012 event of the America´s Cup World Series starts in Naples, Italy next month, beginning on Saturday, April 7, with a full afternoon of match racing.
Works on the Naples infrastructure necessary for the America´s Cup World Series event in 2012, starting on April 7 are well underway.