Bigpond Provides Live Action For Top End Fans
21/5/2004 19:34 (Press Release) -
V8 Supercar fans in the Northern Territory, who traditionally miss out on live free-to-air television coverage of the V8 Supercar Championship Series, now can see the races live through BigPond Broadband.
V8 Supercars on BigPond Broadband (www.v8supercar.bigpond.com) provides live V8 Supercar coverage for regional areas that do not receive Network Ten’s live telecast of the Championship Series.
BigPond Managing Director, Justin Milne, said the BigPond Broadband V8 Supercar site provides coverage of live qualifying, Top Ten shootouts, and real-time telemetry, live timing and in-car cameras during the races.
“BigPond Broadband customers in the Territory can, on any V8 Supercar race weekend, fire up their PC and watch live coverage of all sessions,” Mr Milne said.
Danny Honan, Area General Manager, Telstra Country Wide, said “This an exciting opportunity for Territorians, unable to be in Darwin for the V8s, to be a part of the action. From Timber Creek to Borroloola people can view the V8 action live via our Broadband Satellite technology. That’s got to be good news for those revheads living in the bush.”
Most fans living in and around the metropolitan areas of Darwin and Alice Springs will be able to access the service via ADSL while people living in all other towns and communities, even the most rural areas such as Daly Waters and Avon Downs can still get access to the service via Satellite Broadband
Big Visitor From BigPond Set To ‘Wow’ Darwin Students
School students from Darwin’s Ludmilla Primary School are in for a treat on Monday 17th May, when the BigPond Mobile Media Centre and V8 Supercar driver Mark Winterbottom pay a visit.
On route to V8 Supercar round at Darwin’s Hidden Valley circuit, the BigPond Mobile Media Centre - a 25-metre B-double transporter that houses 21 reporters covering the V8 Supercar Championship Series - will demonstrate amazing features of BigPond broadband.
The transporter is fitted with the most advanced satellite broadband communications in the world, allowing reports and photographs from the Championship to be filed easily and quickly from any race circuit in Australia.
For its visit to Ludmilla Primary School the transporter will be set-up with lap top computers and V8 Supercar PlayStation 2 games enabling the students to experience the technology.
All fans who attend the Hidden Valley round of the V8 Supercars will also be able to experience V8 Supercars on BigPond Broadband at the BigPond internet kiosks located at the circuit.
Release Date: 17/05/2004
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