ONE WORLD Sports Renews Exclusive, Multiplatform Rights Pact for OneAsia Golf Tour

By: Mar. 17, 2014
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ONE World Sports, which offers coverage of world-class sports events from around the globe, has secured exclusive multiplatform North American rights to carry all 2014 tournaments from the OneAsia Golf Tour.

The OneAsia Golf Tour is comprised of tournaments from throughout the Asia-Pacific region annually, with ONE World Sports set to carry 10 events this year beginning with the Indonesia PGA Championship on March 27-30. ONE World Sports has regularly programmed these high-profile competitions, and the network's renewal of its carriage is key to its commitment to present premier competitions from around the world which span popular global sports for American sports fans.

"OneAsia has been one of our marquee presentations," said Joel Feld, senior Vice president of production and executive producer at ONE World Sports. "We're delighted to be renewing our exclusive rights to these top-tier golf tournaments, and our multiplatform carriage will continue to appeal our network's mobile target audience of 18- to 34-year-old millennials."

All coverage will be presented live and in high definition under licensing from World Sport Group. ONE World Sports also will present a one-hour highlight show after each day's tournament play. Most events will be presented live in daily three- to five-hour programming blocks over the four-day tournaments.

The other OneAsia tournaments set to hit ONE World Sports during 2014 include: GS Caltex Maekyung Open (May 8-11); SK Telecom Open (May 15-18); Fiji International (Aug. 24-27); Nanshan China Masters (Sept. 25-28); Kolon Korea Open (Oct. 23-26); Emirates Australian Open (Nov. 27-30); Dongfeng Nissan Cup (Dec. 5-7); and Australian PGA Championships (Dec. 11-14). Over the course of the year, OneAsia attracts world-class professional golfers including Rory McIlroy, Adam Scoot, Jason Day, John Daly and Vijay Singh, among others.

About ONE World Sports
ONE World Sports is a sports network delivered on all platforms that targets millennials and features exclusive world-class sporting events live from around the globe. The network showcases some of the world's best soccer, including Arsenal FC TV, Chelsea FC TV, Bayern Munich FC TV, A.C. Milan and the New York Cosmos, along with top soccer from Asia and the Pacific Rim, including the AFC Champions League, Japan's J.League and Australia's A-League. The network also exclusively telecasts Japan's legendary team, the Yomiuri Giants, Kontinental Hockey League, Chinese Basketball Association, OneAsia Golf and the world's best competitions in table tennis and badminton.

A recent study by Frank N. Magid Associates underscores the burgeoning demand for global sports and ONE World Sports programming line-up, especially among the sought-after millennial demographic; 56% of 18- to 34-year-olds overall and 63% of the males in the same age group expressed interest in tuning in to the network.

ONE World Sports is available via DISH Network, Cablevision's Optimum TV, Mediacom Communications, Hawaiian Telcom and Google Fiber. ONE World Sports' mobile app "Watch ONE World Sports" is available for download in the Apple Store and Google Play Store.

ONE World Sports is owned and operated by ONE Media Corp., which also owns and operates ONE CONNXT, a global HD/SD broadcast video transport services provider; America ONE Television, a general entertainment and sports broadcast network; and America ONE Sports, a leading provider of live broadband sports.

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For more information on ONE World Sports, contact:
Carl DiOrio
Bob Gold & Associates
p. 310-320-2010
carl(at)bobgoldpr(dot)com



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