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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

GolTV Announces Four New Original TV Series

GolTV Announces Four New Original TV Series

America's Favorite All-Soccer Network Pumps up the 2008/09 Lineup with 2010 Report, Soccer Cam, Fantasy Goal and Kings of Club

NEW YORK, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- GolTV, the only live bilingual channel delivering 24/7 soccer, announced during its Upfront Advertiser Presentation in New York today the addition of four new original programs to its line-up. Featuring a mix of exclusive 2010 World Cup soccer coverage, user-generated video, audience interaction and documentary-style features, each of the new TV series are positioned to score big with North American soccer fans.

"We are pumping up the GolTV lineup with programming that should score great ratings with our audience," said Rodrigo Lombello, COO of GolTV. "Soccer fans live, breathe and dream about soccer. It's a way of life. That's why GolTV has more than exclusive matches from the best teams in the world. We aim to cover the sport from every angle including the most personal to truly reflect the passion, history, news, and even showcase our youngest fan's greatest moment in this sport."

GolTV's new programming includes:

2010 Report
The road to the 2010 World Cup is already being traveled by the pros.
These qualifying matches include several of the world's top teams from
Italy and Germany. 2010 Report takes the network's World Cup coverage to
a whole new level. The series will follow global soccer action all the
way through the championship game of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa
and feature in-depth coverage and exclusive athlete interviews.

Soccer Cam
GolTV makes fans the stars with Soccer Cam. The new show features some of
the most personal and hilarious moments captured by the fans themselves as
user-generated video up-loaded to the GolTV.tv website. Now hometown
heroes can showoff their fancy footwork in front the entire GolTV audience
and win exciting prizes like an all-expense paid trip to a premiere
European match or an authentic soccer jersey.

Fantasy Goal
Fantasy sports have never been more popular. Now all the fun of being in a
fantasy league is being put into the hands of the GolTV viewer, allowing
millions of soccer fans to practice their coaching, recruiting and team
management skills as they create and take charge of their own fantasy
teams and leagues in GolTV's new multi-platform experience. Soccer fans
can select from hundreds of La Liga players from Spain to create the
fantasy team of their dreams. Each week GolTV online and on-camera
experts will prepare fantasy coaches for upcoming matches with an in-depth
league analysis during the first of its kind in the sport Fantasy Goal
show.

Kings of Club
This 10-episode half-hour GolTV original series will examine top soccer
clubs from around the world, including premiere teams from five different
continents. A documentary-style program, each show will give an in-depth
look at the clubs' strengths, structures, history and highlights, as well
as why they are considered "kings" in their respective countries.
Featuring behind-the-scenes interviews with stars and even club staff,
Kings of Club will expose all the information that soccer fans in North
America are eager to know about the world's best soccer teams.


About GolTV


GolTV is where soccer lives in the US 24/7, 365 days of the year. Founded in 2003 and led by Chief Executive Officer and former international futbol superstar, Enzo Francescoli, GolTV is the only bilingual US soccer network and the first channel conceived by professional athletes. GolTV is the only all-soccer network with unsurpassed exclusive soccer broadcast rights and an unmatched programming mix that speaks the universal language of soccer. The network brings viewers action from some of the world's most competitive leagues and elite tournaments, offering over 8,000 hours of soccer action each year and more unique soccer matches than any other network. For more information, visit www.goltv.tv.


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Source: GolTV

CONTACT: Angela Hein of Bob Gold & Associates, Inc., +1-310-784-1040,
angela@bobgoldpr.com, for GolTV

Web site:

http://www.goltv.tv/


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