GolTV Kicks Off Exclusive Coverage of the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A 2009 Season on May 10

GolTV Kicks Off Exclusive Coverage of the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A 2009 Season on May 10

GolTV Debuts Coverage of Brazil's National Premier League Featuring 20 Top Club Teams and the Soccer Nation's Superstar Players

MIAMI, May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- GolTV, the only live bilingual channel delivering 24/7 international soccer, will kickoff exclusive coverage of the 2009 season of Brazil's top national club soccer league with the premiere telecast of Fluminense vs. Sao Paulo at 5 p.m. ET on Sunday, May 10. The Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A features Brazil's top 20 club teams with rosters packed with powerhouse players like Ronaldo, Kleber Pereira and Rogerio Ceni.

"The Campeonato Brasileiro captures the real heart and soul of a nation that produces some of the best soccer players in the world. These talented Brazilian athletes play with such enthusiasm and love for the sport that it keeps fans around the globe on the edge of their seats match after match," said Constantino Voulgaris, Executive Vice President of Programming and Business Development at GolTV.

Throughout the Serie A season, which runs from May to December, each club team goes head-to-head twice against the other 19 clubs to accumulate points. The club with the most points claims the Serie A title, and the top four clubs advance to the 2010 Copa Libertadores de America, South America's premier club tournament organized by CONMEBOL. Sao Paolo is the reigning Serie A champion and also holds the league record for number of wins with six title victories.

For more Brazilian soccer action, GolTV also offers the 60-minute weekly program Foot Brazil on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. ET. A current programming schedule is available online at www.goltv.tv.

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.

Source: GolTV

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

Web Site: http://www.goltv.tv/

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