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World Hockey

Yeahronimo Media Ventures and Narrowstep have secured -from International Hockey Federation (FIH)- the exclusive internet broadcast rights for the Samsung Hockey Champions Trophy, which runs from 4 to 12 December in Lahore, Pakistan.All eighteen matches of the event will be broadcast on Broadband Internet.

Internet users from across the globe (with a broadband internet connection via either cable or ADSL) will be enabled to access the signal via www.yeahronimo.com or www.fieldhockey.tv on a pay-per-view basis.

Payable by credit card, or SMS in various countries, the service will also feature 'on demand' delivery, where matches already played, may be accessed at the viewers convenience following the conclusion of each match.

Peter Cohen, Hon. Secretary General of the FIH commented 'Again, FIH’s partnership with Yeahronimo and Narrowstep enables hockey fans throughout the world to gain access to a major hockey event. Using the latest encoding methods, the broadcast quality, even on the internet is superb and both parties deliver great value for money at very competitive rates.'

Prices for broadband internet viewing are as follows:€ 6 per match, US$ 8 per match – ( accessible for 7 consecutive days)€ 60.00 or US$ 80 for a 'season ticket' (access to all eighteen matches of the tournament)

A full match schedule and further details for the event can be accessed on www.worldhockey.org

Based in Baarn, The Netherlands, Yeahronimo Media Ventures is a European full-service Internet and interactive media organisation and provides a total solution for payment and protection of several digital services, such as music files and streaming audio and video via the Internet.

Narrowstep Ltd. builds television channels on the internet. Content is made available through a unique platform, TV Station in a Box.

Fieldhockey TV, the world’s only hockey channel airing on the internet, 24 hours a day 7 days per week is part of a group of TV Channels utilising Narrowstep’s platform. Since it's official launch in September 2003, Fieldhockey TV has attracted over 900,000 viewers, providing internet-users from across the world, with the opportunity to watch the best in fieldhockey, at their own time and leisure.

www.fieldhockey.tv brings action from all corners of the world and is free to access.

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