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2008 NBA All-Star Game To Reach Record Audience

Posted by Stephen Rhodes under Main 

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The NBA, unlike the other professional sports leagues, is making their brand known in a big fashion; according to nba.com, a record 123 television partners will broadcast the 2008 NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans to fans in 215 countries in 44 languages; this shatters the previous record of 110 television partners, set last year.

For the very first time, international NBA viewers will have the chance to impact NBA All-Star events in “real time”; fans worldwide will determine which of the 2?dunkers in the final round of the Sprite Slam Dunk Competition becomes the champion by visiting the NBA’s website and casting a vote, while fans in the US, Canada and China will also have the option of text messaging their vote.

12 media outlets from China alone will converge upon New Orleans to cover the game.? In addition, fans can logon to nba.com and listen to the game on an audio feed in 14 languages: English, Bosnian, French, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog and Turkish.? 9 international telecasters will also broadcast the game in high-definition: BeTV-Belgium, TVB-Hong Kong, Sport5-Israel, Sky Italia-Italy, NHK-Japan, Sport1-Netherlands, Canal+-Poland, NTV Plus-Russia and Canal+-Spain.



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