altSEPTEMBER 4 - THERE will be a minimum of of eight hours per day of live coverage of the Paralympics on the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) dedicated television channel, it has been announced.

 

Beijing Olympic Broadcasting Co, Ltd (BOB), the host broadcaster of the Paralympic Games, will provide live signals of twelve Paralympic sports including athletics, Boccia, cycling, seven-a-side football, judo, table tennis, swimming, volleyball, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair fencing, wheelchair rugby and wheelchair tennis on ParalympicSport.TV.

The daily highlights will also include those sports that are not covered in the live stream.

 

SIXTY Seconds, the daily news show presented by Paralympian Ambassador Chris Waddell, will wrap up the latest Paralympic Games News.

 

It will be available on the main channel at www.ParalympicSport.TV, as well as on the YouTube Channel of ParalympicSport.TV at www.youtube.com/paralympicsporttv.

 

Sir Philip Craven, the IPC President, said: "The IPC is very happy about this great commitment for the worldwide distribution of the Games.

 

"It is superb news for those who do not have the opportunity to watch Paralympics on TV."

 

British company Narrowstep Ltd. is providing the broadcast platform and technology for the coverage on ParalympicSport.TV.

 

The company also supported the Paralympic Winter Games in Turin 2006, streaming nearly 100 hours of live content.

 

A detailed schedule of the live coverage will be available on www.paralympic.org.

 

To subscribe, please visit www.ParalympicSport.TV.