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MUMBAI:
UK soccer club Arsenal will launch its TV channel on 14 January
through Setanta Sports, initially on the Sky platform, channel
423.
Production
company Input Media will create and package all the channel
content, which includes a mix of lively studio shows, magazine
formats and archival programming.
The
channel will initially run Monday to Friday from 5 pm to 11.15
pm, and feature shows dedicated to big match analysis and
previews, with high profile presenters such as ex-Gunner Bob
Wilson, popular broadcaster-writer Tom Watt, and pop legend
Shovel from M People.
Input
Media will produce the news and stories behind all the competitions
that Arsenal teams are involved in, including Premiership
and Uefa Champions League campaigns, live coverage of pre-season
matches and reserve games, club features, and high points
from the club’s archive of matches.
Other
Arsenal TV highlights include news round-up show Arsenal
Today, all the club’s key matches in full on Action
Replay, classic matches from the past on Arsenal Gold,
interactive shows for supporters via phone, text and email
on Fans Forum, news of Arsenal Ladies and the celebrated
Academy, plus profiles on all of Arsenal’s top premiership
stars.
Input
Media also produces the Big Screen operation at the Emirates
stadium, and was instrumental in the design and installation
of the club’s HD facilities at the stadium last year.
The
company's MD David Wood says, “The channel’s live
launch programmes and the production of Arsenal TV is a prestigious
contract for Input Media, and confirms our position as the
major independent supplier of programming to FA Premier League
clubs.”
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