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1 September 2009 (Brighton, UK): Outdoor Sport Channel® (Global Outdoor Sports Television ©2009), dedicated to all kinds of outdoor sports, announces its deal with UK-based, leading international IPTV specialist, Global Digital Broadcast (GDBTV), in order to launch its 24/7 channel on GDBTV’s international platform in September 2009.

Founded by Mr. Henk van Meer (CEO), who specialises in the setting up of thematic TV and radio channels worldwide, Outdoor Sport Channel® adds IPTV to its current cable, satellite and mobile TV offering.

Outdoor Sport Channel® features a range of quality programming designed to inform and entertain sportsmen across the world, promoting traditional outdoor activities, alongside daily news programmes about world cup skiing, live (Formula 1) car racing, paragliding, mountain climbing, horse riding, hot air ballooning, motor sports, cycling, wake board sports, Transalpine-running, the Beach Volleyball Cup, marathons, air flight days, drag racing, kart racing, surfing competitions, golf and football.

All programming is a combination of Outdoor Sport Channel’s® own content production and production from well known independent producers across the world.

Henk van Meer, Founder & CEO of Outdoor Sport Channel Ltd®, comments: “Several hours of the channel’s daily operations is spent expanding our international distribution coverage for our exclusive and unique Outdoor Sport Channel®. I’m thrilled to find our needs in a partnership contract with GDBTV. Because of the high broadcast quality and international distribution, via the platform of GDBTV and there associate partners all over the globe, I’m very keen and sure to have found a fantastic distribution partner for Outdoor Sport Channel®. It will be an excellent way to position Outdoor Sport Channel® into the international TV market”.

David Wray, COO of GDBTV, adds: “I’m very excited about this partnership and we welcome Outdoor Sport Channel® to our platform. Its wide variety of programmes and topics add even more value to our vast portfolio of channels and we look forward to the launch in September”.

Launching on GDBTV’s platform, Outdoor Sport Channel® will be available online around the world, via the Outdoor Sport Channel’s® website and portal and GDBTV’s Go UK TV portal; and on television sets via the Something TV service in the United Kingdom, the IPQube service in Canada and the SuncasTV service in the USA.

Outdoor Sport Channel® prides itself on being an exclusive, unique, fun and both a family and animal friendly sports channel.

ENDS.

Notes to editors:

About Outdoor Sport Channel®:
Outdoor Sport Channel® (Global Outdoor Sports Television ©2009) is a unique 24 hour channel about all kinds of outdoor sports. The channel is a European leader and registered company, which sells global television and audio sports content alongside movies, music and news content, as well as programmes on travel, policy and health, to distribution companies that resell and distribute them in their own countries. This offers an interesting mix of premium thematic channels so far, unknown in Europe. (www.outdoorsportchannel.com)

About Global Digital Broadcast:
Established in 2005 and headquartered in Brighton, East Sussex, Global Digital Broadcast (GDBTV) provides technical services in order to enable internet protocol television (IPTV) to be delivered by broadcasters around the world, to viewers around the world. It is the first to develop and implement such a comprehensive, end-to-end, IPTV application, including the G-Studio middleware; an IP set-top box (IP-STB); the online virtual set-top box (VSTB) application; secure age verification processes; and its pioneering MyPVR application, which enables the user/viewer to access previously screened programmes, including saving them in full.

GDBTV maintains and operates a number of international IPTV set-top box networks and can deliver globally online. (http://www.gdbtv.com)

Contacts:
Charly Cogger, GDBTV
Charly.cogger@gdbtv.com

Marian Denage, Outdoor Sport Channel®
marian.denage@outdoorsportchannel.com
Phone: +44 (0)20 3318 3835 Fax: +44 (0)20 3004 1756




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