'Speed Channel extends its deal w/ the Corona Extra SBK...'

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Alstare wrote:: Speed Channel, the TV network primarily devoted to things that have 4 or 2 wheels shown in the US and Canada, has renewed its contract with FGSport, the organizers and rights holder of the Corona Extra Superbike World Championship, signing a deal that keeps the series on the network until 2009.

An enthusiastic Rick Miner, SPEED Sr. VP of Production and Network Operation, declared: "It’s great to renew our long-standing relationship with the WSBK. We’re looking forward to another great season of racing."

FGSport CEO Paolo Flammini said: "We are extremely proud to extend our relationship with Speed. We are sure that the World Superbike Championship will continue to provide unparalleled excitement to the American fans thanks to Speed’s high quality broadcasting."

In 2006, the Corona Extra Superbike World Championship reached more than 2 billion people worldwide via 95 television networks beamed into 173 countries.

Alstare