Bell ExpressVu to air live pay-per-view broadcast of West 49 Canadian Open Sports Programming / Bell TV (ExpressVu) Posted by RAD on Sep 28, 2006 - 03:31 PM This weekend when the world’s best professional skateboarders come to Hamilton’s Copps Coliseum for the West 49 Canadian Open presented by Xbox, fans around the world will be able to tune in as the event will become Canada’s first Action Sports event to be broadcast live via webcast. The World Cup Skateboarding Tour Canadian stop, which will feature the participation of Action Sports Superstar Shaun White, will be broadcast live on MSN Sympatico from Friday, September 29th through Sunday, October 2nd. “We’re thrilled that we’re able to team up with MSN Sympatico to bring this leading technology to the West 49 Canadian Open and allow fans around the world to be a part of this popular event,” said Mark Taylor, vice president of event properties for IMG Canada. “With the participation of Shaun White, this year’s event promises to be the best yet, so it is fitting that this is the year that we are able to make it the first Canadian Action Sports event to be broadcast live via webcast.” In addition to MSN Sympatico’s live webcast of the West 49 Canadian Open presented by Xbox, Bell Express Vu will deliver a live pay-per-view broadcast of the event to Bell Express Vu subscribers and Bell Mobility subscribers will be able to download highlights of the event to their mobile phones. On Air Schedules for both High Definition and Standard Definition Bell ExpressVu Broadcasts: Friday, September 29 – 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. (Standard Definition Channel – 351, High Definition Channel 831) Saturday, September 30 – 1:00 – 4:45 p.m. (Standard Definition Channel – 401, High Definition Channel – 831) Sunday, October 1 – 2:00 – 4:30 p.m. (Standard Definition Channel – 401, High Definition Channel – 831) The West 49 Canadian Open presented by Xbox, one of the premier stops on the World Cup Skateboarding Tour, features the sports top skateboarders competing for $75,000 US in prize money in the Billabong Street Course, Pizza Pizza Rail Rumble, and the KD Invitational Quarter-Pipe competitions. In addition to the appearance by White, many of top names in the world of professional skateboarding will be in Hamilton including Canadian Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Greg Lutzka, Jereme Rogers,, Eric Koston, Chris Haslam, Lyn-Z Adams and Lacey Baker This article is from CHANNEL CANADA   http://www.channelcanada.com/ The URL for this story is:   http://www.channelcanada.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1576