From ten matches a week, a majority
of them live, to a variety of different magazine and news shows it is clear
that fans are getting far and above the usual football fix compared to fans in
England.

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Red Bull CEO Dietrich Mateschitz said, "18 million Americans actively play
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Red Bull Takes Over The MetroStars

The most prominent players in the present cadre is Youri Djorkaeff,
part of the French world championship team in 1998 and Marvell Wynne, the
first MLS draft pick overall this year. Together with our FA package of
football rights, UEFA Champions League, Asian Football packages and Spanish
Primera Liga, it has reaffirmed our position as Asia's most complete provider
of sports programming. We bring the world's premier live sports and leading regional
events to viewers 24 hours a day.

Contact:

Stephenie Vasko, ESPN STAR Sports
Tel: +65-6488-6126
Email: vaskos@espnstar.

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Football Fans in Asia Enjoy More EPL Coverage than Fans in England

Compared to
viewers in England, sports fans here get to watch ten matches each competition
week including a line-up of programming that covers predictions, highlights,
news and information as well as pre- and post-game analysis.

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The network's coverage of the English Premier League itself has scored its
own goals by becoming Asia's most watched sports programming.

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In the last season alone, 8 out of 10
million people with cable in Asia tuned in weekly to watch the drama and
excitement of the EPL. On the ground, the ESPN STAR Sports Event
Management Group manages and promotes premier sporting events around Asia,
including the Asian X Games and the San Miguel Asian 9Ball Tour.

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By the close of
the season, sports viewers in Asia would have seen up to 380 League matches
compared to the previous 165. (Peoplemeter)

ESPN STAR Sports is a 50:50 joint venture between two of the world's
leading cable and satellite broadcasters, ESPN Inc.E.com

Cheryl Sim, ESPN STAR Sports
Tel: +65-6488-6134
Email: simc@espnstar.

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With that, the fall champion of the Austrian Bundesliga, Red Bull
Salzburg , will become the first organization in the history of Austrian soccer
to gain a sister team in the MLS - one of the most rapidly expanding leagues
in the world. For the current 2004/2005 season
alone , ESPN STAR Sports has produced a total of 10 programmes covering
predictions, highlights and the latest soccer information.
This unprecedented number of English Premier League programmes demonstrates
our commitment to deliver not only the most complete but the best coverage of
the League to sports fans across Asia. League matches on ESPN STAR Sports continue to be the
top programming on cable , rating 10 times better than the best programme on
all other cable channels.A and STAR Sports
Hong Kong.

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We were so
fascinated by these figures that we made the decision to join and support this
development by taking over the responsibility for the MetroStars. From the ratings, it is evident viewers appreciate
expanded football coverage and the enjoyment we have brought to the game.com.tw interact with millions of
users providing them with in-depth sports news, results and competitions.
This multilingual , online platform which is closely integrated with ESPN and
STAR Sports on air networks, has established the sites as the number one
on-line sports destination in their respective markets.

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S. The programming
line-up includes staples Football Focus and Tiger First Edition hosted by John
Dykes, and new favourites like Football Crazy, an alternative football-based
show aimed at Asian youth.

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United on Saturday, April 2, and return to Giants Stadium for their first home
game on Saturday , April 8, against the New England Revolution.

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The League's 2004/2005 season is seen in 210 million homes across Asia
live and exclusive on ESPN STAR SPORTS.

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Close collaboration between Red Bull Salzburg and Red Bull New York is
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We have 13
networks -- ESPN Asia, ESPN India, ESPN Taiwan, ESPN Philippines, MBC-ESPN
(Korea), ESPN Singapore, ESPN Hong Kong, Xing Kong Sports, STAR Sports India,
STAR Sports Taiwan, STAR Sports Singapore, STAR Sports S.

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SALZBURG, Austria, Red Bull is expanding its
interest in soccer with a unique, yet logical, next step in a process that
began less than a year ago: the MetroStars will take the field in the upcoming
2006 Major League Soccer season as Red Bull New York. team in France and
played seven seasons in MLS) was the first American to receive a pro contract
in Italy.sponer@at. All programmes include content and elements that
engage and involve viewer participation taking soccer entertainment to a whole
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ESPN STAR Sports Scores By Providing Most Comprehensive
Football Coverage of Asia's Most Popular TV Sport

SINGAPORE, March 2 /Xinhua -PRNewswire/ -- English Premier League viewers
across Asia are being served more football than in England on Asia's number
one sports broadcaster ESPN STAR Sports. and STAR.

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Up to 60 million attend games each weekend. Projected plans include talent scouting, mutual training camps
and friendly matches as well as joint marketing, merchandising and public
relations activities.com.

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The president and general manager is Alexi Lalas, one of the most
prominent individuals in US soccer. The former defender for the US national
team (played in the 1994 WC, in the 1998 WC for the U.

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Said Rik Dovey, Managing Director, ESPN STAR Sports: "We have invested a
great deal to strengthen and enhance our soccer coverage and programming.

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Our goal is
to further strengthen the team and position the New York Red Bulls as the
soccer metropolis of the East Coast, as well as to join the investment for a
new tailor made soccer stadium - the 'Red Bull Arena'- which will serve as the
new home for the New York Red Bulls.
The network has also produced an unprecedented number of programmes
dedicated to the English Premier League.

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Synergies in athletic areas as well as in management and marketing
will be tapped.
ESPN STAR Sports boasts a stellar football programming schedule that also
includes coverage of some of the world's most-watched soccer tournaments
including the English Premier League, FA Cup, Senior and Under 21 England home
matches, World Cup and European Championship qualifiers, Spanish Primera Liga
and the UEFA Champion's League among others. We are Asia's
complete sports provider reaching over 110 million households for ESPN and
over 54 million households for STAR Sports (as of July 2004).