Archipelago Raid to be broadcast worldwide beginning with BBC World

Introduction

31 August 2007 - The Archipelago Raid, the 5-day extreme sailing survival marathon through the Scandinavian islands, in which The BLUE™ Climate and Oceans Project entered two teams (Team BLUE™ Climate and Team BLUE™ Oceans) is coming to homes, hotels and airlines worldwide via television...

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The international viewing will start on the 1st/2nd September 2007 when the 24-minute film 'Archipelago Raid' will be aired on BBC World.

The film charts the gruelling event as the 29 world-class teams from 13 nations navigate their way through one of the world's most unique landscapes.  The 2 man crews, sailing volatile high performance catamarans were followed as they faced the challenges of racing 400 miles – by day and night – around some of the most breathtaking but unpredictable landscapes in the world. The result is a tale of endurance and stamina played out against a backdrop of beautiful, but threatening islands and rocks. It's hard enough to complete the course without collapsing from exhaustion but winning is a very special achievement. With helicopter footage, onboard minicams and headcams this is a travelogue with a difference.

The worlds largest TV Broadcaster BBC World (the BBC's international news and information television channel) will broadcast the documentary film 'Archipelago Raid', that has been produced by APP Broadcast, at the following times:   

Saturday 1st September 1630 CET and 2130 CET

Sunday 2nd September 0630 CET and 1130 CET

Monday 3rd September 0330 CET

The TV channel provides regular news, business and sport, plus award-winning documentaries to more than 270 million homes and more than 200 countries and territories world-wide. Each week a dedicated global audience of 76 million viewers can watch the channel. BBC World also broadcasts to audiences in 1.5 million hotel rooms, 53 cruise liners, 38 airlines and 34 mobile phone platforms.

'Archipelago Raid' can also be seen on the following international TV networks: CSN, Jim TV, Finnish Sports network, M-Net Super sport, Nova Super sport, NRK, RTSI, Sailing Channel Italy, Sailing Channel International, Setanta Sport, CanalSat, Sky UK/Ireland, Sport 1 Czech, Sun Sport (USA), Viasat Sport3 Denmark, Viasat Lithuania, YLE Xtra, Scandinavian Airlines, Fox Sport Australia, Sky New Zealand

Broadcast times can be found on www.archipelagoraid.com as they are confirmed (NB Further TV negotiations are in process).