MAGICAL KENYA LADIES OPEN ON LIVE TV
The Magical Kenya Ladies Open will be aired live in Kenya and across the world to an estimated audience of 270 million viewers over four days. The action from Vipingo will air live for three hours every day and from 1430 hours to 1730 hours. KTN News are the exclusive domestic broadcaster, having acquired the Free to Air (FTA) rights, and they will carry the Live signal live from the 5th to 8th December 2019 from 1430 – 1730 hours daily.
Commenting on the Live broadcast, Standard Group CEO, Orlando Lyomu, said they were committed to supporting sports in the country.
“As a group we want to play our part in promoting sports, sports tourism and our sports personalities. Making sporting content available free to the Kenyan audience speaks to this vision and we are proud to be the exclusive FTA partner of the Magical Kenya Ladies Open. Earlier this year, we also carried the Magical Kenya Open Golf Championship live on KTN News and also on our digital platforms and our teams have now acquired the necessary skills and experience to execute such assignments," he said.
There are 14 International Broadcasters for the tournament who include: GolfTV, Golf Channel Latin America, Fox Sports, Golf Channel, Golfstodin, Solar Sports, Starhub, Eclat – SPOTV/ GDTV, Movistar Golf, Sportcast, TrueSports, Dubai Sports Channel, Sky Sports & LET Website and Golf Channel.
GolfTV will be live in Albania, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the Vatican City among other nations while Golf Channel Latin America will be live in South America as well as the Caribbean. Fox Sports will be live in Australia, Golf Channel in France, Golfstodin in Iceland, Solar Sports in Philippines, Starhub in Singapore, Eclat – SpoTV in South Korea, Movistar Golf in Spain, Sportcast in Taiwan, TrueSports in Thailand, Dubai Sports Channel in the UAE, Sky Sports and the LET website in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Golf Channel in the USA and Canada.
Speaking on the importance of Live TV to Kenya as a tourism destination, KTB CEO, Betty Radier, said:
“During the live transmission the producers will feature imagery from Kenya’s coastline, the Tsavo National Park, Amboseli National Park, our hotels and heritage sites. They will also profile news and stories of our rich flora and fauna,” she said.
She added:
“The millions of viewers around the world, who will be following the over 100 golfers from 27 nationalities, will consequently get a front row seat to what Kenya has to offer, and this is priceless to our efforts of promoting Kenya as a golf tourism destination; as well as a magical destination offering a diversity of memorable experiences."