The World Curling Federation (WCF) is proud to announce to all curling fans that through a partnership with Eurosport and CurlTV.com, the Le Gruyère European Curling Championships 2007 will be broadcast LIVE via the Internet at http://www.curltv.com/ecc2007/ on December 1-8, 2007. Le Gruyère European Curling Championships 2007 will host a new record 55 teams from 32 nations including 23 women’s and 32 men’s teams. The event will host some of the best teams in Europe -- and the world -- including Andy Kapp from Germany, Thomas Ulsrud from Norway, Scotland’s David Murdoch, Peja Lindholm and Anette Norberg from Sweden, and Mirjam Ott from Switzerland. “The World Curling Federation welcomes CurlTV to the Le Gruyère European Curling Championships 2007,” said Les Harrison, WCF President. “Our partnership with CurlTV, along with that of Eurosport and Eurosport.com, will ensure an optimum number of viewers around the world, as they watch one of the most important curling championships on the calendar.”

As the official broadband provider for WCF and Eurosport, CurlTV.com will be broadcasting over 20 games online at http://www.curltv.com/ecc2007/. Access to the matches is free for all viewers within the Eurosport region. Those countries that can access free include: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Iceland, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom & Vatican.

“We are really happy to be working with the WCF and Eurosport to be able to provide coverage of this event to curling fans outside our current market of Canada, and since our main goals are to help grow the sport of curling and to expand into new markets outside of Canada, this is welcome addition to our 2007/08 broadcast schedule”, said David Nedohin, President of CurlTV.com.

For curling fans outside the Eurosport region, the Le Gruyère European Curling Championships 2007 will also be accessible to members of CurlTV.com on www.curltv.com. For those who wish to subscribe, CurlTV.com is making available annual memberships for a special limited time price of only $34.95 CDN. CurlTV.com membership also provides its subscribers with access to coaching tips, 365 days of live curling coverage (from over 20 events each season), over 400 archived games from the past 2 seasons and game reviews by World Champion curler David Nedohin.

To become a member of CurlTV.com, log in to www.curltv.com and click on the “Sign-up” button on the top of the screen.

For more information, contact George Karrys (World Curling Federation) at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or Allyson McIntosh (CurlTV.com) at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it