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Event Information: Television Coverage of the 115th Boston Marathon

B.A.A.News
Today Is: February 22nd 2012
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Follow live action of the 2011 Boston Marathon

Watching the Boston Marathon, Monday April 18th

In the USA

TV Broadcasts: The race will be televised live in its entirety, locally in Boston on WBZ-TV (Channel 4). Please visit www.cbsboston.com, for more information and bonus coverage of the 2011 Boston Marathon.

The race will be shown nationally on Universal Sports (free) and online at www.UniversalSports.com ($4.99 fee in the United States)

The race will be covered on American Forces Network to troops in 175 countries.



In the U.K.
The Boston Marathon is live and free-view (unencrypted) on Premier Sports TV; Sky Channel 433 at 14:30 on Monday, April 18, 2011.

In FRANCE  
Follow the Boston Marathon live in France exclusively on Ma Chaine Sport at 15:30 local time.  MCS broadcasts many national and international premium live events: football, tennis, NBA, volley-ball, handball, swimming, track and field…Every sport for everyone on MCS! Ma Chaine Sport is available in France through every cable, satellite and ADSL operator. More info on www.machainesport.fr

In FINLAND
Watch the Boston Marathon LIVE on Channel Four Finland Pro 2 , beginning at 16:30 Finnish time.


ASIA PACIFIC

One day tape delay on ESPN Star at 2:00 p.m. (local time) on Tuesday, April 19 throughout the entire region except in Hong Kong where the race will be on at 3:30 p.m. and India where the race will be on Wednesday, April 20 at 2:00 p.m. (local time).   ESPN Star is the premier broadcaster through Asia.  The following countries will see the Boston on a one-day delay:   Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, East Timor*, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Micronesia*, Mongolia*, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia*, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam .

Also: The B.A.A. website had more than 11 million page views for the 2010 Boston Marathon. The race provides real-time leaderboards and commentary, and avenues by which visitors can track runners in progress. See www.baa.org.

B.A.A. Moment 5

1977 - Bob Hall Becomes the First Person to Complete the Race in a Wheelchair

Shown here in 1977, Bob Hall pioneered the division when he became the first person to complete the race in a wheelchair in 1975, making good on his promise to finish in under three hours.