TV Worldwide, and its new Internet TV Channel Golf Center TV, announced that it had entered into an agreement with
Turner Sports Interactive, producer and manager of PGA.com and PGA Worldwide Golf Exhibitions, to webcast the 2006 PGA Merchandise Show... & Convention along with the PGA Show Demo Day Presented by Sprint January 25-29, live from the Orange County Convention Center and Orange County National Golf Center & Resort in Orlando, Fla., at
PGA.com and
Golf Center TV. The free webcast will feature selected live and archived seminars, news and interviews with industry leaders present for the show and highlight the latest products, solutions and trends in the golf industry. Nicklaus Golf and Golfaholics have recently signed on to be a Golf Center TV channel sponsors and main webcast sponsors include Callaway Golf, Adidas Golf and MacGregor Golf.
Visitors to the live webcast at Golf Center TV and PGA.com will be able to post questions to interviewees and participate in Q&A via e-mail, providing a fully interactive forum for sharing of information that will be archived for a full year.
"We are excited about featuring webcast content from the 2006 PGA Merchandise Show on PGA.com in cooperation with TV Worldwide's Golf Center TV," stated Phil Sharpe, Senior Vice President for Turner Sports Interactive and General Manager of PGA.com. "PGA Professionals, those employed in the golf industry and golfers will find the unique coverage of the 2006 PGA Merchandise Show... & Convention informative and entertaining."
"We're pleased to work with Turner Sports Interactive to webcast the 53rd PGA Merchandise Show... & Convention simultaneously on PGA.com and TV Worldwide's Golf Center TV Internet TV Channel," commented Dave Gardy, Chairman and CEO of TVWorldwide.com. "While we intend to focus on the compelling new innovative technology and best practices in the golf industry, we also want to highlight the fun side of this exciting event for a range of audience demographics from the industry professional to the weekend hacker." TV Worldwide soft-launched Golf Center TV (www.GolfCenter.TV) in November 2005 at the Streaming Media West show in San Jose, Ca., with strategic partner Golf Marketing International. Golf Center TV has been testing innovative Internet TV programming content to obtain feedback from golf audiences in preparation for full launch in January 2006 with the channel's first live interactive webcast at the 2006 PGA Merchandise Show... & Convention.
Visitors should go to PGA.com and Golf Center TV on January 25 and check back January 26-29 for live and live-to-tape coverage of the PGA Merchandise Show event each day, or just click
here to find the site listed in our directory.