It's not exactly the curling equivalent of the
Golf Channel but there will be more options this season for curling
fans who just can't get enough of their favourite sport.
CurlTV.com, the first company to broadcast curling online 24
hours a day, seven days a week, is expanding its operations this
curling season.
``Initially we were focused primarily around the live games and
providing fans with the opportunity to watch curling games they
otherwise wouldn't have been able to watch on television,'' said
Dave Nedohin, vice-president of Statusfirm, which offers CurlTV and
who has won four Brier and three world curling championships
throwing fourth stones for Randy Ferbey.
``With the expansion there's still the live games but we're
really becoming a true network including a host who will be doing
daily online news stories every morning,'' he said.
There will also be new features said Nedohin including areas for
juniors, coaching tips, opportunities for bonspiels to list their
events in addition to the live and archived games.
There were about 3,000 subscribers who paid to watch the games
online last year with a membership costing about