The U.S. Hunter Jumper Association is pleased to announce EQSportsNet as the Official Broadcaster of the 2018 Platinum Performance/USHJA Hunter Week, Aug. 14-18, which features the Platinum Performance/USHJA Green Hunter Incentive Championships and the Platinum Performance/USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship. Through this partnership USHJA and EQSportsNet will air the Platinum Performance/USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship to 35 million television households through RFD-TV's Cable Television Network - The Cowboy Channel while providing discounted access to wall-to-wall live and on-demand video coverage of the entire week to USHJA members.
"The opportunity to showcase our sport to an entirely new audience through EQSportsNet's relationship with Rural Media Group is tremendous," said USHJA President Mary Babick. "Every time we're able to expose a new audience to the very best our sport offers, we create greater appreciation for a sport we all love, and we're very excited to see how the 35 million RFD-TV viewers respond. At the same time, we're excited to give our members discounted access to the competition and education programming EQSportsNet offers."
EQSportsNet will create a show that highlights the Platinum Performance/USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship and will air on The Rural Media Group's newly branded exclusively equestrian Cable Network. Live and on-demand viewing of the Championships will be available through EQSportsNet's platform. USHJA members will be eligible for a 50 percent discount on either EQSportsNet subscription level, making Silver Access $5 a month; Gold Access $12.50 a month (Standard pricing is Silver Access $10/month, Gold Access $25/month).
"We are honored and excited to continue our partnership with the USHJA around the Platinum Performance/USHJA Green Hunter Incentive Championships and the Platinum Performance/USHJA International Hunter Derby Championships,' says, David Qualls, Co-Founder, EQSportsNet. 'In addition to providing top quality production and streaming solutions to our event partners and digital audience through eqsports.net, our recent programming partnership with Rural Media Group has given us an incredible opportunity to reach an audience well beyond our core digital audience."
Led by a team with decades of experience in sports television and new media broadcasting, the Championship coverage will feature expert commentary, animated course diagrams, live scoring and more. Dedicated to providing unique and original content to growing audiences across all breeds and disciplines of equestrian sport, EQSportsNet uses state-of-the-art technology and social media marketing for audience engagement and development, viral content distribution, and subscriptions. Their vision is to answer the call for comprehensive competition coverage as well as supply inspiring and educational content across the broad and diverse equestrian landscape.
Spectators are invited to enjoy the 2018 Platinum Performance/USHJA Hunter Week, Aug. 14-18, and again, Saturday, Aug. 18, will be Barn Night, featuring great prizes for the group with the most people in attendance for the final round of the Platinum Performance/USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship. This year's Platinum Performance/USHJA Green Hunter Incentive Championships will feature two sections of competition, 3'/3'3" and 3'6"/3'9".
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