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FUNCHAL (Portugal), 12 February 2014 – Youthstream and Mediaset have reached an agreement for Mediaset to broadcast the MXGP, FIM Motocross World Championship 2014, as well as the MXoN, the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations, in Latvia, the Monster Energy FIM Junior Motocross World Championship, which be held in Belgium and the SNX, FIM Snowcross World Championship. Viewers will be able to follow all the races on Italia 2 and for the MXGP of Italy on Italia 1.

Mediaset S.p.A. is an Italian-based mass media company which is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country. Founded in the 1970s by former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and still controlled today with a 38.6% stake by his family holding company Fininvest.

Mediaset's headquarters are in Milan, Lombardy. Many of its studios are located in the Milano 2 area of Segrate, a municipality bordering Milan, where broadcasts of local station TeleMilano (now airing nationally as Mediaset's Canale 5) began in 1978. After merging with various local broadcasters to form Canale 5 syndication, much production was moved to Cologno Monzese, where the infrastructure of the former Telealtomilanese was present. The company currently has three main television production centres, in Segrate, Cologno Monzese and Rome.

This agreement will give to all Italian fans the opportunity to see their favorite riders compete in the world's biggest motocross championship over the next two (2) years.

As the seven-time reigning world champion, the Italian rider Antonio Cairoli, will aim to win a fifth consecutive title in September.

Giuseppe Luongo, President of Youthstream, endorsed the partnership with Mediaset. "It is a great pleasure for us to announce this signed agreement with Mediaset, a leading broadcaster in Italy. This will enable all Italians fans to follow the performance of their national riders, which has already given them so many reasons to celebrate in recent years. This broadcast agreement also complements the strong results achieved on the development of the MXGP series.

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FUNCHAL (Portugal), 11 February 2014 - Youthstream is very pleased to present the new, fresh, easy & brand website www.MXGP.com. www.MXGP.com (previously www.motocrossmx1.com) will be the main source for the MXGP series. All the latest news, photos, interviews, videos, race reports, live timing and results will be found here.

New features include riders and team profiles, track information, a countdown for the upcoming MXGP, a direct link to the free monthly magazine MXGP Mag and live feeds from MXGP’s social media platforms Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

Also taking place on www.MXGP.com, on the main taskbar (located at the top of the page) there are links to MXGP’s other great services; www.MXGP-TV.com - where you can watch all MXGP rounds live and in HD - Ticket sales, VIP package sales and information along with a link to the official MXGP Merchandise store www.MXGP-store.com.

Now with MXGP’s new look and up to the minute news, headlines, interviews, photos and videos, you are sure not to miss any of this season’s action. Bookmark www.mxgp.com now and get ready to start your browsers!

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Silly-Season has officially hooked fifth gear and is heading straight for Qatar, round one of the 2014 FIM Motocross World Championship. As you all know, a New Year always means new fresh starts, new teams, new bikes and a truckload of gossip. With the Internet literally buzzing as we wait for the season to unfold, we’ve decided to shed some light on some of this season’s hottest moves.

After just three years in the MXGP paddock, Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Factory Racing (previously known as ‘IceOne Racing’) has become Husqvarna’s MXGP factory squad for 2014. This year the team will be backing the return of South African Tyla Rattray and welcoming Australian rookie Todd Waters. Although Rattray has spent the last five years racing in the USA, we can’t forget he has already experienced an array of FIM Motocross World Championship success, which includes an MX2 world title in 2008 and multiple GP wins and podiums and he will be hitting the tracks on the brand new FC350.

On the team’s FC450 will be Todd Waters, he is currently Australia’s hottest export and is known to his Aussie fans as “Mr. Smooth”. Funnily enough, Waters is young enough to race MX2, but after racing 450s in Australia he has opted to dive in the deep end to race MXGP in his rookie season. 

To read the rest of this article and get yourself up to date with all the latest information over the new teams and riders, have a glance at the latest issue of MXGP Mag, which you can view by clicking here.

FUNCHAL (Portugal), 10 February 2014 – Youthstream is pleased to announce that the fifth MXGP of the 2014 season will be held at Sevlievo, Bulgaria, during the 20th April weekend.

The updated calendar is the following:
 

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In the brand new workshop in Genk, there is one big mark around the first weekend of March. This is the weekend of the first GP in 2014 at the Losail track in Qatar. As we’re only 22 days away from this race everybody is counting down. The preparations for the new season are still going on but everybody is super motivated for 2014!

Marnicq Bervoets: “It’s already that time of the year again! The winter has gone by as it was only a couple of weeks, but it looks like everything is falling in the right place now. We’re testing some new parts, and more are coming next week so we’re almost ready to get going. Luke arrived in Belgium mid-January and starts to get used to the rhythm here. Also Petar worked hard this winter and I notice a good progression on him. Last week the riders went to Spain for training on the hard packed tracks and next week Petar and Luke will ride their first race in Valence. Cyril too worked hard this off-season and will ride his first race next week in Lommel. After Valence we will ride Hawkstone Park too to get some racing in the pockets before heading to Qatar.”

Petar Petrov: “I’m ready for it! I’ve trained a lot this winter and I feel ready to start the season. After so many laps in Lommel we went to Spain last week for some training on harder surface and I’m really happy with the result. The new Yamaha works really well and I feel comfortable on the track. I worked a lot on my starts too, because they were my weak point last year. I hope it improves but I will let you know on March 1 if I did it right!”

Luke Styke: “Everything starts to get going now and I’m really looking forward! For me it was a huge step coming to Europe. I left all the familiar faces in Australia for people I barely spoke before. I didn’t know anybody at all and they didn’t know me. In the beginning it was a bit strange but in the end everybody is great and helpful. At first it took me over a week to get over the jetlag, I could not find a good rhythm. And let’s not speak about the weather! When I left home it was summer and 40°C, so that was a big change too. But I’m having fun, it’s so nice to discover all the new things and people. Also the bike is great! I had to discover this new bike, and I’m happy about the progression so far. We’re just back in Belgium after a solid training week in Spain and I’m looking forward to test the new parts next week. Up to the first race now!”

Cyril Genot: “The last training sessions have been really good this week. I had a great winter and I’m well prepared for this year. Around Christmas I went to Spain for two weeks to train on the hard tracks. Now I’m doing physical training during the week and I ride on Wednesday and in the weekend, and that’s working really good now. I have a great training program, which Topsport Vlaanderen and Marnicq have put together for me and I can’t wait for the first race. On top of that my bike is working really well. I recently got the race bike and it’s flying!”

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Round two of the Italian Motocross Championship (Internazionale d’Italia) took place today at the circuit of Noto in Sicily, Italy.  Hailing from Sicily, it was a win of sentiment for our seven-time World Champion Antonio Cairoli as he went for the second time this year unbeaten in both races. Meanwhile his Red Bull KTM Factory teammate Jordi Tixier did a remarkable job in the MX2 taking home the MX2 race victory and finishing as the best placed MX2 rider in the Elite in seventh.

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli is looking flawless this year. The Sicilian led the biggest class for the second time this season from start to finish to cross the line fifteen seconds ahead of Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jeremy Van Horebeek. Meanwhile proving he could be this season’s dark horse Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Todd Waters held off his more experienced teammate Tyla Rattray for third.

In the MX2, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jordi Tixier led every lap from start to finish to take his first pre-season race victory this year. Meanwhile behind him, Yamaha Factory Racing’s Christophe Charlier came home in a solid second place while CLS Kawasaki Monster Energy’s Alessandro Lupino fought hard from outside the top ten to come home in third.

In the Elite it was the hometown hero Antonio Cairoli who bought it home for his fans when he took the holeshot and checked out to win eighteen seconds ahead of Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jeremy Van Horebeek. Rounding out the top three for his second podium finish of the day, Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Todd Waters put in yet another solid performance to take home third.

FUNCHAL (Portugal), 24 January 2014 – Youthstream and Eurosport have announced that the n°1 pan-European TV channel has signed the live TV and digital rights for the 2014-2016 seasons of the FIM Motocross World Championship (MXGP) and the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations (MXoN).

The three-year agreement includes the 54 countries and 133 million homes covered by Eurosport in Europe as well as 16 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. 

The MXGP events, MX2 events and MXoN will be broadcast live or delayed on Eurosport or Eurosport 2. Eurosport will also show the 26-minute highlights programme produced by Youthstream every Tuesday following Sunday’s MXGP.

The 2014 MXGP season will start on 1st March in Qatar and will end on 14th September in Mexico. The MXoN will take place in Kegums, Latvia on 28th September. 

‘We thank Eurosport for their trust, together we will bring our sport to the homes of all European Motocross fans,’ Mr. Giuseppe Luongo, Youthstream’s President, said. ‘This agreement brings another important step for the promotion of MXGP. The long-term organization, the big investment into HD production and the high quality and great show of MXGP events make our sport appealing for the prime broadcasters and for the fans worldwide.’

Arnaud Simon, Eurosport’s TV content director said: “The best of Motocross is on Eurosport and it’s a great addition to our two-wheels rights portfolio. Motocross will satisfy the off-road fans and will help to balance our offer of circuit competitions like FIM Superbike World Championship and British Superbike. This new deal is part of our process to reinforce our global motorsports offer”.

2014 season’s start on Eurosport 2 on 1st March from Losail, Qatar:
- RACE 1 MX2: delayed at 18.30-19.15 CET 
- RACE 1 MXGP: delayed at 19.15-20.00 CET 
- RACE 2 MX2: LIVE at 20.00-21.00 CET 
- RACE 2 MXGP: LIVE at 21.00-22.00 CET

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ABOUT EUROSPORT GROUP 

In 2014 Eurosport celebrates 25 years of leadership in live sports broadcasting and digital innovation.

The Eurosport Group is Europe's leading sports entertainment group. Eurosport, the n°1 pan-European TV channel, broadcasts in 20 languages and reaches 133 million homes across 54 countries. Eurosport HD is the high definition simulcast of Eurosport. Eurosport 2 broadcasts to 69 million households in 18 languages across 51 countries. Eurosport 2 HD was launched in August 2009. Eurosport Asia-Pacific reaches 16 countries in the region and launched an HD channel in September 2011. Eurosportnews is the sports news channel transmitted worldwide. Eurosport.com, Europe's n°1 online sports destination, has up to 23 million unique users per month (comScore) across an international network of sports websites in 11 languages, including Yahoo! co-branded sites in Germany, Spain, Italy and the UK. The Eurosport.com free mobile applications are available in 10 languages. Eurosport Player, Eurosport's online TV service, provides LIVE and on-demand sports to fans' PCs in 53 countries and the Player application is available for mobile, tablet and connected TV in up to 40 countries. Eurosport Events is the group's expert division in the management and promotion of international sporting events.

The 2013 FIM Motocross World Championship resulted in 17 rounds of awesome racing. While you could go back and watch each round individually, chances are you don’t have a spare 34 hours. Therefore, you will be pumped to know the folks at MXGP.tv have gone through each round and composed a clip with all of 2013’s best moments.

Watch here below.

FUNCHAL (Portugal), 7 February 2014 – Youthstream is pleased to announce that FOX Head, the iconic global leader in motocross and a leading action sports apparel brand, has entered into a three-year partnership agreement with the MXGP (FIM Motocross World Championship), the MXoN (Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations) and the Monster Energy FIM Junior Motocross World Championship that will see FOX Head becoming the Holeshot Title Partner.

Founded in 1974, FOX Head has been elevating motocross and action sports gear and apparel for almost 40 years. Through its heritage of championship winning athletes and groundbreaking performance and lifestyle products, FOX Head has become one of the most recognized actions sports brands in the world. FOX Head is based in California, with additional offices in Canada, Asia, and Europe.

Matthieu Bazil, General Manager FOX Head Europe, said: “We are pleased to pursue our long term partnership with Youthstream and continue to support promoting MX around the world. Innovation is a fundamental part of our business; we are continuously moving forward to create new ideas and to push the possibilities of MX further.

By creating with Youthstream a true Holeshot competition, we wanted to celebrate one of the most critical and existing part of the race and award the riders that are the best performers throughout the entire championship."

MXGP and FOX Head Holeshot Title Partnership will start with the first race, the MXGP of Qatar, on March the 1st, at Losail. 

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FUNCHAL (Portugal), 29 January 2014 – Youthstream and Motors TV, the pan-European motor sport television channel, have the pleasure to announce an extended three-year agreement to broadcast the 2014 FIM Motocross World Championship, MXGP, and 2014 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations, MXoN, LIVE and delayed.

Motors TV will broadcast all MXGP and MX2 events, as well as the MXoN, which will be held in Kegums, Latvia, over the weekend of September 28th. All events will be LIVE and multi-delayed on Motors TV’s European, French and UK platforms, thus reaching a total of over 25 million homes.

Last but not least, Motors TV will also show 26-minute highlights of the FIM Snowcross World Championship, which takes place on March 8th and 15th in Sweden and Finland, respectively.

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