OLN's COVERAGE OF THE LOUIS VUITTON CUP

A message from OLN

There has been some confusion and misunderstanding concerning our upcoming coverage of the Louis Vuitton Cup races. Based upon the unpredictable nature of the weather in New Zealand, and the reliance of the races upon the ideal conditions, at least 30% of the races are expected to not even take place. Many others will most definitely be delayed, and others will start, only to be put in hold for a period of time, and then continued. There is a 4-1/2 hour window available to verify the start of a race on any given day, which means we may not even know until well after midnight ET that a race is going to take place. Still, if the race doesn't start until 12:30am ET, we will be covering it at 12:30am ET even though this is 3 1/2 hours past the scheduled time on our network.

Given that New Zealand will lose an hour in the first week of October, the US will gain an hour at the end of the month, and then the actual race times will change, our 9-11pm ET time frame allows for the most flexibility with regards to race starts and finishes. In addition, we will have the flexibility of a 45-minute tape delay should we need it, to allow for the best possible coverage to be brought to the US. We cannot factor in every scenario, and considering we are the first network to offer this type of coverage, we can only base our programming decisions upon past years' races.

On any day there is racing in New Zealand, OLN will be covering it. That is our commitment to our viewers.

Our LV Cup schedule can be viewed at http://www.olntv.com/OATV_1781.cfm.