SquashTV Purchase Squashlive
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The Professional Squash Association (PSA) are pleased to announce that
they have acquired squashlive.com,
taking control of the site’s video archive to bring some of the greatest
matches in squash history to SquashTV.
The work of pioneering squash filmmaker Jean DeLierre, squashlive's historic
archive includes an impressive array of matches tracing back to
the early 1990s and will be digitally remastered before being added to
SquashTV later in 2014.
With an abundance of footage showcasing the likes of legendary
Pakistan squash players Jahangir and Jansher Khan and historic
encounters between Peter Nicol, Jonathan Power and the dominant forces
of the 1990s, SquashTV fans will be able to re-live some of the finest
displays and fiercest matches in recent history on the world’s premier
squash resource.
“We are very
pleased to add the squashlive archive to our already extensive and
detailed collection of historic squash action,” said
PSA COO Lee Beachill.
"For many years Jean and his team at
squashlive pushed the boundaries in terms of how squash is filmed and
his work was certainly the benchmark when SquashTV was launched.
"SquashTV is the number one place for
squash fans to watch the sport live and on demand and this latest
acquisition allows us to improve the historical side of the channel and
ensure that fans of the sport can relive some of the greatest matches of
all time.
"We will also be looking at making
full HD copies of these matches available to purchase later in 2014
as we look to expand the SquashTV operation further."
Squashlive founder Jean
DeLierre said: “To
know that our archives of the game’s past and present stars will join
others from SquashTV gives our team and I a great sense of pride.
"Knowing first hand how challenging
producing squash events is financially and otherwise, I take this
occasion to congratulate PSA leadership and its television crew on their
great accomplishments over the last few years.
"I trust that
their hard work will soon lead the PSA and its players to lucrative TV
and sponsorship contracts, their success in that respect would become
the best possible conclusion to our squashlive story.
"I sincerely hope that
world’s squash community and its supporters will stand united behind the
PSA by subscribing to their channel."
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