Broadcasting and Media
Fans globally are able to view the championship on national TV channels or via live streaming from the Superleague Formula website. Video highlights of every race from every weekend are also available for streaming from their website. Superleague Formula is also praised for its comprehensive series coverage on YouTube, where it uploads qualifying and race highlights, driver interviews and news events, which is a service that no other major racing series offers.
Superleague Formula has an extensive web following, with most major motorsport website and publications such as Autosport covering the series. The Superleague Formula website is the official website for Superleague Formula, and has a live timing Java applet that can be used during the race to keep up with the leaderboard in real time. The series also operates several official social networking websites for its fans, including Twitter and Facebook.
Superleague Formula has currently got a media deal with The NewsMarket to distribute video content to 25,000 global media outlets in over 190 countries throughout the 2010 season.
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