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Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 21:57:30 +0200 (CEST)
From: Mathias Winkler <mat.winkler@arkanda.net>
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To: <sumo@statgen.ncsu.edu>
Subject: Re: No Sumo on EUROSPORT
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Hello to all, I'm Mathias Winkler from Munich, Germany,
and this is my first posting to the list.

However, I think this is a very serious issue for all Sumo fans in Europe,
cause the only chance to watch Sumo on TV in Europe, Eurosport, seems to
have dropped any Sumo programs !!

IMHO all people who have Eurosport as their only source for watching Sumo
should take their best efforts in trying to convince the responsible people
from Eurosport not to do so, and to continue their Sumo broadcasts !

These quotings from the list and the Sumo Newsgroup
may show how important it could be to continue to write
serious Email requests to Eurosport:


On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Stefan Gelow wrote:

> It seems Eurosport has decided to drop their sumo broadcast.
[...cut...]

And this are excerpts from the Sumo Newsgroup:

| >>Sumo fans all over the world, please help to keep the sumo programm at the
| >>EUROSPORT TV-Station alive!!!
| >
| > Yes, they need to see how large their audience is...!
| > Send your E-mail NOW!
| >
| > Here's the reply I got:
| > ----
| > From:           	"ISSY_MX, CommunicationHeadOffice"
| > <comheadoffice@eurosport.co.uk>
| > [...]
| > We thank you for your interest in Eurosport.
| > We took your request in consideration and transmitted it to the
| > concerned
| > service.
|
| Wonderful, that's the reply I got, too, and on April 17th, too ...
| But no consecutive contact from the "concerned service" 'till now ... :-(
|
| Eurosport was a little bit more eloquent on April 20th.
| -cut-
| We received plenty of messages like yours of people who want to see
| sumo. We transmitted it to the concerned service. Hopefully, you will
| be able to see more sumo on eurosport. Whatever happens, be sure that
| all those requests have been considered as they should have.
| -cut-


Regards
Mathias Winkler
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