BADMINTON FEDERATION TO LAUNCH INTERNET SITE
IGPB Plans Badminton Cable TV Show
by Mike Grossman

December 14, 1996 (New Shuttlenws) - Sources close to the International Badminton Federation have disclosed to New Shuttlenws that the federation will be launching their own WorldWide Web site in the next several weeks.

The IBF website is expected to have general information about the sport as well as rankings, tournament schedules, and press releases.

Lead members of the International Group for the Promotion of Badminton who operate New Shuttlenws and the www.badminton.org website greeted the planned IBF website launch with smiles and open arms as did the volunteers at New Shuttlenws.

The IGPB and New Shuttlenws will be monitoring the information on the IBF website when it launches and will adjust their news activities and coverage to avoid any duplication.

The launch of the IBF website is expected to allow IGPB and New Shuttlenws to devote more time to the planned New Shuttlenws badminton highlights show on American cable TV.

The IGPB considers the planned New Shuttlenws TV show to be more strategic to the growth of the sport in the U.S.A. than the New Shuttlenws e-mail news service and website, because of its potential wider reach as well as visual impact.

If the results of ongoing feasibility studies continue to be positive, the New Shuttlenws TV show will debut in key television markets in the U.S.A. in the spring of 1997.