Watch Live Streams of the 2008 Australian Open From ESPN360

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Tennis followers in select USA markets will be able to watch an unprecedented amount of coverage at the 2008 Australian Open from the comfort of their living rooms.

ESPN360, the interactive home for sports fans to watch live sporting events and programming, has announced that it will be streaming over 480 hours of the upcoming Grand Slam free on the internet.

ESPN360.com will expand its broadband coverage to include no fewer than six live feeds from various courts – including the women’s, men’s and mixed doubles finals – plus a simulcast of ESPN2’s live coverage, totaling more than 480 hours.

For the first 11 days (Jan. 13 – 23), coverage will commence at 7 p.m. (11 a.m. in Melbourne, when play begins).

The courts to be included are the “TV courts,” the ones most likely to have top matches: Rod Laver Arena, Vodafone Arena, Margaret Court Arena, plus Courts 2, 3 and 6.

Coverage will be the “world feed” from the host broadcaster, with graphics, natural sound and no commentary. For the remainder of the tournament, ESPN360.com will continue the ESPN2 simulcast, and will carry the women’s (Jan. 24), men’s (Jan. 25) and mixed (Jan. 26) doubles finals.

Each window of coverage will be available for on-demand replay following its completion. With ESPN360.com’s dynamic new interface, tennis fans will be able to fast-forward, rewind and pause action – during both on-demand replay and live action coverage.

ESPN360.com is available at no charge to fans who receive their high-speed Internet connection from an affiliated service provider.

It has more than doubled distribution since November 2006, and is available in 20 million households via more than 25 Internet service providers including AT&T, Verizon, RCN, Frontier, Cavalier, Charter, Mediacom, Conway and Grande Communications.

For more information, or to see if your ISP offers ESPN360, visit www.espn360.com.

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