Posted: February 15, 2005

Athletics: YES Network To Broadcast New Balance Games

From David Monti

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NEW YORK, NY - The YES Network will broadcast highlights from the New Balance Games, one of the top scholastic competitions of the indoor season. The Games were held at the Armory Track & Field Center in Manhattan. The broadcast is sponsored by New Balance, Super Runners Shop and the Armory, and produced by Salmini Films.

Including two airings in primetime, the event will be broadcast seven times over the next two weeks on the YES Network, the official home of the New York Yankees and New Jersey Nets. Airtimes as follows:

Wed, Feb 16, 11:00am
Thurs, Feb 17, 7:30am
Sun, Feb 20, 8:00pm 
Sun, Feb 20, 11:30pm 
Mon, Feb 21, 6:30pm
Wed, Feb 23, 1:00am 
Sun, Feb 27, 7:00pm

The event, combined with the Marine Corps Classic and New Balance Collegiate Invitational, form the Armory Track Series, a 3-event broadcast series produced by Salmini Films airing on the YES Network.

The YES Network reaches 10.2 million television households in the United States; 8.2 million in the extended New York area, and an additional 1.8 million nationally via DIRECTV subscription service.

Salmini Films is a full service television production and sports marketing firm specializing in active sports for the past 25 years. Services include onsite event filming/production, television packaging and distribution, as well as custom videos and video news releases. Salmini Films currently broadcasts two monthly series, Running, on the YES Network; and the internationally syndicated Marathons+. Salmini Films also films and broadcasts dedicated event specials for some of the top road races and triathlons in the world. Salmini Films also provides marketing, television and sponsorship consultation services for corporations interested in penetrating the active sports marketplace. SPORTFILM.COM is the official website of Salmini Films.

The Armory Track and Field Center stands as a brilliant jewel in the center of Washington Heights, a diverse community in northern Manhattan. The facility includes a pole vault runway, an eight-lane sprint and hurdle straightaway, two long jump pits, two high jump areas and a shot put area. The arena seats more than 4,000 people, and those fans have been treated to some classic performances over the years.