CaptainsLounge.TV Goes Live on 1 March

Feb. 27, 2013 - PRLog -- Yachties are very social animals but like to hang out together.  Whether it’s the Captain in the Yacht Club or the crew in the bar the shortest walk (crawl?) from the dock, they’re easy to find.  Officially launching on 1 March 2013, CaptainsLounge.TV has been designed to target this receptive audience.

The world’s first online TV channel dedicated to the nautical industry, CaptainsLounge.TV is played on HD TV screens in crew bars, marinas and yacht clubs across the world as well as being streamed over the internet and available on smart phones and tablets.  The content has been tailored to the viewer and constantly adapted based on their feedback.

Peter Franklin, part of the CaptainsLounge.TV team, explains, “We’re screening high impact boating and lifestyle content together with daily yachting news.  With the focus on visual rather than audio, people can expect footage from regattas, video shoots of the latest tenders, toys and gadgets, walkarounds of current boat shows and more light-hearted outtakes such as yachts being tossed around in wild seas.  Thanks to our partnership with BYM News, which receives over one million page views per month, these images are accompanied by exclusive tickertape news updated daily.”

A sister company to Nautical Television Europe (NTVE.TV), CaptainsLounge.TV is managed and marketed in partnership with The Islander Group and PortBooker.com – the world’s largest real-time berth booking portal with 8,500 marinas in its search engine database – giving the team unprecedented access to screens in the Mediterranean, Caribbean and United States.

Peter continues, “We have had CaptainsLounge.TV running in Mallorca at The Crew Bar in Port Adriano and renowned yachtie watering hole The Corner Bar in Palma since last December.  The trial has proved extremely successful bringing excellent reactions from both customers and bar management.  Now, with Portbooker onboard, we are ready to extend the coverage across the Costa Brava, the South of France, Italian Riviera, Costa del Sol, Gibraltar, the Adriatic and then over the Atlantic.”

Even before official launch, CaptainsLounge.TV contracted various sponsors who will be displaying their digital promotional messages via this massive marketing platform.  These include global yacht transport specialists Dockwise, worldwide marine logistics provider Complete Marine Freight and Marina Moll Vell in Palma which is currently undergoing remodelling into a contemporary superyacht marina.  All have signed up for the first 12 months.

CaptainsLounge.TV has also been confirmed as the official contracted nautical television partner for the Antibes Yacht Show in April and the Palma Boat Show in May.  At Antibes, CaptainsLounge.TV will be on the famous castle wall with Riviera Radio doing live interviews, reviews and seminar streaming.  In Palma, the same, with the addition of live coverage from the Palma International Yachting Forum.

For more information on CaptainsLounge.TV visit www.x-mmi.com

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