Where to watch DFS Crufts

DFS CRUFTS – MAKE SURE YOU DON’T MISS OUT ON THE ACTION

Fans of DFS Crufts can ensure that they don’t miss a second of the action, wherever they are, with options to catch up on the latest from the show online, on television, and on radio.

The Kennel Club, organiser of DFS Crufts, is working with
More4 to bring live coverage from the event across all four days.
It is also working with Sunset and Vine to ensure that there is live streaming of the event from the moment that show opens to the time it closes on the internet at www.dfscrufts.tv.

Furthermore, dog lovers can tune into DFS Crufts FM, on the new frequency of 87.7fm.

MORE4

Coverage of the four-day dog show will be broadcast between 11 – 14 March with an hour long programme from Thursday to Saturday and a two-hour special on Sunday.
More4 will bring a fresh perspective to coverage of Crufts while retaining the show’s popular highlights including the stories of ‘hero dogs’ in the Friends for Life competition and the live award of ‘Best in Show’. The programming will also provide a high profile platform to inform the public about issues of health and welfare in pedigree dog breeding. The coverage will be produced by Sunset and Vine.

COVERAGE IS SCHEDULED FOR:

Thursday 11th March – 19:30 – 20:30
Friday 12th March - 19:30 – 20:30
Saturday 13th March – 19:30 – 20:30
Sunday 14th March – 19:00 – 21:00
These details were correct at the time of going to press.
Please check TV listings for further information.

WWW.DFSCRUFTS.TV

All the action from the Arena at DFS Crufts 2010, which will include Best in Show, the Friends for Life final and agility displays, will be streamed live online and viewers will be able to watch the live webcast for free.
There will also be additional video clips of highlights and replays from the show prior to the show beginning. These will run alongside exclusive videos from recent Kennel Club events such as the Discover Dogs show at Earls Court in London. Crufts fans will also be able to explore footage from video clips stretching back to the 1980s.
All of the live and archive footage is free to view but even more content and functionality becomes available to everyone who signs up to the dfscrufts.tv free membership scheme. Members will be able to rate the videos on the site; create their own playlists of favourite clips; share clips with friends; and embed clips on their own websites and blogs.
DFS Crufts Catch Up Video Service will run from 9am on March 12th until April 30th, giving exclusive access to full ‘as live’ highlights and replays of each day’s Arena action, plus extensive coverage of the Obedience competition and other elements of the event that won’t be available anywhere else. Signed up members of www.dfscrufts.tv can already buy their Catch-Up Video tickets through the website’s secure online shop at the special pre-show discount price of £7.99.

EUKANUBA.COM

Eukanuba, premier pet food sponsors of DFS Crufts, will be broadcasting the live streaming throughout the USA, Canada and over 40 countries across Europe. Viewers in these regions can go direct to Eukanuba.com to see the live webcast free of charge.

CRUFTS FM

87.7fm is the NEW frequency to listen in and around the NEC and approach roads.
For those further afield, Crufts FM can be heard online via the show’s website www.dfscrufts.org.uk.
Crufts FM will be on air from the afternoon of Wednesday 10th March, catching all the build up to the show, right through until around 9.30pm on Sunday 14th March. The broadcast will run 24 hours a day to ensure that listeners from Sydney to Anchorage can keep tabs on the Australian Shepherds and Alaskan Malamutes via their computers without having to stay up all night.
Marina Scott, will host the evening show and the mornings are hosted by Jenny Hanley. Gary Champion brings his wit and knowledge of dogs, especially on Sunday’s Gundog day to the afternoon show, always packed with results of course and this year the early riser is Alan Hyde who will entertain and inform through the night to our International audience via the live on-line stream at www.crufts.org.uk.
As usual the Newsdesk is EVERY 20 minutes once the results start to happen, but this year there’ll be more reporters in the halls to make sure DFS Crufts FM has the news and results first…literally as they happen, BUT you’ll also hear from far more winners .The Engineering team has been “beefed” up to make sure there’s even more LIVE microphones, so DFS Crufts FM will talk ringside to the winners while the photographs are still being taken and the tears of joy are still rolling down the cheek!

There’s a larger behind the scenes presence to make sure that the Samsung Hour from 10am each day is packed with guests for the show that comes LIVE from the Samsung stand. The same team will ensure there’s lots of relevant content overnight, early morning and included in the Podcast.
There will also be competitions, a chance to win a Lintran dog box in conjunction with Fiat, the Car of the Show and plenty of prizes to win on air with Samsung’s involvement.