2016 America's Cup World Series – Don't miss the world racing + Video

by America's Cup on 24 Feb 2016 This is your tune-in guide to live racing and highlight coverage of the first Louis Vuitton America's Cup World Series races in 2016, from Muscat, Oman.

Racing takes place on February 27-28, beginning at 14:00 local time in Oman (GMT+4) and our coverage via broadcast television, online and mobile devices will bring the thrill of America’s Cup racing to over 140 territories around the world.

Emirates Team New Zealand is on top of the leaderboard after three events in 2015, guided by the steady hand of world sailor of the year, Peter Burling, on the helm.

The defending champion, ORACLE TEAM USA, is in second place, which doesn’t sit well with skipper Jimmy Spithill, who is still lamenting lost opportunities in the racing last year.

“The mistakes stay with you because you don’t want to make them again,” he says. “All of us are so competitive, we want to start the year strong. This is an important one.”

In the UK and Ireland, both days of racing will air live on BT Sport: Saturday’s racing is live beginning at 0930 on BT Sport 2; Sunday’s racing is live on BT Sport 1 beginning at 0930. Both BT1 and BT2 Sport will run replays of racing throughout the weekend and week.

In New Zealand, the racing will be live on new broadcast partner SKYNZ. Both days are live at 11:00pm on SKY Sport Pop-up Channel 055.

In France, racing is live on Canal+ Sport on both Saturday and Sunday.

In Australia, both days of racing will be live on Fox Sports 5 at 21:00.

In Sweden, racing is live on TV4 Play.

In China, racing is on CCTV5+: February 28 at 23:55 and February 29 at 23:00 (Beijing time)

In Bermuda, racing is live on ZFB and via AC+ on the America's Cup App.

In the United States, racing is live via AC+ on the America’s Cup App and the one-hour highlight program will air on NBCSN on March 12 at 6:00pm EST.

Local fans in 28 territories in the Middle East and North Africa can catch the racing live and in highlight programming on the Orbit Sports Network.

A complete list of international broadcasts of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Bermuda can be found here.

Around the world, the Official America’s Cup App will keep this weekend’s racing at your fingertips. Live streaming of all races will be available on mobile devices through the AC+ service within the app. AC+ exclusive coverage features live racing broadcasts, onboard camera views, video extras, replays and behind-the-scenes stories. Live coverage on AC+ is subject to territorial broadcast restrictions.

The Official America’s Cup App is available for Android and iOS devices via Google Play and the Apple iTunes store.

UK and Ireland:
Live racing on BT Sport
Highlights on BBC
Second screen experience only (no live racing) on AC+ via the America’s Cup app

USA:
Live racing and second screen experience on AC+ via the America’s Cup app
Highlights on NBC Sports

China:
Highlights on CCTV5+
Live racing and second screen experience on AC+ via the America’s Cup app

Sweden:
Live racing on TV4 Play
Live racing and second screen experience on AC+ via the America’s Cup app

Bermuda:
Live racing on ZFB
Live racing and second screen experience on AC+ via the America’s Cup app and website.

New Zealand:
Live racing on SKYNZ
Second screen experience only (no live racing) on AC+ via the America’s Cup app

Australia:
Live racing on FOX SPORTS
Second screen experience only (no live racing) on AC+ via the America’s Cup app

France, Monaco, Andorra, French-speaking Switzerland, Mauritius, DOMTOM and sub-Saharan Africa (not South Africa):
Live Racing and highlights on Canal+
No live coverage via AC+ and no second screen experience in France/Monaco

Germany, Italy, Japan:
Live racing and second screen experience on mobile devices through AC+ via the America’s Cup app

Germany, Austria, Switzerland:
Live racing on Servus TV

Japan:
TBS – check local listings

Poland:
Canal+ and NSport+
Live racing and second screen experience on AC+ via the America’s Cup app

Portugal:
Live racing and highlights on Sport TV
Live racing and second screen experience on AC+ via the America’s Cup app

Central and South America and Caribbean:
ESPN – Highlight programming
Second screen experience only (no live racing) on AC+ via the America’s Cup app and website.

Rest of the world:
Live racing and second screen experience on AC+ via the America’s Cup app and website.