Outdoor Channel will also premiere a number of new exclusive originals, including Trip Gone Bad, and comedic series Marc and Todd’s Crazy Clips, and also introduce a brand new destination-viewing theme night “Wet & Wild” on Wednesdays as well as a new strand of travel programming with adventure travelogue, A Sporting Paradise.
The channel has also renewed its strong commitment to Asian programming with a number of new shows, such as Ironman Asia Pacific Championships,Australasian Safari, World Heli Challenge, and Action Sports Games.
Other Asian and international sports franchises renewed or freshly secured include: 70.3 Asia Pacific Ironman Championships, adventure and extreme sports series Wild Spirits, FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championships, Langkawi International Mountain Bike Challenge, Kiteboard Tour Asia, Wake Park World Championships, Peak to Creek, Haute Route, Aerobatic Freestyle Challenge, Red Bull Romaniacs, Swatch Girls Pro, and Adidas Rockstars, amongst others.
Kevin Sim, Director, Multi Channels Asia said, “Together these 2014 programming initiatives reflect the growing mainstream appeal of Outdoor Channel as a destination for sports and lifestyle programming that cannot be seen anywhere else on pay-TV. In a sea of channel sameness and multiple branded extensions, Outdoor Channel is a rare example of a channel with a truly unique and unduplicated content and channel proposition.”