Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Tournament Schedule: 2011 International Skating Union Grand Prix of Figure Skating

* TV: NBC, Universal Sports

The Grand Prix of Figure Skating is a series of ice skating competitions held by the International Skating Union all over the world. NBC Sports and Universal Sports Network recently announced their coverage plans for the skating competition.

NBC has released the actual schedule of their coverage, and it is below after the jump. Universal Sports has not released its companion coverage, but it will be available on their site as the date draws closer.

UniversalSports.com will also stream live coverage of six Grand Prix events, beginning with Skate Canada through the Grand Prix Final, for a subscription price of $14.95 for all of the events.

NBC’s broadcast team for the entire Grand Prix series includes Terry Gannon and Andrea Joyce, as well as analyst Scott Hamilton, Tanith Belbin, Peter Carruthers, Michael Weiss and Tracy Wilson.

The actual schedule of NBC’s coverage is as follows:
Broadcast Day Time(ET)
Event
Location Actual Date
Sat., Oct. 22 3-6pm 2011 Skate America Ontario, California 10/21-10/23
Sat., Nov. 5 4-6pm 2011 Skate Canada Int’l Mississauga, Ontario 10/28-10/30
None None 2011 Cup of China Beijing, China 11/4-11/6
Sun., Nov. 13 2-4pm 2011 NHK Trophy Sapporo, Japan 11/11-11/13
Sun., Nov. 27 2-4pm 2011 Trophée Eric Bompard Paris, France 11/18-11/20
Sat., Dec. 3 1-3pm 2011 Rostelecom Cup of Russia Moscow, Russia 11/25-11/27
Sun., Dec. 11 12-2pm 2011-2012 Grand Prix Final Quebec City, Canada 12/8-12/11

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