The 2006 Boat Race, sponsored by Xchanging, will be seen on television in at least 191 countries around the world with a predicted global TV audience of over 120 million.

ITV 1 will once more be host broadcasters for the event which dates back to 1829. Their UK television audience in 2006 could well rise above the almost six million viewers who watched The Race at peak twelve months ago.

LBC will be broadcasting live audio - alongside three hours of build-up news and features - on 97.3fm. They will also provide live audio on their website (www.lbc.co.uk).

The presence of Bastien Ripoll in the Oxford crew means that two French television stations have taken an interest in The Race - France 1 and France 2. Ripoll is the first Frenchman in over 150 years to take part in The Race.

Other stations include:

Belgium VRT Canada OLN Germany ZDF and ARD Italy RAI Spain TVE Middle East Showtime (19 countries) Europe Eurosport (Live in 54 countries in 18 different languages) Africa MNET (50 countries) Asia espnstar (68 countries) Worldwide:

DW (German Speaking) Reuters (news access worldwide) EBU-UER (news access worldwide) TWI (news access worldwide)