Tromode television distribution company Greenlight International is preparing to head to the French Rivera for the annual sport television conference, Sportel.

Sportel has been held for more than 25 years in Monaco and focuses exclusively on sports programming to the world’s TV stations with more than 1,000 TV companies attending and 3,000 delegates.

All the major sports are represented including Premier League, NFL, Formula One and MotoGP.

Greenlight International will be selling the Southern 100 as part of its Real Road Racing series, currently broadcast by 18 international broadcasters including ITV4 in the UK and CBS Sports in the USA and now available in more than 100 countries.

In addition, as the exclusive worldwide distributor for NHRA, IMSA Sportscars, and the British Rallying Championship including Rally Isle of Man they will be talking with all the major broadcasters about the 2018 championships.

Of particular note Greenlight will also be offering the long-running Isle of Man-produced programmes Motorsport Mundial, Max Power and Auto Mundial.

These three weekly series have been created as a joint venture between Greenlight Television and Duke Video on the Isle of Man for moe than 25 years and bosses say they are a ’great credit to the skills and creative qualities of the Isle of Man production staff’.

The programmes are currently available to an international audience of more than 650 million homes and the sales and distribution agreements have a direct financial benefit to the Isle of Man economy.

Jon Quayle, managing director of Greenlight International, said: ’There is a great deal of exceptional creative talent based on the Isle of Man and it is a matter of great personal pride that Greenlight International is able to take the fruits of their labour to the world’s sports television markets, contributing directly to the local economy and at the same time waving the Isle of Man flag.’