LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Professional paintball will be televised, following an acquisition Monday by dick clark productions, inc.
The company said it had acquired the broadcast rights for Professioanl League Paintball, a league of eight teams competing in professional level play in the United States.
The teams from Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Oakland and Philadelphia form the first organized pro league in the sport of paintball and are currently completing their first season.
The company said paintball is the fastest growing sport in the country and has surpassed snowboarding in popularity, with over 15 million players worldwide.
Along with the league rights, dick clark productions, inc. also optioned a celebrity paintball-themed reality show. Both projects were packaged and brought to the production company by Beaux Carson of Carson Signature Films, Inc.
