The BNP Paribas Open, along with Oliphant Productions, has debuted a new marketing video, which offers viewers an introduction to the tournament, interviews with players, partners and founders, stunning panoramic shots of the desert oasis that is the Indian Wells Tennis Garden and footage of the BNP Paribas Open, the most attended tennis tournament in the world outside of the four major events.

Celebrating its’ 35th anniversary, the BNP Paribas Open features the best players in the world as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Premier event. The video includes interviews with six-time Grand Slam champion and two-time BNP Paribas Open champion Rafael Nadal and three-time Grand Slam champion and 2006 BNP Paribas Open champion Maria Sharapova. In addition, interviews with partners Pete Sampras, Billie Jean King and Chris Evert, and tournament founders Charlie Pasarell and Raymond Moore, along with the fans themselves provide insight into why more than 330,000 people annually are attracted to the event.

The last marketing video produced by the BNP Paribas Open and Oliphant Productions, a Palm Desert-based award winning entertainment content producer, received a Telly Award, which honors the very best local, regional, and cable television commercials and programs, as well as the finest video and film productions. Once again Producer Rich Oliphant was able to work seamlessly with the event to create a high-quality asset that will allow the tournament to reach new sponsors and fans.

For more information about the tournament, and to order tickets or hotel packages, please call the Indian Wells Tennis Garden Box Office, (800) 999-1585, or visit www.bnpparibasopen.org, where you can view your seat location sight-line before ordering tickets.

About the BNP Paribas Open
Celebrating its’ 35th anniversary, the BNP Paribas Open is the first major tennis event of the season on U.S. soil, March 8 – 21, 2010. The tournament, an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Premier event, features the top players in the world. The host site, the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, includes the second largest stadium in the world with 16,100 seats and it hosted over 330,000 fans in 2009. Ticket and hotel packages are available by logging onto www.bnpparibasopen.org, calling the Indian Wells box office, 800-999-1585 or 760-200-8000, or visiting the box office, 78-200 Miles Avenue, Indian Wells, CA, 92210.

About BNP Paribas
Paribas (www.bnpparibas.com) is a European leader in global banking and financial services and is one of the 3 strongest banks in the world according to Standard & Poor’s. The group is present in 85 countries, with more than 171,000 employees, including 131.000 in Europe. The group holds key positions in three major segments: Corporate and Investment Banking, Asset Management & Services and Retail Banking. Present throughout Europe in all of its business lines, the bank’s two domestic markets in retail banking are France and Italy. BNP Paribas also has a significant presence in the United States and strong positions in Asia and the emerging markets

About BNP Paribas and tennis
In 2008, BNP Paribas celebrated the 35th anniversary of its association with the tennis world. Since 1973, BNP Paribas has been actively involved in this sport, regularly increasing its support – both locally and internationally, for families, schools and the community. Historically, BNP Paribas has had a special relationship with every facet of the tennis world: official global sponsor of Roland Garros for 35years, sponsor of the Davis Cup since 2001, of the Fed Cup since 2005 and since the acquisition of BNL in 2006, the "Internazionali BNL d'Italia", as well as actively supporting numerous other international competitions (WTA Bank of the West Classic in California, the Monte Carlo Masters Series, BNP Paribas Strasbourg Women's Open, Grand Prix de Lyon, etc.). BNP Paribas also supports tennis locally in France, and is involved in more than 550 tournaments, including the BNP Paribas family trophy, various training programmes set up by the French Tennis Federation and Yannick Noah’s "Fête le Mur" association.