Quickest way to deliver TV News Footage?

(A little off-topic I'm afraid but surely this is the best place to ask!)
I have to shoot an interview with a racing driver who's secured a new drive with a UK team. This is to be featured on his home country's TV news.
I'd like to shoot in HDV and then convert to DV (assuming the TV company can use this).
What's the quickest way to get about three minutes of footage to an overseas TV company?
(Don't say give it to the driver - I already thought of that one)!
Andy
G5 Quad. 8 GB. 250 & 500 GB Int'l Drives. G-Tech G-Raid 1 TB. FCP 5.0.4 (Studio) Mac OS X (10.4.6) Sony HVR-Z1E . . . I mark my questions Solved or Helpful - Please Don't Beg.

Of course you'll need to check with their requirements and capabilities, but many broadcasters and post houses (at least in the US) have been using muxed MPEG-2 files, uploaded to a host server. 3 minutes won't take too long to upload and even quicker for them to download.
I've been getting clips (60 sec spots for insertion) this way from an editor about 300 miles away. I'll email to tell him what I need and he uploads them to his www.BOX.net account. I can usually have them on my system within 20 or 30 minutes of asking for them. You could do the same with an iDisk account.
-DH

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