Press Release - Sport and Technology: The Conference 2006 tickets now live
Tickets are on now on sale for Sport and Technology: The Conference 2006 which will be held on 23 February next year, devised and produced by ArkSports, publisher of the e-newsletter Sport and Technology. Following the success of the inaugural conference in March this year, BT Media and Broadcast is sponsoring the 2006 version of the event which will once again be held at the state-of-the-art BT Centre in London, England. Commercial partners already include Aura Sports, Skinkers, SportBusiness Group, Screen Digest, AV Specialist Magazine and SportAccord. The format of the conference will follow a discussion-style format with speakers from organisations including BT, BBC Sport, the Australian Football League, PSV Eindhoven, Sports Resource Group, Deltatre, Hawk-Eye Innovations, Cat Games, Kirkpatrick and Lockheart, Wasserman Media Group, Sportev and Premium TV, giving us all an insight to what is hot and what is not in the Sport and Technology sphere. There will also be elongated networking breaks and an evening cocktail party with a celebrity charity raffle. In addition, there will be various stands at the event where innovators of new and existing technologies will be showing off their wares. The 2005 event was a sell-out and Sport and Technology expects delegate spaces for the 2006 conference to be taken up quickly as well, with spaces strictly limited to 172. For further information on the conference and to secure your delegate space at the must-attend event of 2006, please visit http://www.sportandtechnologyconference.com
PA Sport acquires Sportev
Leading sports news and information provider PA Sport, has bought digital wireless sports news agency Sportev for a cash sum rumoured to be in the region of several million pounds. Sportev, founded in 1999, provides broadband and wireless services, including in-match goal videos from the Premier League to 3G mobile networks in 33 countries. The agency also holds 3G rights to Premier League coverage in Hong Kong and South Korea and operates a goal highlights service for Vodafone customers that is available in 16 countries across Europe. Meanwhile PA Sport has also been appointed the official data partner of the South African Premier Soccer League (PSL). PA Sport will collate official data for all PSL and Mvel matches and will also market the data to third parties, such as newspapers, broadcasters, websites and mobile operators.
Betandwin becomes sponsor of Czech soccer
In the company's first major involvement since it started working the Czech market recently, bookmaker Betandwin has entered into a co-operation agreement with FC Slovan Liberec, the Czech division one soccer team. The partnership between Betandwin and the club that currently heads the league in the top Czech soccer division will last until 31 July 2008, with an option to extend it beyond this date. Betandwin will be acquiring an extensive sponsorship package under the terms of this agreement. Apart from displaying the Betandwin logo on players' jerseys in all the club's matches - including games played in the UEFA Cup and the Champions League - the sponsorship agreement also includes extensive branding of the club's stadium, the rights to pictures of players and the team, and a presence on the club's website.
Samsung signs two-year deal with the NFL
Samsung Electronics America, has signed a multimillion dollar deal with the National Football League (NFL) for the 2005 and 2006 seasons. Samsung, the Official HDTV enabler for the NFL, has also unveiled its national ad campaign including TV commercials, print, online and in-store exposure featuring four legendary NFL quarterbacks. Dan Marino, Troy Aikman, Steve Young, and Boomer Esiason will represent each of Samsung's leading HDTV categories - LCD, Plasma, DLP, and SlimFit. To celebrate the new relationship, Samsung has kicked off its first of two NFL online promotions called the Samsung NFL HDTV Challenge. This promotion will provide online visitors a chance to win a trip to Super Bowl XL.
FIFA goes mobile in France
Infront Sports & Media has signed an exclusive broadcast agreement with French mobile operator SFR for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The rights granted are in the category of Mobile Telephony and give SFR the right to offer up to four minutes of video material per match for ‘near-live’ and/or post-match highlight coverage on mobile phones to its subscriber base. The agreement, which is exclusive for the territory of France, covers all 64 matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup as well as the Final Draw set for 9 December 2005 at the Leipzig Trade Fair. SFR has also acquired full access to the archive material from the 2002 FIFA World Cup which took place in Korea and Japan.
Sportvision teams up with SportsHD
SportsHD Productions and Sportvision have announced a strategic partnership in the US designed to give sports fans the ultimate high definition television viewing experience. Emmy-winning Sportvision, best known for its realtime virtual yellow first down line in NFL and numerous innovations in NASCAR, the Olympics and other sports, will bring graphical enhancement capabilities to SportsHD programming. SportsHD will also utilise Sportvision's live and post-production insertion capabilities, resulting in creative product placements and other value-added benefits for sponsors and advertisers.
World Championship winning sponsor to speak out
Juan Villalonga, the man who had the vision of bringing telecoms giant Telefónica into Formula One, will deliver the first keynote address at the Formula One Sponsorship Forum in Monaco on 16 November. Villalonga, the former chairman of Telefónica and one of Europe's most eminent and influential business executives, still has close links to Formula One and is highly knowledgeable about the business of the sport. Villalonga's vision to introduce Telefónica to Formula One has since been more than justified after Renault and Spanish driver Fernando Alonso took the 2005 constructors and drivers world championships. Formula One's stock in Spain has risen hugely and this has been a major boost for Telefónica's sponsorship. Joining Villalonga at the event will be hundreds of delegates from multinational companies worldwide. Companies registered to attend include some of the biggest names in global sponsorship. Allianz, AMD, British American Tobacco, BMW, Credit Suisse, Diageo, Intel, Panasonic, Petronas, SAP, Shell, Ford, Siemens, Emirates, Toyota Motor Corporation and Vodafone are just a few of the companies sending delegates to the conference.
MLB gets some Latino spirit
MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM), the interactive media and internet company of Major League Baseball (MLB), has announced that live Spanish language audio of the 2005 MLB Playoffs and World Series has been added to MobiTV's service for wireless subscribers in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. This initiative represents MLBAM's first-ever wireless distribution of live MLB games to wireless subscribers in Latin America.
Buzzy new identity for BBC Broadcast
A new name and corporate identity for BBC Broadcast has been unveiled with the facilities company now being known as Red Bee Media, marking its final transition from BBC ownership. BBC Broadcast was sold to a Macquarie consortium in August following the BBC's review of its commercial businesses. Red Bee Media can trace its heritage back to the beginning of BBC Television providing vital playout, channel branding and promotion, and access services for the broadcaster. The former Broadcasting and Presentation BBC department incorporated into a commercial subsidiary, BBC Broadcast, in April 2002. Since incorporation, it has won significant commercial business capitalising on the merging broadcast and IT markets to build the state-of-the-art Broadcast Centre where it relocated in October 2003. The name Red Bee Media followed many months of work within the company to come up with a brand that both reflects its BBC history, and is appropriate for the breadth of its services.
Doncaster Rovers and Carlisle United unveil new ticketing system
Both Doncaster Rovers FC and Carlisle United FC have announced that they have been offering fans a new way to buy their match tickets this season. The Football League soccer clubs are using the award-winning online ticketing service ticketingsolutions to sell tickets in advance over the web and on the phone. For Doncaster Rovers FC, which enjoyed successful online sales using the service last season, the decision to upgrade and use ticketingsolutions for all its advance sales comes ahead of the Club’s move to the new, seated Lakeside sports stadium next year. The in-house ticket printing capability of the ticketingsolutions service ensures that both clubs can now manage the ticket fulfilment process more efficiently, resulting in considerable cost-savings and a more stream-lined operation. Carlisle United FC has recently implemented the system. Fans are now able to buy their tickets well in advance of match days, and no longer have to join the queues on the gate. With the choice of either having their tickets posted or collecting them from the ground, feedback from fans has been very positive.
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Tickets are on now on sale for Sport and Technology: The Conference 2006 which will be held on 23 February next year, devised and produced by ArkSports, publisher of the e-newsletter Sport and Technology. Following the success of the inaugural conference in March this year, BT Media and Broadcast is sponsoring the 2006 version of the event which will once again be held at the state-of-the-art BT Centre in London, England. Commercial partners already include Aura Sports, Skinkers, SportBusiness Group, Screen Digest, AV Specialist Magazine and SportAccord. The format of the conference will follow a discussion-style format with speakers from organisations including BT, BBC Sport, the Australian Football League, PSV Eindhoven, Sports Resource Group, Deltatre, Hawk-Eye Innovations, Cat Games,
Samsung Electronics America, has signed a multimillion dollar deal with the National Football League (NFL) for the 2005 and 2006 seasons. Samsung, the Official HDTV enabler for the NFL, has also unveiled its national ad campaign including TV commercials, print, online and in-store exposure featuring four legendary NFL quarterbacks. Dan Marino, Troy Aikman, Steve Young, and Boomer Esiason will represent each of Samsung's leading HDTV categories - LCD, Plasma, DLP, and SlimFit. To celebrate the new relationship, Samsung has kicked off its first of two NFL online promotions called the Samsung NFL HDTV Challenge. This promotion will provide online visitors a chance to win a trip to Super Bowl XL.
A new name and corporate identity for BBC Broadcast has been unveiled with the facilities company now being known as Red Bee Media, marking its final transition from BBC ownership. BBC Broadcast was sold to a Macquarie consortium in August following the BBC's review of its commercial businesses. Red Bee Media can trace its heritage back to the beginning of BBC Television providing vital playout, channel branding and promotion, and access services for the broadcaster. The former Broadcasting and Presentation BBC department incorporated into a commercial subsidiary, BBC Broadcast, in April 2002. Since incorporation, it has won significant commercial business capitalising on the merging broadcast and IT markets to build the state-of-the-art Broadcast Centre where it relocated in October 2003. The name Red Bee Media followed many months of work within the company to come up with a brand that both reflects its BBC history, and is appropriate for the breadth of its services.
