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Sport and Technology - February 2006
In association with ArkSports Limited
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Welcome to Sport and Technology, the monthly e-newsletter published by
consulting and research company ArkSports Limited, delivering insight on the
impact of technology on sport to over 5,500 sports executives every month.
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Only 10 seats remain for Sport and Technology: The Conference 2006!
Like last year's event, Sport and Technology: The Conference 2006 which
will be held on 23 February at BT Centre in London, sponsored by BT Media and
Broadcast, is expected to be a sell-out. We advise those of you who wish to
attend to book now to avoid disappointment. For further information on the
conference and to secure your delegate space at the must-attend event of 2006
while stocks last, please visit http://www.sportandtechnologyconference.com or
contact lboyle@arksports.com
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Features
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/features/
Q&A: Drew Ward, Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games - February 2006
S&T finds out how Drew Ward, general manager of operations for the Melbourne
2006 Commonwealth Games, has been filling his days in the build-up to the
event that starts on 15 March.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/features/0340.html
Feature: When bigger becomes best - February 2006
With giant screens increasingly becoming a staple for entertaining fans at
both indoor and outdoor sports events, Rachael Church, Editor of Sport and
Technology, examines the pros of cons of the medium that is not for the more
parsimonious of venues.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/features/0341.html
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Clintons Solicitors - Legal Sponsor of Sport and Technology and Legal Partner
of Sport and Technology: The Conference 2006
Clintons is acknowledged as a market leader in the provision of legal services
to the entertainment, sport and media sectors. Clintons' sports clients
include leading individual sportsmen and women from a wide range of sports,
international and domestic governing bodies, event organisers, sponsors, FIFA
licensed agents, sports marketing and sponsorship consultants and sports
equipment manufacturers.Through its close involvement with the advertising and
marketing industry the firm has developed substantial expertise in the use of
sport for marketing purposes. Clintons provides a full range of advice on
contentious and non-contentious matters affecting those involved in sport.
For further information contact T: +44 (0) 20 7379 6080 or info@clintons.co.uk
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View From the Editor: Is there a doctor in the house? - February 2006
S&T shamelessly plugs Sport and Technology: The Conference 2006 one last time
and reports from a Blood Convention (kind of). "S&T was disappointed not to
spot any obvious signs of vampirism, nor pale looking folk knocking back
tomato juice and vodka in the hotel bar like it was going out of fashion."
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/features/0342.html
Feature: Tuning into Turin; a service provider's perspective - February 2006
Facilities provider GlobeCast's head of sport Graham Smith turns his
attentions to the Torino 2006 Winter Olympics that begin on 10 February.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/features/0343.html
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Feature: US Sports Biz - February 2006
S&T's US correspondent Mark J Jeffers, takes another look at the wild and
wacky world of the movers and shakers in sports across the other side of the
pond.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/features/0344.html
Infostrada Sports' Databox - February 2006
This month, the spotlight is put on the city of Melbourne, tennis player Tim
Henman and ice hockey team the Hamburg Freezers.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/features/0345.html
Press Release: Free delegate place to be won for Sport and Technology: The
Conference 2006 - February 2006
Only a few days remain for S&T readers to win the chance to attend Sport and
Technology: The Conference 2006, free of charge at BT Centre. And with only a
handful of delegate places actually left for purchase, competition is set to
intensify.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/features/0346.html
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News
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/
Major sports properties represented at S&T: The Conference 2006 -
February 2006
What do solo sailor Ellen MacArthur, European football body UEFA, the US Major
League Baseball and the Australian Football League all have in common? They
are sports properties that will be represented on the post-lunch panel at
Sport and Technology: The Conference 2006, in association with BT Media and
Broadcast.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/0347.html#01
IDS expands role in NBC Olympic coverage - February 2006
IDS will be providing three services supporting NBC's television production
and Olympic website for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/0347.html#02
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Premium TV - Sponsor of Sport and Technology News
PTV is Europe's leading broadband and mobile sports content company, owning
and operating a state-of-the-art broadband and mobile sports content
management system and internet platform. PTV helps sports and entertainment
rights owners maximise the value of their digital rights and capitalise on the
growth in the broadband and mobile content markets. It packages their content
into commercial offerings for broadband and mobile consumers and operators,
driving revenues from subscription, syndication, advertising, betting and e-
commerce, across the UK, Europe and Worldwide. PTV is the leading platform for
football content on broadband and mobile, packaging and exploiting digital
content for 86 British professional clubs, including 10 English Premier League
clubs including www.nufc.co.uk, four SPL clubs including www.rangers.co.uk and
the bulk of the English Football League, including the governing body
www.football-league.co.uk. PTV works across other sports including the World
Rally Championship www.wrc.com and many other entertainment genres.
For further details contact Bryan.winning@premiumtv.co.uk
Mobile: +44 07977 218763 - or take a look at http://www.premiumtv.co.uk
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SMS to grow during Germany 2006 - February 2006
The 2006 FIFA World Cup is being seen as an opportunity to promote 3G, yet it
will be established content, such as text-based services that will generate
the most significant revenue, according to a new report.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/0347.html#03
CSTV.com subscription package offerings - February 2006
CBS Sports and CSTV Networks' CSTV.com have teamed up to provide live out-of-
market video streaming rights for 12 regular-season college basketball games,
that started in January with Mississippi State at Vanderbilt.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/0347.html#04
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Empics - Digital Sports Photography - Sponsor of Sport and Technology
Empics is an international sports photo marketing agency, making innovative
use of technology to provide customers with picture solutions. It offers
Picture Buyers a digitised sports photolibrary of over 650,000 images covering
moments and heroes from the world of sport from the 1860s to the present day -
the choice of newspapers, magazines, books, websites, sporting bodies and
marketing agencies, around the world, every day. EMPICS was acquired by the
Press Association in 2004 and has subsequently developed is its ground-
breaking ShootLive production service, which enables the delivery of still
images taken at events to fans on any digital platform within a matter of
seconds. ShootLive integrates live text and data from The Press Association to
create detailed "pictorial" event chronologies. ShootLive is now in production
across a range of high profile sports and entertainment events.
For further details about Empics, contact Phil O'Brien
(phil.obrien@empics.com) or visit http://www.empics.com
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David Coulthard gets even more mobile - February 2006
Tracebit, a mobile games publishing and developing pioneer from Finland, has
together with Sports Telecom, a leading brand licensor, and racing driver
David Coulthard, announced the availability of the David Coulthard GP mobile
game through Tracebit's global network of distributors.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/0347.html#05
RRL open for business - February 2006
The Rocket Racing League (RRL), an aerospace sports and entertainment
organisation that will combine the competition of racing with the excitement
of rocketry, has issued requests for proposals for race venues and teams.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/0347.html#06
Euroleague Basketball enters new media market - February 2006
Euroleague Basketball has reached an agreement with the telecoms company
Omnitel in Lithuania to broadcast games in their entirety via mobile handsets.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/0347.html#07
**********************Announcement*********************
SportAccord - media partner of Sport and Technology: The Conference
2006
SportAccord, 3-7 April 2006, Grand InterContinental Hotel, Seoul, South Korea
The fourth annual SportAccord convention offers the commercial sector a once-a-
year opportunity to network face to face with all of the international sports
federations, plus Olympic associations, bidding and host cities, lawyers,
broadcasters and suppliers. Owned by AGFIS, ASOIF and AIOWF, the event offers
a unique occasion for meeting and networking with top individuals at the heart
of international sport, and a better chance to understand the organisations
responsible for governing sport throughout the world. SportAccord encompasses
the annual Associations' Congress and General Assemblies as well as a
conference, workshops, an exhibition and numerous networking opportunities.
For further information contact Fiona Lunnon fiona.lunnon@sportaccord.com; T
+44 (0)20 7963 7890; F +44 (0)20 7963 7894 or visit www.sportaccord.com
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Gaming by girls on the up - February 2006
Deloitte's Technology, Media & Telecommunications industry group in the US
predicts that, in 2006, search will displace e-mail as the most used digital
application, girls will hit the video games, and subscription radio will soar.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/0347.html#08
ESPN Zone puts HD on the menu - February 2006
US sports dining and entertainment concept ESPN Zone has kicked off a multi-
million dollar technological conversion of all eight of its restaurants to
bring sports fans an unrivalled High Definition (HD) viewing experience.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/0347.html#9
GlobeCast courts new Eurobird space - February 2006
Facilities company GlobeCast has acquired new capacity on the Eurobird
satellite, for broadcast access to the Sky platform in the UK and Ireland.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/0347.html#10
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For further information contact Rachael Church (Editor) at
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