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Sport and Technology - August 2006 In association with the Sport and Technology Executive Club
(www.sportandtechnologyexecutiveclub.com) *************************************************************
Welcome to Sport and Technology, the monthly e-newsletter published by
consulting and research company ArkSports Limited (www.arksports.com),
delivering insight on the impact of technology on sport to 6,000 sports
executives every month. **********************Breaking News************************************* Out now - The Global Business of Poker - 350+ page report
Published by ArkSports, home of Sport and Technology, this new report provides
an overview of this fast growing gaming sector through analysis and in-depth
case studies of both online and offline properties. For further information
and a full table of contents see www.sportandtechnology.com/page/0359.html ****************************************************************** Features
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/features/ Q&A: Jeffrey Pollack, commissioner, World Series of Poker - August 2006
S&T catches up with Jeffrey Pollack, commissioner of the WSOP and also vice
president of sports and entertainment marketing at Harrah's Entertainment;
roles he has held for nearly a year since leaving NASCAR Digital
Entertainment.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/features/0396.html View From the Editor: Viva Las Vegas! - August 2006
S&T travels to Sin City to go behind the scenes at the World Series of Poker
and attend trade show C4-Sports. Pokermania had certainly hit the Rio All-
Suite Hotel & Casino in particular, and as one Stetson-hatted gentleman
walking through the hotel's lurid lobby remarked: "Poker is almost the new
football".
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/features/0397.html **********************Sponsor************************** Clintons Solicitors - Legal Sponsor of Sport and Technology Clintons is acknowledged as a market leader in the provision of legal services
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international and domestic governing bodies, event organisers, sponsors, FIFA
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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 ************************************************************ Case Study: Fans make the most of STATS - August 2006
US-based sports information provider, STATS LLC recently announced a new multi-
year relationship with the National Basketball Association. S&T takes a look
at some of its latest offerings.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/features/0398.html Case Study: WhiteBlox lays IPTV foundations - August 2006
S&T talks to IPTV provider WhiteBlox at C4-Sports in Las Vegas.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/features/0399.html **********************Advertisement************************* Free Seminar: Gaming and Talent, 5 September 2006, London The gaming world in UK and rest of the world is at a crossroads, despite the
unprecedented comparative ease of access to expansion capital for listed
firms, the talent pool of people that understands the market and can help the
sector to realise the growth potential is limited. Are there any easy
solutions? What are the pay scale across the board? Are there any differences
between online and off-line gaming operations? What needs to be done to
attract talent to our sector? Do we have an image challenge?
For further information see: www.TheGambit.info *********************************************************** Survey: The Global Business of Poker II - August 2006
Further findings from the May 2006 Sport and Technology survey on the poker
industry.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/features/0400.html Infostrada Sports' Databox - August 2006
More data from the archives at Infostrada Sports.
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+44 (0)7980 213 122. **********************Sponsor************************* Infostrada Sports - Sponsor of Sport and Technology's Databox "Sport and Technology gives us the opportunity to present ourselves directly
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www.infostradasports.com or contact Philip.hennemann@infostradasports.com *********************************************************** News
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/ Online Poker revenues set to be worth $7.6bn by 2011 - August 2006
According to ArkSports forecasts, there will be 13.98m unique online poker
players globally by 2011, generating a total of $7.6bn in gross revenue, up
from 5.8m in 2005, worth $3.4bn.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/0402.html#01 Second networking event a success - August 2006
Around 50 industry professionals including representatives from FIFA, London
2012, the FA Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur FC, Siemens, BT and the
International Tennis Federation, attended the second networking event for the
Sport and Technology Executive Club.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/0402.html#02 **********************Sponsor************************* 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 *********************************************************** ArkSports seminars announced - August 2006
The future of online gaming and gambling will be the subject of two seminars
hosted by ArkSports over the next few months.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/0402.html#03 Octagon CSI and BT strengthen ties - August 2006
Octagon CSI, a producer and distributor of televised sports and entertainment,
and global communications solutions and services company BT, have announced an
expanded strategic alliance to produce and distribute content for TV, mobile
and broadband.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/0402.html#04 **********************Sponsor********************* 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, visit http://www.empics.com
***************************************************** Gamebookers to sponsor FC Nantes - August 2006
Gamebookers, an online sports betting and casino operator, has become the
official gold sponsor of Premier French League soccer side FC Nantes for the
next three seasons.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/0402.html#05 Chelsea FC friendlies streamed - August 2006
Servecast, the streaming media partner for Chelsea Football Club and
other English Premiership soccer clubs, successfully delivered live broadband
coverage of Chelsea's pre-season friendly games for the 2006-07 season.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/0402.html#06 Online ticketing for Silverbacks - August 2006
In July 2006, Tickets.com, a provider of integrated ticketing solutions,
kicked off its online ticket sales for the Atlanta Silverbacks of the United
Soccer League in the US.
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For the first time ever, MLB.com, the official website of Major League
Baseball, provided a free, live video webcast of a high school baseball game
in the US.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/0402.html#08 Nikon tees off with TalkSport - August 2006
The Nikon Corporation inked a deal with UK sports radio station TalkSport to
sponsor its coverage of the British Open Golf Championship during July 2006.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/0402.html#9 MTN in 2010 FIFA World Cup sponsorship deal - August 2006
Mobile telecoms company MTN Group Limited has signed an international deal
with FIFA to become a World Cup sponsor until 2010.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/0402.html#10 **********************Advertisement************************* SportWIN, 6-8 September 2006, Belgrade, Serbia SportWIN is an international sports television and marketing convention that
aims to attract around 15,000 trade visitors and 1,000 exhibitors from all
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equally, SportWIN hopes to create synergies between core sports activities and
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or visit www.soccerex.com to reserve your place at the event. **********************Advertisment********************* Sport and iGaming: SportBusiness Commercial Briefing, 20 September 2006, London Igaming groups have signed deals worth more than £300m in the first half of
2006 alone.
07/08/06: Gamebookers sign contract with FC Nantes
03/08/06: 888.com to sponsor French football club Toulouse
23/05/06: Tottenham Hotspur Mansion exchange deal
21/04/06: Betandwin teams up with Italian football giants AC Milan
07/04/06: 32Red announces sponsorship of Aston Villa FC
16/03/06: Sportingbet becomes official sponsor of Euroleague basketball
How can igaming groups stand out in an increasingly crowded market? How have
rights holders overcome legal issues with broadcasters and other sponsors?
Bringing together Igamers and Rights Holders, this forum will show you how
these relationships have developed, and how this phenomenon continues to
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russell.lawson@sportbusiness.com ********************Company Profile******************* Sport and Technology (www.sportandtechnology.com) is published by London-based
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