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*********************************************************** Sport and Technology - September 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 over 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/ Case Study: Burghley goes broadband - September 2006
Alex Bridges, a multimedia consultant at Stream UK, outlines the challenges of
streaming an equestrian event.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/features/0405.html View From the Editor: "Spam, spam, spam, spam!" - September 2006
Despite being vegetarian for over 20 years, S&T gets grumpy in its old age and
considers the rising problem of spam. "Do messages count as unsolicited or
spam when they come from people you know, but you didn't ask to receive them -
such as forwarded 'jokes'?"
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/features/0406.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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licensed agents, sports marketing and sponsorship consultants and sports
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For further information contact T: +44 (0) 20 7379 6080 or info@clintons.co.uk ************************************************************
Case Study: Plenty of food for sport - September 2006
S&T looks at how powerful point-of-sale systems based on InfoGenesis
technology are enabling sports stadia of any size to track sales performance
and speed up customer service - driving higher revenues.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/features/0407.html Case Study: Managing the extremities - September 2006
S&T looks at how the packed sports events diary of the UK summer has kept
specialist web development and hosting provider Coreware even more busy than
usual.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/features/0408.html
**********************Advertisement************************* Westminster eForum Keynote seminar: Mobile Sports Rights, 21 September, Local
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inquiry into 3G sports rights.
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*********************************************************** Tender Opportunity: London 2012 to integrate back office
London 2012 has released an information systems tender for the Olympic Games
and Paralympic Games. All the information needed to stage the events will be
integrated by the London 2012 Games Organising Committee (LOCOG) in a new
approach to major event planning.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/features/0409.html Show Preview: Soccerex raises the bar - September 2006
Soccerex will return to the magnificent Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai between 26-
28 November this year. The 2006 event will be celebrating 10 years of bringing
the world of soccer together to learn, network and conduct business.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/features/0410.html Infostrada Sports' Databox - September 2006
More data from the archives at Infostrada Sports.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/features/0411.html
**********************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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Infostrada Sports is a worldwide provider of comprehensive sports information
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*********************************************************** News
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/ Sportinget chairman arrested - September 2006
In a development that has shocked the online betting community, Sportingbet's
chairman, Peter Dicks, was arrested in the US on 7 September for alleged
violation of Louisiana state laws, mirroring the arrest in July of
Betonsports' CEO David Carruthers, who was detained on racketeering charges.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/0412.html#01 Dates announced for networking events - September 2006
The next networking evening for the Sport and Technology Executive Club (STEC)
will be hosted by Addleshaw Goddard and held at the company's Aldersgate
office in London on Thursday 26 October 2006.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/0412.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 confirmed - September 2006
The future of online gaming will be the subject of an ArkSports-hosted panel
discussion at SPORTELMonaco on Wednesday 18 October (9.30-10.45am). In a
change in subject matter and date, the planned STEC breakfast seminar held in
association with Clintons Solicitors in London will now take place on the
morning of Thursday 26 October, entitled 'The Protection Racket: Safeguarding
your sports data'.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/0412.html#03 Infostrada Sports' S&T sponsorship enters third year - September 2006
ArkSports is delighted to announce that Infostrada Sports, a worldwide
provider of comprehensive sports statistics and sports information services,
has renewed its sponsorship of the Sport and Technology Databox section.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/0412.html#04 **********************Advertisement********************* SPORTELMonaco 2006, 16-19 October, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco The 17th SportelMonaco will be held from 16 to 19 October in the Monaco
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***************************************************** PA Sport invests in Australian sports internet - September 2006
Sports information provider PA Sport has invested in premier Australian sports
internet and information company, Sportal Australia.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/0412.html#05 It's hip to like American Football - September 2006
HipCricket has been chosen as the interactive partner for the new NBC4 US
television show called The Challenge, a first of its kind in local television.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/0412.html#06 Roddick Tennis game launch - September 2006
International mobile games developer and publisher Guppy Games, was set to
release Andy Roddick Tennis to major carriers throughout the US and
internationally during The US Open 2006 which ended on 10 September.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/0412.html#07
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West Ham signs casino partners - September 2006
West Ham United has selected Pinnacle Casino and Blue Chip Games as the East
London soccer club's official online casino partners.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/0412.html#08 Wal-Mart and ESPN team up for multimedia programming - September 2006
Wal-Mart and ESPN have announced a fully integrated multiplatform agreement
for ESPN's Monday Night Football and its surrounding programming and content
for the 2006-07 NFL season.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/0412.html#9 Digital TV on the up - September 2006
According to research firm Datamonitor, there will be 187m digital TV homes in
Europe and the US by 2010.
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/news/0412.html#10
**********************Advertisement************************* Soccerex 2006, 26-28 November, Dubai With rapid changes in football's media landscape, and the ever growing
advances in new media and technology, Soccerex 2006 is gathering together
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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
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russell.lawson@sportbusiness.com ********************Company Profile*******************
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