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SPORTELMonaco 2008, the International Sports Convention for Television and New Media shows an outstanding progress thanks to marketing and communication efforts (conferences, symposium ...) for its market participants, in particular in the New Technologies area, declared David Tomatis, CEO MONACO MEDIAX/SPORTEL.

2008 FIGURES :

Market Participants: 2495 compared to 2360 in 2007

Companies: 1028 compared to 977 in 2007

Countries represented: 80

Journalists: 260, 30% increase compared to 2007

- Two International Symposiums
- 6 conferences
- One Workshop: "SPORTEL Football Workshop"
- A "Handitel" day

SPORTEL events including the Golden Podium Awards Ceremony, two International Symposiums, six Press Conferences have gathered numerous personalities: Freddy Adu, Lord Sebastian Coe, Alberto Contador, Jérôme de Bontin, David Douillet, Gwladys Epangue, Tony Estanguet, Pascal Gentil, Johnny Herbert, Danny Jordaan, Taig Khris, Denis Masseglia, David Neal, Denis Oswald, Chu Young Park, Oscar Pistorius, Alexander Popov, Hein Verbruggen.

The next SPORTEL event will be SPORTELAmerica 2009, from 16 to 18 march 2009, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

The 20th SPORTELMonaco will come back to the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco from 12 to 15 October 2009.

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Virginie ZEGHDAR - Press & Communication Coordinator

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SPORTELMonaco and Peace and Sport, an international organisation promoting peace through sport, announced today the launch of the Peace and Sport Grand Prix for the best sports photography of the year, rewarding annually the best image featuring fraternization through sport.

Members of the "Peace and Sport" Foundation will select The Winner of the Peace and Sport Grand Prix 2008 on Tuesday 21 October during the Georges Bertellotti Golden Podium Awards for the best slow-motion sequences of the year.

The prize will be awarded jointly by Joël Bouzou, President and Founder of Peace and Sport, and David Tomatis, Chief Executive Officer of SPORTEL during the Gala Evening at the "International Forum Peace and Sport" on the 4th of December, in Monaco. This major event will take place under the High Patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco in the presence of over 150 decision-makers from the worlds of politics, sport, business and civil society.

Joël Bouzou declared: "SPORTELMonaco is the most important international meeting for sport, television and new media. We are extremely proud that it has joined our initiative to promote peace through sport across the world. I am certain that this award will create a competition that will encourage the media to focus more on this essential dimension of sport: i.e. bringing together individuals and communities, promoting fraternity and respect."

David Tomatis added: "I would like to thank Peace and Sport for trusting in SPORTEL for the collaboration in such a prestigious award. I am confident that the projects developed emphasizing on human values which only sport can gather will raise the awareness of SPORTEL's economic actors."

About PEACE AND SPORT:

"Peace and Sport Organisation pour la Paix et le Sport" is an international organisation based in Monaco, created under the High Patronage of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II.

"Peace and Sport's" objective is to bring the structuring values of sport to the heart of communities and individuals in crisis throughout the world. Undertaking projects in areas suffering the consequences of armed conflict, areas of extreme poverty or in lacking social cohesion, "Peace and Sport" makes sport a vehicle for tolerance, harmony, respect, sharing, citizenship and self-achievement, at the service of Sustainable Peace.

Supported by governments, world sport governance bodies, international organisations, private international corporations and international sports champions belonging the World Olympians Association, "Peace and Sport Organisation pour la Paix et le Sport, creates synergies between various actors to successfully carry out two major types of activity:

1) Organising an annual International Forum
2) Implementing Locally-Based Projects: concrete projects in areas in crisis throughout the world.

"Peace and Sport" has interventions in Cote d'Ivoire, Burundi, in the Great Lakes Region in Africa, in Timor Leste and is planning interventions in Israel-Palestine, Colombia and Haiti in the near future.

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Virginie ZEGHDAR - Press & Communication 

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RCS Sport is honoured to announce you the presence of the Cycling Champion Alberto CONTADOR VELASCO, last winner of the Giro d'Italia, on Tuesday 21 October during the presentation of « 1909-2009/Giro 100+ », for the launch of the Centennial Giro d'Italia in 2009, at SPORTELMonaco 2008.

Alberto CONTADOR is the « Conquistador » of the 3 National Cycling Events, held from July 2007 to September 2008 : the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta of Spain.

Speakers:

Carlo Nardello, CEO, RAI Trade
Matteo Pastore, Media Rights Director, RCS Sport
Angelo Zomegnan, Cycling Director, RCS Sport

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Virginie ZEGHDAR - Press & Communication Coordinator

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PRESENTATION BY THE “LIGUE PROFESSIONNELLE DE FOOTBALL”

LIGUE 1: A NEW VISION ON MARKETING AND MEDIA ISSUES

Since the beginning of this season, the LFP is producing the games of the Ligue 1 Championship. A specific organization has been set up to enable the delivery of the various signals needed for audiovisual rights exploitation. This includes a worldwide innovation with the “mobile international signal”, a dedicated signal for mobile phones produced on site.
 
The LFP will also present its new branding program, which starts on a stadium and covers until the on-air design, and give an overview of its Ligue 1 official statistics program.

Speakers:

Stéphane Dor, Marketing & Media Director
Jean-Guillaume Welgryn, Head of Media & Development


Grimaldi Forum
Tuesday 21 October from 03pm to 03:45pm
Salle Genevoix, niveau -2

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Virginie ZEGHDAR - Press & Communication Coordinator 

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The Press Service organizes the interviews. Do not hesitate to contact us.

Virginie ZEGHDAR - Press & Communication Coordinator

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A 100 year-old idea - and even more - as the cycling Giro d'Italia has no intention to come to a halt with the Centennial Edition, to be held from May 9 to May 31, 2009.

For almost one century, the event organized by the Gazzetta dello Sport gives the beat in springtime to the lives of all cycling sport fans in Italy and around the world.

A cycling event that has known a constant growth in audience rates; in 2008, for its three-week duration, 250 million viewers all over the world followed this great show through various media.

The Centennial edition of the Giro promises to be an epoch-making event and its audience should reach by far the number of 142 countries of this year's edition.

Speakers:

Angelo Zomegnan, Cycling Director, RCS Sport
Carlo Nardello, CEO, RAI Trade
Matteo Pastore, Media Rights Director, RCS Sport

Grimaldi Forum
Salle Auric, level -2

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Virginie ZEGHDAR - Press & Communication Coordinator

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   1st HANDITEL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Association Celebrities for Sports and Charities & SPORTEL have joined forces to create this 1-day Conference which will be a real expertise contributing to reinforce the intercultural dialogue and to improve the comprehension and knowledges of all, facing the important stakes that represent « handicap ».
At a time where we evoke a better integration of handicap in information and media, none can miss the opportunity to invite the handicap family to meet with the audiovisual media. Together they must establish a real statement and develop a new relationship, optimizing production and broadcasting through means, services and knowledge sharing.

10:00  TELEVISION : the place of Handicap on the Screen
Production and broadcasting specifications: programs’ summary, types of broadcast, strategies to approach the way of seeing the difference, evolution perspectives.

Speakers:   

-Sylvain Paillette, Doctoral in information scientist, handisport swimming
-Ryadh Sallem, Director of CAPSAAA, Founder of Defistival, handisport basketball
-Jérôme Caza, Producer 2P2L, “Kilimandjaro broadcast”-TF1
-Jacques Braun, Médiametrie Executive Director, Eurodata TV Worldwide Vice President

11:45    HANDICAP – The stakes of digital accessibility
What realities? What technologies for a better media approach?
Audiovisual media, news media, thematic Web TV: what developments to expect and for what kind of productions and programs? What solutions and what future? Digital accessibility for all, what means are to be reinforced for a better understanding by all?

Speakers:    

-Alex Keiller, Director, Red Bee Media France
-Catherine Puiseux, Social & Environmental Responsibility Coordinator, TF1
-Samantha Woods, Director Sports Content, Orange web, TV, mobile
-Fabrice Marinoni, Producer Via Nova Production, www.handisport.tv

14:30        HANDISPORT – The audience of international competitions
Awareness and success of broadcasting. Evaluation of the Paralympic Games 2008 in Beijing. Which sports for attractive handisport programs? Which coverage for great handisport events? How to look forward to build a real cooperation between broadcasters?

Speakers:   

-Dr. Stéphane Bermon, Sport Clinic IM2S Monaco
-Gérard Masson, President, Handisport French Federation
-Handisport athletes : Oscar Pistorius (RSA), Xavier Le Draoullec (FRA)

16:30     CLOSING – Synopsis and screening 2009

INFORMATION

- HandiTel Organisation - Association Celebrities for Sports and Charities Miramar A, 39B bd Stalingrad, 06300 NICE

Nice - Sabine Delabassé sdb.06@wanadoo.fr /+ 33 662 238 250
Paris - Xavier Gallin xavier.gallin@gmail.com /+33 610 668 282

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The i2S group launches Goal Finish^™, a world premiere in football and broadcasting!

Goal or no goal? A major technological step forward has just been taken in the emotions transmitted to television viewers thanks to a unique vision and goal validation system.

Located behind the goals, the Goal Finish^™ system follows the trajectory of the ball in real time, while monitoring the space inside the goal cage. Goal Finish^™ is the only digital vision technology to produce augmented reality images of the action in front of the goals and to prove if a goal has occurred or not, in case of disputes.

Consisting of four specific high-speed cameras managed by a unique 3D tracking software result of i2S aerospace and defense research, the Goal Finish^TM system is an expert system intended for broadcasters who wish to offer exclusive images and information to their viewers to enhance their reputation and expand their viewership.

Developed by the i2S group for Canal+, French premium broadcaster, the system Goal Finish^™ has been tested 18 months during the French Ligue 1 matches. The system is now officially launched in France and used on premium Ligue 1 matches 2008-2009.

The i2S group will internationally market the system Goal Finish^™ and will present it at the SPORTELMonaco during a conference to be held Monday, October 20, 2008 from 2.15PM to 3.00PM in the presence of Jean-Pierre Gérault, i2S Chairman of the Board of Directors and François-Charles Bideaux, International well-known director in football (EURO 2008 finals, World Cup 2006, 2002, 1998) and award-winning director in 2007 for best slow motion - isolated camera shot of the Monaco F1 Grand Prix.

Among the innovations of i2S group, there is also the Photo Finish color system launched at the Olympic Games in Atlanta for Swiss Timing, world leader in sports timing. The new versions of the system analysis and image processing have been used for the Beijing Olympic Games in athletics, cycling and rowing competitions.

About i2S group:
Established in 1979, the i2S group is an acknowledged technological leader in the digital vision and image processing markets. The group is organized around three divisions:
- i2S DigiBook: digitization and enhancement of written heritage,
- i2S LineScan: quality control in industrial production,
- i2S Vision: the development of innovative solutions for digital vision in sport, in biomedical and aerospace & defense.

The technologies implemented by i2S lie at the heart of major economic and cultural issues and the growing importance of the image in the means of communication developments opens up many opportunities for developing new businesses.

The group is listed on Alternext since October 2007 (ISIN: FR 0005854700 / Mnemo: ALI2S). It now has some sixty people in France for a turnover of €14.8 million in 2007 (an increase of 20.8% compared to 2006). To maintain its technological edge, i2S annually invests more than 10% of its total turnover in R & D.

Laurent van Steenkiste (Marketing & Development Manager)
Tél. + 33 557 266 901
Email: l.vansteenkiste@i2s.fr
Site web : http://www.i2s-corp.com

i2S group at the SPORTELMonaco
October 20-23 2008 - Grimaldi Forum
Booth A05

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Virginie ZEGHDAR - Press & Communication Coordinator 

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A CLOSER LOOK AT NEW AUDIOVISUAL TECHNOLOGIES AND THE SALE OF SPORTS RIGHTS

SPORTELMonaco 2008 offers both participants and the press:

- A full dossier on new audiovisual technologies and their impact on sports rights,
- A Symposium on "new audiovisual technologies and sports rights"
- The SPORTEL Football Workshop^™: a workshop intended to inform European Football officials on new audiovisual technologies, allowing them to optimise the marketing of their TV and video images

- Dossier on new TV Technologies:

This document provides a broad overview of new audiovisual technologies, what they offer TV sports' audiences and their impact on the sale of sports rights

This dossier covers the following issues :
• The technical characteristics, features and current development of : digital terrestrial television, personal mobile television, TV on 3G mobile telephones, TV on the internet and HD
• A close look at personal mobile television and its worldwide development in particular
• A close look at TV on 3G mobile telephones and the interactive services on offer
• A close look at TV on the Internet, a medium which is radically transforming the way we watch TV sport's images
• The factors linked to new TV technologies which affect the sale of sports rights

- A Symposium : « THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION : towards more sports rights segmentation and the proliferation of formats»

Monday 20 October from 4:15pm to 5:45pm - Auditorium Camille Blanc floor -2

This Symposium has invited a number of experts to provide their take on the impact of new technologies on the sports rights' market : the new players, the new formats, the types of rights' sales.
Among the participants : Rachid Arhab, member of CSA, Jean-Louis Dutaret, President, Canal + Events, Philippe Levrier, President, France Télé Numérique, Russell Wolff, Executive Vice-President & Managing Director, ESPN International, Ciaran Quinn, Senior Vice-President, Strategic Business Development, Entriq, Inc.

- SPORTEL Football Workshop™
Wednesday 22 October from 9am to 4pm, Salle Auric floor -2

In association with "Sinergi Sports Consulting" sports' consultants, SPORTELMonaco is offering a day of debate aimed at European football officials, helping them to better get to grips with the new audiovisual technologies and the related economic models.

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Virginie ZEGHDAR - Press & Communication Coordinator

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During SPORTELMonaco 2008, the Kaohsiung Organizing Committee (KOC) will present the 8th World Games to be held in Kaohsiung, Taïwan from 16 to 26 July 2009.

The World Games 2009 Kaohsiung
With the effort and passion from Kaohsiung Organizing Committee (KOC) of the 8th World Games and the city of Kaohsiung, a life changing experience will be delivered to thousands of athletes in 2009. 31 sports are included in the World Games : Air Sports, Archery, Billiards, Body Building, Boules Sports, Bowling, Canoe Polo, Dance Sport, Fin Swimming, Fistball, Flying Disc,Gymnastics, Ju-Jitsu, Karate, Korfball, Lifesaving, Orienteering, Powerlifting, Racquetball, Roller Sports, Rugby, Sports Climbing, Squash, Sumo, Tug of War, Water Ski, Dragon Boat, Handball, Softball,Tchoukball and Wushu.

The Main Stadium is the state-of-the-arts venue newly built by the world renowned architect Toyo Ito especially for the event, which will have a total capacity of 40,000 - 55,000 seats. The Stadium is the first of its kind worldwide to make use of solar energy, generating one million of kW electricity through solar panels installed on its roof.The open-top and spiral-shaped structure are also vanguard design, and will be a main attraction to visitors around the world.

The host city: Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung is a city that demonstrates the concept of "Ocean Capital." It is an economically prosperous and rapidly developing international metropolis. The city combines the aesthetics, arts, and humanistic touches. Kaohsiung is constantly undergoing renovations and improvements to be on par with international standards, hoping to provide its visitors a remarkable and memorable experience. Kaohsiung has one of the most important harbors in all of Taiwan. The pivot allocation of Kaohsiung Harbor in the Pacific Ocean and Southeast Asia makes it a key international harbor, while the Kaohsiung International Airport provides service routes to many countries around the world. Together the harbor and airport enable international business travelers and tourists easy access to and from Kaohsiung.

Media distribution rights of TWG 2009
KOC partakes in SportelMonaco 2008 for the purpose of promoting The WorldGames 2009 in Kaohsiung, and to sell TWG 2009 international media distribution rights. The opening and closing ceremonies, and a 10-minute highlight of competitions everyday will be televised by interested broadcasters around the world; semi-finals and finals of 30+sports will also be broadcasted.

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This year, in association with SINERGI Sports Consulting, SPORTEL is delighted to launch the SPORTEL Football Workshop^™, the first-ever Workshop on Football & New Media organised during SPORTELMonaco 2008. SINERGI and SPORTEL have joined forces  to offer a unique 1-day workshop with the aim of proposing and animating a hands-on approach of how to make the most of new technology and new content to increase revenues and broaden fan base.

• In the morning, participants will have the honour to share experiences and learn from two major European Football Clubs.
Chelsea FC and Liverpool FC will present their New Media Strategy, focusing on the key factors success & challenges in the creation & exploitation of a unique content. Concepts such as the Web TV's business model and its innovative content will be discussed at length in the morning.

•An integrated & unique case study will be presented in the afternoon's session, involving the full range of football organisations from a same country: Football Association of Norway (NFF), Football League of Norway (NTF), SK Brann Bregen (Brann) and Vizrt, the solution provider. From the 2006 season onwards, the Norwegian League Cups and Championships are taking full advantage of a Digital Sports Factory to store the Norwegian matches and distribute them over a wide variety of platforms.Content is packaged and delivered to national & local TV, Internet and mobile phones. All match content is indexed and stored in a content management system, which will drive the archive business.This integrated case study will present the solution and business case from the different stakeholders' perspective.

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Virginie ZEGHDAR - Press & Communication Coordinator

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Ubiquity, interactivity, pictures and rich text services - these are just some of the advantages of digital radio.

A distinguished panel of experts looks at the exciting, new technologies and discusse show digital radio is enhancing the listening experience of sport fans.

Speakers:

BBC 5 live- Brett Spencer,  Editor

EBU Radio - Michael Mullane, Head of News, Sport & New Media
Europe 1 - Thierry Clopeau, Head of Sports
RMC - François Pesenti, Editor-in-Chief & Head of Sports
RTE - John-Paul Coakley, Head of Operations

Moderator:

EBU Radio - M. Per Josefson (Swedish Radio), Sport Group Chairman

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Virginie ZEGHDAR - Press & Communication Coordinator 

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The 2010 FIFA World Cup : « In Africa, For Africa » - Monday 20 October from 3.15pm to 4.00pm

with Francis Tellier, CEO of Host Broadcast Services and Danny Jordaan, CEO of LOC (Local Organizing Committee)

At the FIFA World Cups^TM, Media Rights Licensees have become customers - sport coverage must respond to their special needs.

Broadcasters were quick to pick up that this was the start of a whole new era. The link between new technologies, new content and new areas of profit - both for sportand licensees - is now clear for all.

In 2010, HBS will be producing far more specific content for FIFA and the Media Rights Licensees. Technical developments mean that the footage produced can be increasingly "ingested" locally and made accessible remotely using "file-delivery" connectivity, anywhere in the world.

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Virginie ZEGHDAR - Press & Communication Coordinator

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SINERGI to partner with SPORTEL for the launch of the "SPORTEL Football Workshop™"

SINERGI and SPORTEL will join forces to offer a unique 1-day workshop with the aim of proposing and animating a hands-on approach of how to make the most new technology and new content to increase revenues and broaden fan base.

Various trendy topics on Football & New Media will be discussed at length during the "SPORTEL Football Workshop^™" and the programme will include topics such as (detailed programme to come):

- Generating, managing and monetizing our online and mobile content successfully.
- Optimising our Business Model and Strategy for New Media.
- Increasing revenues through New Media, with a focus on the sale of mobile & web-TV's content.

The 1-day workshop will be held on Wednesday 22 October from 9:00am to 3:30 pm, during SPORTELMonaco, and will gather Football Club Executives from all over Europe. Best European Football Clubs will attend and share their experience and best practices in increasing their revenues through New Media.

A 1-day accreditation will give access to "SPORTEL Football Workshop^™" and SPORTEL for Wednesday 22 October (details to come). SPORTELMonaco 2008 participants attending the Convention for the 4-days will also have access to the workshops at no extra cost after pre-registration.

Full programme and registration details to be soon released.

SINERGI Sports Consulting is a management consulting firm advising Sport Organisations and Commercial Entities in the areas of Knowledge Management, Marketing, Communication & PR, Sponsorship & Fundraising and Event Management.
Knowledge Management services include the set up of a platform & process for the transfer of knowledge & best practices between sport organisations which are invited to share their experience in high profile workshops designed and organised by SINERGI Sports Consulting.
SINERGI Sports Consulting is located in the newly-built "Maison du Sport International" (House of International Sport) in Lausanne, Switzerland, the Olympic Capital.

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Virginie Zeghdar - Press & Communication Coordinator

COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE 

SPORTELMonaco 19th International Symposium

Among the participants: Hein Verbruggen, President of the Coordination Commission of Beijing 2008, Wang Wei, Executive Vice-President of BOCOG, Lord Sebastian Coe KBE, Président of London 2012, Denis Oswald, President of the Commission de Coordination de London 2012, Stéphane Diagana, World Champion, President of the Ligue Nationale d'Athlétisme, David Douillet, Olympic Champion, Direction of Sports, Canal+, Ben Gallop, Head of BBC Sport Interactive, Hicham El Guerrouj, Olympic Champion, IOC Member, Denis Masseglia, Commission media-marketing CNOSF President, David Miller, Journalist, Jean Réveillon, General Director EBU.

Monday 20 October 2008 at 4.15 pm : «THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION : TOWARDS MORE RIGHTS SEGMENTATION AND THE PROLIFERATION OF FORMATS »

To offer all the pictures of sport on any screen, for all the public, anywhere and at any time is the digital revolution's promise that transforms the media world under our very eyes.
The conventional system of broadcasting sport for the mass on generalist TV channels has progressed for many moons with the emergence of pay TV on cable or satellite. Broadband, mobile personal TV and Web 2.0 transform the situation once more.
Yet again the rights owners, the marketing agencies, the operators will have to adjust sporting events' business models. The segmentation of rights and the development of formats will increasingly turn out to be the daily reality. What new trends will be showing up? Which sports will be pioneers in this development? Are changes about to occur in the usual distribution of roles between the various players on the scene?

Tuesday 21 October 2008 at 10:30 am : « OLYMPIC GAMES AND TELEVISION : FROM BEIJING TO LONDON »

Barely two months after the closing ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, and with memories still fresh of the images of sporting greatness, the thrilling successes and achievements, this debate focuses on the experiences of Olympic Beijing and looks ahead to the prospects for Olympic London in 2012.
Major broadcasters, sports federation leaders, and medal winning athletes will gather for this reflection and analysis of the world's greatest sporting event. With the video participation of President Jacques Rogge, it will be led by the two heads of the IOC co-ordinating commissions for Beijing and London, and senior figures from the two organising committees, BOCOG and LOCOG.
The Games - its events and its schedules - are more widely viewed than ever before, and under more scrutiny than ever before. The rapidly developing new media world of the 21st century offers more opportunities for the coverage and reporting of the Games. Alongside the traditional programming of the TV networks, the Internet and the mobile telephone are giving sports fans the chance for more individual choices of the events they watch.

The 2008 SPECIAL PRESS EVENTS :

• « 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa » : Monday 20 October 3:15- 4:00 pm with Francis Tellier, CEO of Host Broadcast Services and Danny Jordaan, CEO of LOC (Local Organizing Committee)

• « The New International Rugby » : Tuesday 21 October 4:15- 5:00 pm with Bernard Lapasset, chairman of the International Rugby Board (IRB)

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Press information : SPORTELMonaco - Virginie Zeghdar- Tél : +377 93 30 20 32
 

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SPORTELMonaco 2008
EARLY SIGNS POINT TO ANOTHER SELL-OUT!

Monaco, June 16, 2008 - Just 6 weeks into the SPORTELMonaco 2008 registration period, companies have already committed to more than 75% of the available stand space in the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, it was announced today by David Tomatis, CEO of SPORTEL.

Registered exhibitors include ASCENT MEDIA (UK), BBC WORLDWIDE (UK), CSI SPORTS-FIGHT SPORTS (USA), DELTACAST S.A. (Belgium), DFL DEUTSCHE FUSSBALL LIGA GmbH (Germany), EBU - EUROVISION (Switzerland), ENETPULSE (Denmark), ESPN (USA), EUROSPORT (France), FEDERATION INT'LE DE GYMNASTIQUE (Switzerland), FIGHTING SPIRIT DISTRIBUTION (France), GLOBECAST (France), HBO (USA), I-MOVIX (Belgium), IEC IN SPORTS AB (Sweden), IMAGE MEDIAGROUP GmbH (Germany), ITF (UK), MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL (USA & UK), MATCHROOM SPORT (UK), MATTHEW ODY & ASSOCIATES (USA), NASCAR (USA), NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE (USA), PGA TOUR (USA), PVI VIRTUAL MEDIA SERVICES (USA), SNTV (UK), SPORTA GmbH (Germany), SPORTFIVE ASIA SDN BHD (Malaysia), SPORTFIVE GROUP (Germany), SPORTFIVE INTERNATIONAL SARL (Switzerland), SPORTFIVE S.A. (France), SPORTSBRAND MEDIA GROUP (UK), STATS LLC (USA), TOTAL SPORTS ASIA (Malaysia) and WIGE MEDIA AG (Germany).

Mr. Tomatis commented, "Based on contracts already received and verbal commitments from new and returning exhibitors, we surely will have our second consecutive sell-out at SPORTELMonaco and perhaps our third consecutive largest-ever market in terms of overall attendance."

Continuing, Mr. Tomatis said, "Virtually all of our core group of major exhibitors will be returning, along with a number of first-time exhibitors, which translates to new and exciting business opportunities for everyone. We are seeing a good mix of companies involved in traditional sports television along with those involved with Internet and mobile technologies. SPORTEL is certainly reflective of a rapidly developing marketplace!"

As always, SPORTELMonaco 2008 will bring together top-level executives representing all aspects of international sports television and sports content from around the world.

SPORTELMonaco 2008 will be held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, October 20 - 23, 2008. Clients can register and book hotel rooms directly online.

SPORTELMonaco 2007 : 2,360 Participants, 977 Companies, 79 Countries

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For further information on participating :
Liliane or William Vitale at VITAL COMMUNICATIONS-USA
Tel: +1 201 869 4022; Fax: +1 201 869 4335

Press information : SPORTELMonaco - Virginie Zeghdar
Tél : +377 93 30 20 32