Zurich (ots) - Dentsu Inc. has decided to acquire a stake in MATCH Hospitaliy AG, the exclusive worldwide rights holder for the FIFA Hospitality Programme through 2014, from its parent company Byrom Holdings plc. Thus Dentsu Inc. will join Infront Sports & Media AG who is already a shareholder of MATCH Hospitality AG. Dentsu Inc. is one of the leading advertising and communications groups in the world and the market ...
St. Moritz (ots) - The 24th Cartier Polo World Cup on Snow is only days away and conditions are almost perfect. It is practically unheard of for the ice to be so thick at this time of year. There is plenty of snow on the lake and work on the ...
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Nyon (ots) - Europe's football website boasts record traffic levels during the first half of the 2007-08 season Since the start of the current season, 17.4 million football fans have visited uefa.com, generating over 60 million visits and 700 million page views - a 25% increase compared to the same period last season. Football enthusiasts from throughout ...
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UEFA EURO 2008 Final Draw broadcast production and Broadcast Partner Workshop in Zurich completed Nyon (ots) - Host Broadcast operations of UEFA EURO 2008 kicked-off with the host broadcasting of the UEFA EURO 2008 Final Draw that took place on 2nd December in Lucerne, Switzerland. It was followed by the second UEFA EURO 2008 Broadcast Partner Workshop in Zurich, Switzerland. The UEFA EURO 2008 Final ...
- Information: Pictures can be downloaded on: http://www.presseportal.ch/fr/story.htx?firmaid=100008849 - Zurich (ots) - With the approach of this year's exciting GE Money Bank Beach Soccer Tour, GE Money Bank is reinforcing its sponsoring commitment towards the up-and-coming sport of beach soccer. The 2007 GE Money Bank Beach Soccer Tour will take place in ...
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Nyon (ots) - New Chinese language website and video-on-demand service puts uefa.com at the forefront in reaching football fans around the world UEFA today launched a Chinese version of uefa.com. The website is produced by UEFA Media Technologies in partnership with Sina.com, the biggest portal on the Chinese market and one of the biggest websites globally. This move brings top European football closer to ...
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Nyon (ots) - Almost four million votes were cast by a record 390,000 individual uefa.com users and the resulting dream dozen includes four players who were also in last year's team as well as five newcomers. UEFA Champions League winners FC Barcelona have four players - summer recruit Gianluca Zambrotta, Carles Puyol, Ronaldinho and Samuel Eto'o - in the ...
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Nyon (ots) - Voting opens today for the uefa.com users' Team of the Year 2006. The poll, now in its sixth year, gives the users of uefa.com, Europe's football website, the chance to select a team of players who made their mark in European football over the last 12 months. Sixty players and managers have been nominated for 12 positions, including coach, and the ...
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UEFA Video Service provides live Internet coverage of UEFA Champions League matches in 96 countries. Nyon (ots) - The launch of the UEFA Video Service (UVS), has given Internet users in 96 countries access to live online matches from UEFA competitions. UVS has been developed by UEFA to enable its broadcast partners to extend their rights and provide live match coverage on the Internet. Over 20 broadcasters ...
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Lausanne (ots) - British American Tobacco exits Formula One at the Brazilian Grand Prix this weekend after eight years of Lucky Strike sponsorship - and brings to an end links to motorsport dating back to the 1960s. The company is honouring a commitment to leave F1 by the end of this year - a move consistent with the International Marketing Standards which it voluntarily subscribed to in 2001 along with its two ...
- Pictures can be downloaded free of charge and are also distributed by the EPA - Leader Floyd Landis and Team to Spread the Message of Better Hearing Across the Country - and Beyond Stäfa, Switzerland (ots) - On July 1, the Phonak Cycling Team will set out to win the 3653.6 kilometer-long Tour de France, the world's most prestigious and difficult cycling ...
Glattbrugg (ots) - In the sport of ice hockey, every match forces players to deal with blood, sweat and tears. The lucky ones even win a national championship or two, which they promote with pride. They also wear their missing teeth with honor badges of courage for their fighting spirit. Teeth lost in the battle of sport. But, for the many who are active in biking, horse-back riding, roller-skating or other ...
Alinghi relies on Phonak's innovative technology to ensure seamless communication during its bid to win the America's Cup again in 2007 Stäfa (ots) - Phonak Hearing Systems today announced that it will be Official Supplier of Alinghi in its bid to win the America's Cup for the second consecutive time. The 32nd America's Cup - the oldest trophy in sporting history and sailing's most prestigious award - will be held in ...
Sakhir/Bahrain (ots) - Hours from the start of this year's Formula One action getting underway in Bahrain, Red Bull hosted a spectacular Arabian Nights launch for Scuderia Toro Rosso's debut in the sport and Red Bull Racing's second year in F1. The world's press and a galaxy of VIP guests were invited to attend the "1002nd Arabian Night" on a private island off the coast of Bahrain. Oil lamps lit the way down a ...
- Note: Pictures can be downloaded free of charge under: http://www.presseportal.ch/de/story.htx?firmaid=100004679 - Seon (ots) - 85-year-old British Woman to climb Everest - with her Dachshund, Daisy! This story has been making headlines around the world in newspapers, internet chat rooms, on the radio and on news portals. It has been ...
Greenfield/UK (ots) - Mary Woodbridge, an 85-year-old British lady intends to climb Mount Everest with her dachshund Daisy. The name Mary Woodbridge has never been heard of in worldwide mountaineering circles. This will change immediately, when the expedition to the top of the world starts in spring this year. The extensive preparations are underway; further sponsors are required. It will be a very strenuous ...
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Nyon (ots) - Acting as a host broadcaster through its subsidiary UEFA Media Technologies, UEFA has confirmed the appointment of SRG SSR idée suisse as the executive producer of the first televised event of the UEFA EURO 2008 tournament. The UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying competition draw will take place in Montreux, Switzerland on Friday 27 January 2006. The ceremony will take place at the Congress Centre in Montreux ...
Extended Agreement includes UEFA EURO 2008 in Switzerland and Austria Nyon (ots) - The Coca-Cola Company and UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations, today announced the extension of their long-term partnership through 2009, including the UEFA European Football Championship 2008, which will be co-hosted by Austria and Switzerland. The agreement extends the exclusive marketing rights of The Coca-Cola ...
Lucerne (ots) - The current CEO of T.E.A.M. Richard Worth has decided to leave the Company for personal reasons by the end of 2005. Richard Worth has been a long-term member of the T.E.A.M. management and acted successfully in the position of the CEO for the last two years. The Board of Directors expressed its gratitude to Richard Worth for his excellent performance. Thomas Klooz (50) will succeed him as the new CEO with effect on 1 January 2006. He has been a member ...
Advanced sports communication tool facilitates team interaction and strategy Stäfa (ots) - The Phonak Cycling Team has enjoyed great success to date in the 2005 Tour de France, peaking in yesterday's stage win by Oscar Pereiro from Spain. In addition to Pereiro, who currently ranks 15th in the overall individual standings, the team also has Floyd Landis, USA, ...
Biel-Bienne (ots) - Swatch has now successfully participated at three Olympic Games as the Official Timekeeper (1996 in Atlanta, 2000 in Sydney and 2004 in Athens, where the company was also responsible for on-venue results systems and integration services), and Swatch Group Ltd. has now decided that its most traditional timekeeping brand worldwide, Omega Ltd., will assume this responsibility. Omega Ltd. will be ...
Beijing (ots) - Prestige Swiss watchmaker Omega, Official Timekeeper of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, today unveiled a giant clock in Tiananmen Square that counts the days, hours, minutes and seconds remaining to the Opening Ceremony of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad on August 8th, 2008. It is a considerable honour for Omega, and also signals the company's ...
Lugano (ots) - Banca del Gottardo has signed a sponsoring contract with the race walker Marie Polli of the Lugano Athletic Club's (SAL Lugano) Competitive Walking and Walking division. Ms Polli recently qualified in her sport for next month's Olympic Games in Athens. Banca del Gottardo announces that it has signed a sponsoring contract with the Ticinese athlete Marie Polli. In the past few years, Ms Polli has ...
Las Vegas, NV (ots) - Mr. Gary W. Walters, Managing General Partner and majority stockholder of BBX Equity Group, in conjunction with his partners Mirage Properties, Trump Development, Don King Productions and Niko Santucci are pleased to offer $80,000 to all current listed voting members with a non-assignable ...
Lucerne (ots) - Following today's meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Gothenburg UEFA announced that TEAM has been selected as the agent to market the commercial rights for the UEFA Champions League seasons 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09. TEAM has marketed these rights since 1992. In February 2004, UEFA invited tenders for the marketing of the commercial ...
Geneva (ots) - On the initiative of Mr Mohamed Benjelloun, a businessman who is "Moroccan by nationality, Madrid Spanish by my mother-in-law and Swiss at heart", two football teams will meet for a friendly match, "for the cause of peace and solidarity" in commemoration of the victims of the Madrid bombings, at ...
NEW YORK, NY (ots) - Viewpoint Corporation (NASDAQ: VWPT) and SportsLine.com, Inc. -- a leading Internet sports media company and publisher of CBS SportsLine.com -- today announced an agreement to launch Viewpoint's video ad deployment technology called AirTime for the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball ...