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Dublin, Ireland,
Wednesday, December 6th 2006
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Five out of the top ten soccer brands published
in a recent 'Soccer Power Brand' survey are clients
of Servecast, the leading provider of broadband
TV solutions.
In a list compiled by London-based sponsorship
agency, Global Sponsor, at the recent Soccerex
convention in Dubai, Servecast's most recent client
and European champions FC Barcelona were ranked
as the number one "power brand" in football.
FC Barcelona was followed by English Premier League
club Manchester United, another client of Servecast.
Also appearing in the top ten were Servecast long
term soccer clients Chelsea FC, Arsenal FC and
Liverpool FC.
The agency compiled the list using a survey of
100 contacts and clients and then used a points
system to rank clubs over a number of criteria
including history of winning competitions, quality
of present sponsors, match day attendance, profile
of the club's manager and the quality and capacity
of their stadium.
Servecast is Europe's leading provider of online
TV solutions for some of the biggest and most
popular soccer clubs. All of the UK Premiership
have deployed Servecast's advanced Media Studio
platform to power their broadband video solutions
over their websites. As well as providing solutions
to some of the biggest and most popular soccer
clubs, Servecast also provide broadband TV for
many other successful soccer clubs such as Everton
FC, West Ham United FC and Rangers FC.
Speaking today, Kevin Quinn, Head of Sports &
Media for Servecast said "At Servecast we
pride ourselves not only on the pedigree of our
solution, but also on the pedigree of our clients.
We help some of the top clubs in football to build
technically sophisticated and commercially successful
broadband TV services. We have worked with the
top UK Premiership football clubs for many years
now. We recently announced the addition of our
first major European soccer club FC Barcelona
and we are growing our presence in Europe. As
the chosen streaming media partner for some of
the world's most famous soccer clubs, we have
unrivalled expertise in the provision of broadband
video solutions for soccer clubs."
Servecast has developed in-depth knowledge of
growing successful soccer video services online.
Liverpool FC has now in excess of 50,000 subscribers
to its online TV service, LiverpoolFC.TV. Other
clients such as Manchester United FC and Everton
FC have also seen their subscriber numbers grow
in recent months.
Servecast expertise in sports webcasting is also
recognized by top sports broadcasters Sky Sports
and Setanta Sports. Servecast delivers the Champions
League and many other sporting events over broadband
for these leading broadcasters.
About Servecast
Servecast is the leading specialist supplier of
new media sportscasting delivering advanced streaming
media solutions for the sports industry. Servecast's
Media Studio Platform enables sporting organisations
and rights holders to exploit their media assets
to new broadband and mobile connected audiences.
Through the delivery of high quality audio visual
sports content over broadband and mobile applications,
Servecast's Media Studio platform greatly enhances
the global fan sporting experience and enables
the delivery of significant new revenue streams
to the rights holder. Servecast is the partner
of choice of sports broadcasters such as BSkyB,
At The Races, NASN, RTE and Setanta Sports and
facilitates the most commercially successful sports
webcasting services in Europe. Servecast customers
include Sky Sports, Liverpool FC, Manchester United
FC, Chelsea FC, Arsenal FC, Rangers FC, the Rugby
Superleague, the Ice Hockey League and the GAA.
Servecast is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland
with offices in London and Paris.
For more details contact:
Kathrina Gallogly
Marketing and Communications Manager
Servecast Ltd.,
http://www.servecast.com
Phone: +353 (0)1 4748013
Fax: +353 (0)1 4748003
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