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Dublin, London,
10th May, 2007 |
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Servecast, Europe's leading provider of advanced
broadband video solutions to the football industry
yesterday attended the 3rd annual Soccerex London
Forum which was held in the Wembley Stadium in
London. The Soccerex London Forum is a cutting-edge
one-day networking event with over 250 football
clubs, 50 leagues and federations and 100 media
agencies were present at the event.
Running in tandem with the Soccerex Forum was
an exclusive Microsoft event for sport & leisure
technology providers. Called the 'Microsoft Box',
Microsoft sport & technology partners including
Servecast, presented in this exclusive enclosed
area attended by football clubs and media agencies.
Derek Gough, Senior Technical Consultant at Servecast
delivered a comprehensive presentation describing
the important role that broadband video solutions
play in the current and future communications
of all football clubs. He elaborated on Servecast's
in-depth experience with major European football
clubs such as Liverpool FC, Manchester United
FC, Chelsea FC, Arsenal FC and presented details
on the newly launched Barça TV Online,
which Servecast have developed for FC Barcelona.
Addressing the Microsoft Box attendees at the
Soccerex Forum, Derek said "It is imperative
that football clubs cease the broadband video
market in Europe and beyond as a growing content
opportunity. With online content reaching €8.3bn
by 2010 in Europe and consumer spending on internet
video streams and movie downloads to increase
by forty times to about $4.1bn by 2011, the online
medium for TV content cannot be ignored. All sports
content providers must adapt to the changing lifestyles
and viewing habits of their audience. Consumers
demand to be able to watch their favourite sport
at home or on the move, on the device and at the
time of their choosing. Moreover, a broadband
video service presents opportunities to generate
additional revenues from sports rights."
Derek also described the features and functionality
of the Servecast Media Studio platform for broadband
video streaming and how this industry-leading
solution helps to bring together sport, media
and technology to provide not just a broadband
video solution but a proven, successful business
solution.
Servecast is Europe's premier supplier of New
Media Sportscasting solutions. Through the advanced
Media Studio platform, Servecast manage the most
commercially successful broadband video platforms
in Europe. Servecast enable sports organisations
and rights holders to exploit their media assets
to new broadband and mobile connected audiences.
Servecast's Media Studio Platform provides clients
with live and on-demand content delivery, content
management, security & digital rights management,
payment services, customer relationship management
systems and business intelligence reporting.
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, the National
Hockey League, Mixed Martial Arts and the GAA.
Servecast is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland
with offices in London, Paris and Hamburg.
For more information contact:
Kevin Quirke
Marketing Assistant
Servecast Ltd.
http://www.servecast.com
T: +353 (0) 1 4748020
F: +353 (0) 1 4748003
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