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Monday, February 20th 2006
Dublin, Ireland |
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Servecast are proud to announce the launch of
their inaugural conference for invited customers
and partners to be held in Dublin on March 22nd
2006 entitled "New Media Sportscasting Summit".
The New Media Sportscasting Summit is a one-day
conference aimed at sports rights owners and bodies
that wish to optimize the business potential of
new-media. The Summit that will explore the commercial
opportunities, technical developments and emerging
future trends for delivering sports content to
a new audience via broadband and/or mobile access
platforms.
A strong line-up of leading Industry experts representing
different sectors of sport business will partake
in debate and presentations and discussion on
the key strategies for New Media Sportscasting.
Chairing the conference is Paul Dempsey, a multi-talented
sports and news presenter who has been an important
regular presenter on Sky Sports .Football and
Boxing as well as Athletics, Racing and Skiing.
The high profile speaker line up includes:
- Neil Martin, Business Development Director,
Sky Sports
- Stephen Michael, General Manager, LiverpoolFC.tv
- Matthew Taylor, Editor, At The Races
- Simon Green, Managing Director, Setanta US
- Paul Wright, Managing Director, Aura Sports
The conference will consist of six main panel
sessions that will discuss developments and trends
in the sports media rights landscape, successful
broadband subscription services, online advertising
& merchandising, online gaming and mobile
content opportunities.
Key issues to be addressed during the conference
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New-Media and TV broadcasting
– securing and protecting content |
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How does New
Media Sportscasting complement or compete
with traditional TV broadcasting, and what
are the implications for rights management
and protection. |
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Commercial models for
New-Media Sportscasting |
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Exploration
of the best models for revenue generation
from delivering sports content to broadband
and mobile audiences. |
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Audience trends and
building an online subscriber base |
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The emerging
best practices for marketing and promotion
to grow a New Media Sportscasting subscriber-base. |
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The relationship between
Online Gambling and New Media Sportscasting |
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Exploration
of the key drivers of Internet gambling and
the possibilities for sports content. |
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The emerging role of
3G and mobile data services |
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The opportunities
for mobile content distribution and potential
revenue. |
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Developing an advertising
revenue stream from your digital sports property |
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What are the
opportunities that are available to advertisers
in the digital sports world and how can web
properties generate revenues from online advertising
and sponsorship. |
The New Media Sportscasting Summit will attract
a wide variety of executives from sports broadcasters,
sports organizations and agencies, mobile operators,
advertising and marketing agencies and online
betting agents.
About Servecast
Founded in 1998, 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. Through our focus on sports,
Servecast has developed a deep partnership network
with major broadcasters, clubs and sporting bodies,
the online betting industry, technology providers
and content syndication partners. We leverage
these partnerships to ensure optimal business
success for our customers.
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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