With its presence at major sporting occasions (including the Olympics, the World Cup, the Monaco Grand Prix and the Tour de France), Euro Media has become an established international player in HF broadcasting, slow motion technology, virtual imaging, graphics and 3D, with aerial and specialised camera equipment. Again in September Euro Media France was involved in several international sports projects: Rugby in New Zealand, Football in Eastern Europe, Cycling in Canada and Handball in France.

Following a discussion at NAB on the EVS booth, Host Broadcast Services Chief of External Relations Lise Cosimi-Breant continued to exchange with EVS Chief Executive Officer Muriel de Lathouwer thoughts around gender equality in the broadcast industry and the initiatives the two companies have set up to allow women greater access to tech/broadcast training. This shared presentation highlighted the extended partnership between HBS and EVS, which resulted in the launch of the Live TV Simulator training tool for broadcast professionals.

The City Manager of 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa host city Durban and the Chairman of London’s Olympic Delivery Authority will be featured speakers in the City Forum during the SportAccord Convention in Dubai next month. Dr Michael Sutcliffe from Durban will deliver a case study on the upcoming football mega-event and his city, and ODA chief John Armitt will address the subject of how London 2012 is balancing the needs of the Olympic Games with long-term legacy.

The fourth edition of Sportcal's Major Sports Events Guide features more quality information than ever before, with detailed coverage on over 60 sports and 400 federations worldwide, and is published with the support of our Platinum Sponsors: Aggreko, AISTS, innovision and Munich 2018.

Twenty years ago there was no internet and no e-mail. Mobile phones were the size of bricks and laptop computers were called 'luggables.' The first version of Sportcal was purely just a sports calendar, hence the name Sportcal. There was no news and no premium research products. It was developed on a Compaq 'luggable' with a 10-inch screen and 512K of memory and was distributed on 5.25 inch floppy disk by post to 100 people.

Sportcal sports market intelligence compiled the Fifa World Cup Factfile after an outstanding response to its Sports Market Insight: 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa major report, which has been cited in articles on the World Cup in The Wall Street Journal, Market Watch, The Singapore Business Times and a host of other publications.

With the start of the second round of the German Soccer League (DFL) on 14th January 2011 Sportcast will start its regular 3D productions of one match per matchday for SKY Germany. As a final test Sportcast produced the DFB Cup match FC Augsburg – Schalke 04 (0:1) on 21st December 2010 with the production company TopVision in 3D.

SPORTELAsia 2011 will take place Wednesday, March 16 to Friday, March 18, 2011 at the world-famous, 5-star InterContinental Hotel, in Hong Kong.
In making this announcement, David Tomatis, Chief Executive Officer of SPORTEL said, “the Asian continent and especially Hong Kong has been favored by our participants through a survey as the venue for the 2011 Spring Market”.

David Tomatis, Chief Executive Officer of SPORTEL, announced today that SPORTEL’s next spring market would be held in Rio de Janeiro in March 2012.

SPORTEL is globally recognised by industry leaders as the most influential business venue for the past 24 years. Whether selling, buying, developing, producing or delivering sports content on a global level, this is your market – don’t miss it!

Under the High Patronage of H.S.H Prince Albert II and the Patronage of the International Olympic Committee, the SPORTEL Awards are held every year as part of the SPORTELMonaco convention, the world leader in the field of sport business. This event is first and foremost an international competition that rewards the most outstanding sports footages of the year, during a Ceremony open and free to the public. Each year numerous Olympic champions and outstanding athletes participate in the event by presenting the different awards to each winner. The audience is assured of rich moments in sporting emotion!

SPORTEL remains true to its primary objective = to bring together the elite of sport business once a year in Monaco. Despite the increased competition from other events, SPORTEL continues to make THE difference by always listening to its participants, and in step with the evolution of the industry. The industry continues to evolve at a rapid pace, beyond the fact that sport is still consumed very differently, particularly through new media.

This year organisers of the GOLDEN FOOT join SPORTEL to create the "Football Day" which will be held Wednesday 17 October at The Grimaldi Forum, as part of the SPORTEL program:

SPORTELAsia 2010, the international sports content market, wrapped up a successful 3-day gathering yesterday at the 5-star Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore, with a total of 527 participants, representing 291 companies from 45 countries worldwide in attendance, it was announced today by David Tomatis, CEO of SPORTEL. In making the announcement, Mr. Tomatis commented, “We are very pleased with the turnout and the reports from our clients that they had a busy and productive market."

SPORTELAsia 2011, the international sports content market, wrapped up a successful 3-day gathering, with a total of 543 participants, representing 309 companies from 46 countries worldwide in attendance. SPORTEL Organization is very pleased with the turnout and the reports from the participants who expressed their satisfaction after having experienced a particularly successful edition.