Sports are the decisive engine of technical progress. Televised sports guarantee phenomenal audience ratings, and sports broadcasts are provide premium advertising space!
In short, sports and media are inseparably bound, and the people that shape them meet annually at the SPONSORs Sports Media Summit. On 10 and 11 May 2010 in the Düsseldorf ESPRIT Arena, these pressing issues will assuredly be on the agenda.

It’s not too late to ignite your World Cup coverage. Opta will be covering the greatest show on earth in obsessive detail. From statistical insights, unmatched historical data and fully hosted, fully customisable event centres, we’ve got the World Cup sorted.

A team of more than 300 technical staff and 39 cameras in situ in the stadium, 16 of which providing images exclusively for laSexta, 3 for Al Jazeera and ESPN, in addition to 6 mobile units guaranteed the very best quality coverage of the title-decider clash between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona on Saturday.

As well as classic football productions, PLAZAMEDIA is in demand for a range of other reasons above and beyond impressive footage, professional production or smooth broadcasting operations. PLAZAMEDIA has a long list of high-class references for its work on established, popular events, like the Hahnenkamm downhill ski race or major table tennis tournaments.

Britain's Paul Bonhomme extended his lead in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship by winning 1 point for posting the fastest Qualifying time on Saturday in Perth in front of 65,000 spectators. The defending champion, who also won the race the last time it was held in Perth in 2008, moved three points clear of compatriot Nigel Lamb and now has 13 points as a reward for clocking the fastest Qualifying time.

PERTH - Hannes Arch of Austria won the Red Bull Air Race on Sunday with Matt Hall of Australia getting a career-best second place in front of an enormous crowd of 140,000 watching from the banks of the Swan River in Perth, Australia. Championship leader Paul Bonhomme of Great Britain took third place.

Under the High Patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco and under the Patronage of the International Olympic Committee, SPORTELMonaco is the world’s only international Convention which gathers, during 4 days in Monaco, the main actors and personalities from the world of Sport and Television within its diverse program.

 SIS LIVE, one of Europe’s large outside broadcast (OB) and uplink supplier, plans to deliver the best ever production coverage of the XIX Commonwealth Games being held in New Delhi from 3-14 October 2010. SIS LIVE is contracted to provide the Production and Coverage Facilities and Services for the Games.

After five years of successful teamwork, the Red Bull Air Race GmbH and LMC officially join forces and continue the valuable co-operation with LMC becoming "Official Global Supplier".

Protecting the environment and reducing emissions are important aims of the Red Bull Air Race and the world’s fastest growing international motorsport is committed to the goal of becoming carbon-neutral, said Red Bull Air Race GmbH CEO Bernd Loidl ahead of Earth Day on April 22. The high-speed, low-altitude race has been steadily reducing its carbon footprint each year with pioneering logistics strategies, intelligent race calendar planning and high-tech solutions designed to reduce both emissions and costs. There are also concrete plans on the drawing board to complement those efforts with carbon offsets in the near future.

Aggreko plc is pleased to announce that, along with its joint venture partner Shanduka Group, it has signed a contract to provide temporary power and temperature control for broadcast and technical services for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

Second Year in a row the Red Bull Air Race World Championship program earned the prestigious Sports Emmy® Award for "Outstanding Technical Team Remote Production". The Emmy was handed over to Imre Sereg yesterda night during the 31st Annual Sports Emmy Awards celebration by the National Academy of Television Arts and Siences.

The number of people who have entered the online register of interest for tickets for the London 2012 Olympics has passed one million. The BBC reports that online registration opened in March, for tickets which will go on sale in Spring 2011. The prices have not yet been announced.

• Enormous live-coverage expansion from 87 to 104 countries
• New live-coverage TV partners in Spain, the Netherlands and Switzerland
• DTM coverage once again available with English live comment, this year

DTM kicked off its 2010 season at Hockenheim Ring – an event that could be viewed live all over the world in more countries than ever before. For the first time in its history, the most popular international touring-car series is covered live in more than 100 countries. This year, the races also can be viewed live in Spain, Switzerland and the USA.

FIFA has appointed Host Broadcast Services (HBS) as the host broadcaster for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™. HBS’ role includes every single aspect of the production of the multilateral signal as well as providing necessary services and facilities to Media Rights Licensees (MRLs) in order to fulfill their unilateral production needs. This includes the design, construction and set-up of the International Broadcast Centre (IBC).