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Hundreds of schoolchildren across the UK, who fell victim to a ticket scam, are set to enjoy an England World Cup quarter-final match in Germany after government talks with Fifa secured places for 320 youngsters and 30 teachers. The trip was made possible through the efforts of Premier League chairman
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Fans attending FIFA World Cup games in Kaiserslautern, Germany, have been introduced to a mobile couponing program that offers a unique way to save on beers. The program, developed by Gavitec AG - mobile digit, a NeoMedia Technologies company, in cooperation with FunkTicket AG, allows fans to receive a money-off
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Dutch football fans have become enthralled with wearing orange lederhosen to watch their team play in the World Cup, with a quarter of a million supporters donning the patriotic garb. However, officials from Fifa took offense to the lederhosen, which bore the name of a Dutch beer, Bavaria, not an
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China's largest broadcaster, CCTV, has partnered with TANDBERG Television to deliver high-definition coverage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Using TANDBERG's MPEG-4 AVC HD encoding and decoding solutions, CCTV is able to maximize the bandwidth of its DS3 international link and local delivery network,
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Univision, the official Spanish-language television network for the FIFA World Cup 2006 tournament, has made a significant impact in its coverage of the event. With 14 matches under its belt, Univision has outdelivered English-language networks ABC and ESPN2 in key demographics, including Persons 2+, Adult 18-49 viewers, and Kids 2-11
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The great festival of football, the World Cup, is underway, with 32 nations competing in a tournament that will decide the worldwide supremacy in the game. The event begins with the host country, Germany, playing Costa Rica, and will conclude with the final match on July 9, where the winner
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Researchers at ABN-Amro in Amsterdam believe an Italian victory in the World Cup would be a boon for the global economy, particularly in Europe where growth rates have been sluggish. According to their analysis, past World Cup winners have seen economic gains in the following year, while runner-up countries experienced
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Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco company, has expanded its support for the upcoming 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany matches by incorporating high-definition (HD) encoding and delivery of video to German national broadcaster ARD/ZDF. The company's iLYNX video adaptation platform has been chosen to support live video feeds from
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The Official Guide 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany will be published by Landucci Publishers and distributed exclusively by Wal-Mart in the United States. The guide will cater to two distinct markets: English-speaking soccer fans and US Hispanics. Marco Landucci, president of Landucci Publishers, emphasizes that this is the only official
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Fifa, football's world governing body, has returned more than 1 million room nights in Germany that it had reserved for the upcoming World Cup. The organisation had initially reserved 2 million room nights to sell to sponsors, dignitaries, and teams, but with less than a month to go
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As the 2006 FIFA World Cup approaches, Chongqing Cable TV is gearing up to promote its CCTV high-definition pay TV channel in the city. Starting next Tuesday, live broadcasts of the FIFA World Cup will be available on the channel, providing an opportunity for Chongqing Cable TV to showcase its
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The 2005-06 season has been an extraordinary run for Middlesbrough, culminating in the Uefa Cup final in Eindhoven tonight. However, the club's chairman, Steve Gibson, sees this as merely the latest chapter in a 20-year association with the club that began in 1986. Gibson, who was just 28
