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Ismaning, 25 October 2007 – On the occasion of Sport Tel Monaco, PLAZAMEDIA and T-Systems Media&Broadcast have reached an agreement on the implementation of TV productions. Full-service provider PLAZAMEDIA will in future provide production services for Media&Broadcast. Under the agreement, Media&Broadcast will avail itself of PLAZAMEDIA’s portfolio in the field of Event Broadcast Services, chiefly for productions for major events. In the production projects, PLAZAMEDIA will provide OB units, personnel, ENG crews, editing suites and technical equipment.

PLAZAMEDIA CEO Florian Nowosad believes: "The agreement with T-Systems Media&Broadcast is strategically a very sensible move, especially in terms of international business and for major events, because both companies complement each other."

As well as the new agreement, PLAZAMEDIA is already collaborating with Media&Broadcast in the field of broadcasting operations for sports coverage from the first and second Bundesliga, as well as in the use of DSL/SDSL for broadcast signals in the events environment. The additional activities are to be expanded primarily for Euro 2008 and the FIFA World Cup 2010.

T-Systems Media&Broadcast is Europe’s largest service provider in the broadcasting and media industry. In its core business, Media&Broadcast operates multimedia transmission platforms for television and radio, based on modern transmitter, satellite and fibre-optic networks, in Germany and internationally. A key focus for the company is transmission services surrounding major events such as the 2006 Football World Cup, the Pope’s visit or the G8 Summit. As an independent subsidiary of T-Systems, Media&Broadcast currently serves some 850 national and 110 international customers, including public and private broadcasters as well as TV and radio production companies.