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Ismaning, 27 January 2009 – PLAZAMEDIA Swiss, a subsidiary of PLAZAMEDIA GmbH, will produce the European Champions Hockey League final between ZSC Lions and Metallurg Magnitogorsk on Wednesday 28 January. The HD production will be made on behalf of tv productioncenter zürich ag (tpc), Switzerland’s largest audiovisual production company, and Schweizer Fernsehen.

PLAZAMEDIA Swiss will use a total of 19 cameras at the Diners Club Arena in Rapperswil to innovatively showcase the deciding dual (first leg 2:2) in top quality with spectacular perspectives. The production, which will involve some 50 crew at the venue, will be in High Definition format (HD).

Schweizer Fernsehen (SF zwei) will show the match live from 7.25 p.m.

PLAZAMEDIA GmbH, an EM.Sport Media AG company, is one of the leading full-service providers for TV and new media and is also Germany’s largest producer of sports TV. Based in Ismaning near Munich, the company employs a full-time staff of 260 as well as 700 freelancers to produce content for television broadcasters and rights holders in the fields of domestic and international football, ice hockey, basketball, boxing, Formula 1, sailing and European and World Championships in a variety of sports. PLAZAMEDIA offers comprehensive services for OB production, broadcasting, new media, studio productions and post-production. The firm’s clients include Premiere, DSF, ARD, ZDF, RTL, SAT.1, ProSieben, RTL II, Disney Television International and Eurosport, as well as many other national and international companies. PLAZAMEDIA is managed by Florian Nowosad (CEO) and Zeljko Karajica.