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Ismaning, 19 August 2008 – PLAZAMEDIA, Germany’s largest producer of sports TV, is continuing its successful and innovative production in the mobile and Internet sectors. During the 2008 European Football Championships, the company wowed the fans with its innovative reporting: While the German team was still on the pitch, PLAZAMEDIA’s football experts wasted no time in filming the match highlights re-enacted with figures from the popular table-football game Tipp-Kick. Not only did the clips prove popular on YouTube, but this alternative form of reporting was also included in the cinema film "23 Days". And the positive response was reinforced by the media reporting on Tipp-Kick in the Euro 2008 report on ZDF.

In preparation for EURO 2008, PLAZAMEDIA also produced an innovative mobile TV special: With the two formats "Topics" and "12th Man", it provided a major German mobile provider with high-quality edited content on a weekly basis, consisting of moving pictures and background reports, which were then produced daily in a Euro 2008 special during the tournament. With this content, PLAZAMEDIA created the news magazine "Topics" for football fans as preparation for the European Championships, providing all the news from the football highlight of the year. With the programme "12th Man", the company then offered a communication platform for all football fans, through which they could help shape the format with their own video commentaries (user-generated content). From the videos sent in, PLAZAMEDIA prepared a 3-5-minute fan-TV segment, which was presented alternatively by well-known sports presenters Sascha Bandermann and Christian Sprenger.

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.