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Ismaning, 18 August 2008 – PLAZAMEDIA, leading full-service provider for TV and new media, and Turkish state television TRT are continuing their winning collaboration. Following the successful implementation of the "44th Presidential Cycling Tour 2008" in April, Germany’s leading producer of sports TV was commissioned to produce the Turkish Super Cup for the first time. This highlight of the Turkish football league took place on 17 August between Champions Galatasaray Istanbul and Cup winners Kayserispor in Duisburg and was broadcast in Germany for the second time. PLAZAMEDIA gave this production its customary high-quality treatment in SD with 20 crew and 8 cameras, plus a super-slowmotion camera.

Florian Nowosad, CEO of PLAZAMEDIA, comments: "With the production of the Turkish Super Cup we have again been entrusted with one of the most important Turkish sporting events. With this we are not only intensifying our business dealings in Turkey but are also emphasising our international positioning. This is resulting in numerous points of contact for our future collaboration."

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.