Press releases

Ismaning, 14th April 2008 – TV and film production company PLAZAMEDIA, its subsidiary the creative agency CREATION CLUB, and sport and media agency contenthouse have joined forces to showcase the German Table Tennis League (DTTL). PLAZAMEDIA and CREATION CLUB will produce the upcoming championship play-offs of the 2007/08 season for contenthouse for TV and Internet, and the partnership will continue for the DTTL 2008/09 season, which begins in August 2008 immediately after the summer Olympics in Beijing. The joint venture also includes distribution on Germany’s free TV network and the World Wide Web. contenthouse holds the exclusive global TV, Internet and mobile rights to Germany’s top men’s table tennis league.

Florian Nowosad, CEO of PLAZAMEDIA, comments: "In the collaboration with contenthouse and CREATION CLUB, content expertise and technical know-how complement each other perfectly, which guarantees top-quality broadcasts from the German Table Tennis League in future. Together we want to develop and implement new standards in the production and presentation of men’s table tennis in Germany. The pace and dynamism of this sport and the direct competition between two sportsmen provide the best conditions for a thrilling media spectacle."
 
Benno Neumüller, Managing Director of contenthouse GmbH, adds: "PLAZAMEDIA and CREATION CLUB are market leaders in the field of TV and sports production. Thanks to this partnership, we have set the stage perfectly for top-drawer presentation of world-class table tennis from the DTTL."

The semi-final and final play-off matches, which begin on 26th April, will each be shown in an hour-long summary on Deutsches Sportfernsehen (DSF) on the following Saturdays:

26.04.08 – Semi-final first legs   7.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
03.05.08 – Semi-final second legs       7.30 p.m. - 8.25 p.m.
17.05.08 – Final first leg    8.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. 
24.05.08 – Final second leg        7.30 p.m. - 8.30 p.m.

The play-offs will be available to watch free on-demand with a time delay at www.DTTL.tv.

contenthouse GmbH is a service provider in the field of audiovisual media. Its core business is the creation and marketing of edited moving-image content for TV channels, IPTV channels, Internet portals and telecommunications providers, as well as supporting and marketing professional athletes and sporting events.