Media Content PLC
7 November 2000
Media Content PLC
Sportel, Media Content PLC, SDCi agree online sports
media market partnership for sportsmediarights.com.
Sportel Organisation, owner and organiser of Sportel Monaco
and Sportel America, the sports television industry's
leading market places, has signed a Heads of Agreement with
sportsmediarights.com, the online sports media rights market
venture, to develop the electronic marketplace for sports
programming rights.
David Tomatis, Executive Vice-President of Sportel
Organisation, said, 'We are excited about the prospects
represented by this announcement, and feel confident that
sportsmediarights.com offers new and valid business
opportunities for our clients, both now and in the future'.
Jean-Paul de la Fuente, Chairman of sportsmediarights.com
and CEO of Media Content Plc said, 'sportsmediarights.com is
honoured to have the opportunity to work closely with
the Sportel Organisation in the development of an online
offering, which we hope will more than equal the success
of the Sportel markets in this record attendance year.'
Leonard M. Fertig, Chairman of SDCi Ltd, said, 'The
combination of Sportel, the acknowledged industry leader in
sports marketplaces, with Media Content's independent
expertise and SDCi's unrivalled experience at
ProgrammeRights.com, ensures that sportsmediarights.com will
become the benchmark of online sports rights trading'
For further information please contact:
SPORTEL Organisation Tel : 377 / 93 30 20 32
Sissel Durand info@sportelmonaco.com
Media Content PLC/Square Mile Communications +44 20 7601 1000
Nick Oborne nick.oborne@sq-mile.com
Georgina Briscoe georgina.briscoe@sq-mile.com
SDCi Limited +44 7774 860 011
Gerry Buckland gerrybuckland@compuserve.com
Notes to Editors:
Sportsmediarights.com
Sportsmediarights.com is a joint-venture between Media
Content Development Ltd, investment arm of the publicly
quoted independent sports media company Media Content Plc,
and SDCI Limited, which owns and operates
ProgrammeRights.com and e-adsales.com, the electronic
marketplaces for the television industry.
sportsmediarights.com is currently in development and is
targeted to go 'live' in May 2001.
Sportel Organisation
Monaco-based Sportel Organisation owns and organises the
sports television marketplaces of Sportel Monaco (since
1990) and Sportel America (since 1997). Sportel Monaco 2000
will host in excess of 194 exhibitors and over 1800
registered attendees from more than 700 companies .
Media Content
Media Content PLC is an AIM-listed sports media advisory and
investment company (stock code MDC). Media Content's
advisory clients include Manchester United PLC and the New
Zealand Rugby Football Union. Media Content's investments
include sports webcaster sportev.com and
sportsmediarights.com.
SDCi Limited
SDCi Limited is the first B2B internet services company
providing solutions to the competitive European television
business. SDCi gives buyers and sellers of television
advertising and global programming resources two electronic
marketplaces to increase their revenue and improve market
performance.
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