Media Relations Contact

Joerg Polzer
Manager, Communication & PR
Tel. +41-41-723-15-15
Fax. +41-41-723-15-16

Media Relations Contact

Joerg Polzer
Manager, Communication & PR
Tel. +41-41-723-15-15
Fax. +41-41-723-15-16

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Infront announced further 2006 FIFA World Cup™ mobile broadcast agreements in Latin America

Zug, Switzerland, 19 May 2006 – Infront Sports & Media has signed further mobile broadcast agreements to the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ for several Latin America territories, including Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvator.


EBClosion S.A., a leading Latin American technology developer company for mobile solutions, has secured the non-exclusive Spanish language rights to the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ in all of the above mentioned territories. The rights granted are in the category of mobile telephony.
 
EBClosion has the sublicensing rights within the territories. In the case of Mexico, it is required that the sub-licensee is the leading national mobile telephony network operator (as identified by reference to the total number of subscribers).
 
The agreement applies also to archive video material of the 2002 FIFA World Cup™ in Korea and Japan.
 
Unefon S.A., a mobile network operator in Mexico, acquired non-exclusive mobile telephone rights to all 64 matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ and archive access to all matches of the 2002 event for the territory of Mexico in Spanish language.
 
Both agreements will enable the licensees to transmit up to four minutes of key match footage for "near-live" and/or delayed coverage via mobile networks to mobile phones. The licensees agree to comply with Infront's Digital Rights Management (DRM) and geo-blocking requirements within each territory.
 
For further information, please contact:
Jörg Polzer
Infront Sports & Media AG
Tel. +41-41-723 15 15
Fax +41-41-723 15 16
info@infrontsports.com