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Here is a link to a BBC Experimental prototype of Video Catalogue. This is just a text catalogue -not a download service. http://open.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax/search/uefa

French archived TV is available 'pour tous' . Prices range €1-6 for a clip and there are few models available - purchase and 48h 'rent'.  Registration requires a French address. Few clips like '68 and Edith Piaf we tried are in 5 76x432 / 1128kbps quality setting. Oldest record dates back to 1927 -  Fête de Guillaume le Conquérant à Falaise (Normandie). Service is provided by  Institut National de l'Audiovisuel  http://www.ina.fr / http://www.ina.fr/archivespourtous/index.php

BRUSSELS, April 28 (Reuters) - Europe's football authorities will take on the G14, representing 18 of the world's most powerful clubs, for the first time in public on Wednesday, kicking-off two weeks that could change the face of the game. European Union lawmakers have invited UEFA, European football's governing body and the G14, which represents the likes of Real Madrid and Manchester United, to a public hearing as the fight for control of the beautiful game steps up a gear. Just days later, Jose Luis Arnaut, the man leading a review in to how the game is run across the European Union is expected to deliver his final report. His findings will then be discussed by EU politicians in June. As if that was not enough for those within the game to digest, a Belgian court will finally rule in a landmark case taken against world soccer's governing body FIFA by Belgian first division club, Charleroi - backed by G14- on May 15. UEFA will be represented at the Eu

The BBC's new teen brand aimed at 12- to 16-year-olds will not attempt to compete with commercial rivals, one of its architects has revealed. Paul Smith, an adviser to editorial policy on secondment from Children's BBC, said the teen brand was "almost certainly not going to include pop programming". "There's no point doing that - that is already serviced by the commercial sector. But there are many gaps in that market," he said. He said the BBC drama department and a variety of independent production companies were developing drama ideas to fit in with the new brand. Its programmes will not be distributed by a single TV or radio station, but will be used as an umbrella for content distributed via various media. "They will be looking for stuff more like Byker Grove than Grange Hill, which is a CBBC product," said Mr Smith, who said he originated the idea for a teen brand and presented his ideas to the BBC's executive board. "Th

Mobile phone companies are cooling on the idea of buying exclusive rights to Premier League football matches, in contrast with the expected battle to show live games on television that gets under way next week. BSkyB and mobile phone operators 3 and Vodafone paid £100m for the internet and mobile phone rights to Premier League matches in 2003. That deal runs out at the end of next season. But since the rights were sold, a new generation of mobile data services, including news alerts and club-specific services, have sprung up which have made exclusive access to highlights a less valuable commodity. SkySports News is even available as a streamed TV channel on some handsets, giving football fans all the news they need Bob Fuller, chief executive of 3, said: "We will have to have a look at it [buying up the rights]. But our position will be 'do we really think that exclusivity is worth paying lots of money for?' because football is something you can get virtually anywhere

Not only is IPTV technology expected to change the way consumers receive their video entertainment, but new and innovative services are expected to have a significant impact on the way consumers view and use their video content; forcing change across the entire industry. Globally, IP-TV deployments are in their early stage, as many operators have spent the last year planning their IP-TV launch. However, deployments are expected to ramp quickly resulting in strong subscriber growth over the next few years. In North America, we are witnessing the calm before the storm, as Tier 1 operators prepare to change the future of television. Advertisment The Good, the Bad and the Ugly A number of positive factors are contributing to industry enthusiasm for IP-TV. This includes strong broadband growth, increases in bandwidth and advances in video compression and DSL technology. Additionally, the implementation of converged, IP-based infrastructures combined with the general availability of s

The first French operators to have understood the importance of the telephone line as a new method of distribution and to have launched pay IPTV in December 2003, France Telecom and TPS find themselves yet again at the heart of technical innovation. On 1st June, the two groups will launch the first High Definition IPTV program offer. High profile sports events such as the FIFA World Cup, the most spectacular documentaries, entertainment and live events "just like you were there", drama and successful series... Great programs which, thanks to TPS, France Telecom's MaLigne TV will be providing with unequalled picture and sound quality. http://broadbandtrends.com/News%20Articles/2006/April%202006/FT_HD_IPTV_04272006.htm

DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 21, 2006--Research and Markets ( http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c35920) has announced the addition of IP TV Global Forecast - 2006 to 2009 Semiannual IP TV Global Forecast to their offering. This latest forecast is an update to the IP TV Global Forecast - 2005 to 2009 dated September 2005. It incorporates the most recent information on IP TV deployments, including: -- The current and planned deployments of IP TV services by large carriers in Europe. -- The current and planned IP TV deployments by competitive and smaller carriers in Europe. -- The current state of IP TV deployments at AT&T, BellSouth, and Verizon in the U.S. -- The initiation of IP TV trials in China and India that indicate very large future IP TV deployments. -- The success of a number of early IP TV deployments in Canada, Europe, and Asia. We are forecasting that the number of DSL subscribers will grow from 97 million in 2004 to 256 million in 2009,

Fifa, world football’s governing body, has announced that Budweiser owner Anheuser-Busch has become the first company to sign up as a World Cup sponsor from 2007 to 2014. Budweiser has been the official beer at every Fifa World Cup since 1986 and the extension of the partnership by a further eight years gives brewing giant Anheuser-Busch global rights to both the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and the 2014 tournament. Banner Ad Fifa president Joseph Blatter said: “The fact that Anheuser-Busch is extending its involvement with Fifa is testimony to the immense appeal of football as a game and to Fifa as a superior marketing platform for transporting a brand far and wide around the world.” Under the new sponsorship structure from 2007 onwards, Fifa is seeking six World Cup sponsors. Companies will bid on the right to category exclusivity, brand association through the use of Fifa’s event marks, select marketing assets and perimeter board signage at both the World Cup and the Confed

Octagon's Passion DriversTM Analysis Enhances Sponsorship Marketing Programs with Unique Insights into the Passions That Motivate Canada's Hockey, Golf and Olympics Fans A new research study conducted by Octagon quantifies for the first time the key factors that ignite the passion Canadian fans have for ice hockey, golf and the Winter Olympics. Octagon's unique Passion DriversTM research provides sports marketers and rights-holders quantifiable data that explains for the first time "why fans are fans." These insights better enable marketers to create more compelling, targeted and cost-effective leveraging programs supporting their sports sponsorships. At the Sponsorship Marketing Council of Canada conference in Toronto, Rick Dudley, President and CEO of Octagon Worldwide, and Kim Smither, Managing Director of Octagon Canada, today announced the findings of the study conducted earlier this year among more than 1,200 Canadian sports fans. "For years, we h

April 27 (Bloomberg) -- FIFA, soccer's ruling body, lost the copyright for its World Cup slogan ``Fussball WM 2006,'' while no judgment was passed on whether another mark has protection. Germany's federal supreme court didn't pass any definite decision on the ``WM 2006'' mark and referred the matter back to the federal patent court, where a case brought by confectioner Ferrero SpA will be decided, FIFA said in an e-mailed statement. Protection granted in August 2005 will remain in force until the matter has been reconsidered by the patent court, FIFA said. Companies including Continental AG to Hyundai Motor Co. have each paid FIFA tens of millions of dollars to have their goods exclusively tied to the World Cup, scheduled to take place in Germany from June 9 to July 9. ``Our trademarks are still protected but today's decision does not augur well for the growth of our sport or for organizers of major sports events,'' FIFA General Secretary

Pro Evo 6 to Be Unveiled At E3 The sixth instalment of Shingo 'Seabass' Takatsuka's football series has been confirmed for an E3 appearance... Konami has today announced that Pro Evolution Soccer 6 will be unveiled at E3 2006, with series creator Shingo 'Seabass' Takatsuka on hand as makes his first trip to the Los Angeles Convention Center. The game promises to offer a wider range of licensed clubs, game modes, and moves, than ever before although greater details won't be divulged until the event itself. Confirming the news, said Martin Schneider, European PR and Marketing Director for Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH, said, "It is fitting that the world's leading video game show will this year feature the introduction of the leading football title...The show will offer fans of the series an early glimpse of what will be a landmark title, and whet their appetites as we gear up for what will be a key release for Konami." Takatsuka-san also

Don't look for anyone else to handle the official stuff for a while still, which could be either a good or a bad thing, depending on your predilection. This year's World Cup is not far off now and football fans around the world will soon be warming up for the event with EA's official game, 2006 FIFA World Cup. We hope that you enjoy EA's take on the Cup and everything else FIFA because the company is going to be taking care of video game duties for a while still. EA announced this week that it has signed an agreement with football body FIFA that would see the company hold onto all video game rights until 2014. The deal covers simulation, management and fantasy games for consoles, mobile phones and the Web. The deal comes at a time when the football market is getting more crowded than ever, with long-running series such as FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer going up against top management sims and even returning classics, such as the big-headed Sensible Soccer 2006. T

Ozura Mobile, a leading publisher and developer of mobile entertainment, revealed that for the first time ever, football fans around the world will be able to have a feel of Ozura’s top premium interactive network mobile game World Soccer 2006 Singapore, (PRWEB) April 24, 2006 -- Ozura Mobile, a leading publisher and developer of mobile entertainment, revealed that for the first time ever, football fans around the world will be able to have a feel of Ozura’s top premium interactive network mobile game World Soccer 2006. According to Vice President of Marketing, H.E Mah, World Soccer 2006 is expected to be officially launched in Singapore by end of April. Concurrently, World Soccer 2006, the world first soccer interactive network mobile game will then be released in following countries such as UK, China and United States in the upcoming weeks. World Soccer 2006 is an ultra-new, super-exciting slant on the world's favourite sport, full of extraordinary football graphics, authenti

Telecom Italia will launch in June a DVB-H service using Samsung combined DVB-H receivers and cellphones and offering programming from Canale 5, Retequattro, Italia Uno, LA7, MTV Italia, plus Serie A TIM and Champions League football matches. The DVB-H standard uses similar technology to the DVB-T (DB-terrestrial digital video technology and the same transmission frequencies. A survey conducted last among participants in one of the world's first commercial DVB-H pilots in Helsinki last year "revealed the popularity and willingness to pay for mobile TV services, underlining the potential of this exciting new mobile application," according to Nokia. http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/4074/127/

The Premier League has awarded three of its six live TV rights packages to BSkyB, and will hold a second round of bidding for the remaining three bundles of matches. The deal gives BSkyB 69 live matches per season for three years from 2007-08, with the league having created six packages of 23 games each. "Following the submission of bids by interested parties, the FA Premier League is in a position to announce that it has awarded three out of the six packages to live rights to BSkyB. We will be proceeding to a second round of bidding for the remaining three packages in due course," said a spokesman for the league. http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,1763659,00.html

The way authorities tell it, the rumble between rival football fans was plotted on a popular Google online community website called Orkut. Brazilian cops monitoring the site wanted the plotters' names so they could stop it. Google refused to help. Brazil's human rights prosecutor, Paulo Suiama, gripes "The only Internet company that does not cooperate with authorities is Google Brasil." After following Google's cooperation with dictatorships who incarcerate citizens for non-violently sharing their thoughts, it seems democracies are at a severe disadvantage when they run up against Google's peculiar interpretation of its "Don't do evil" policy. Apparently, it's only seriously entertained by Google in the West. http://www.trimmail.com/news/elsewhere/data/1146169745.98/ https://www.orkut.com/

So, little over 40 days lefto to the Wolrd Cup and here is how you can get yourself and your gear into the mood... from engadget.com LG debuts new HD LCDs for World Cup LegShocker turns footy fans into masochistic prats Japan getting Adidas Japan Blue Xbox kit for World Cup Toshiba's Dynabook 2006 FIFA World Cup laptop

English champions Chelsea agreed on Tuesday to give their exclusive backing to an Asian Football Confederation (AFC) project to develop grassroots football in China. Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon and AFC President Mohamed bin Hammam signed a memorandum of understanding that will result in the London club providing technical and financial assistance to the Vision China development program. "It's an historic moment because this is the first time a club came to us and said 'take' and did not take from us," Bin Hammam told reporters. "This is what we appreciate." Kenyon, who has identified China and North America as Chelsea's key markets outside England, said it was the start of a "long-term relationship." Vision China is part of a broader Vision Asia program, under which AFC teams go into cities and provide training and advice to build up local leagues. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/2006-04/26/content_577074.htm

Plan calls for more aggressive styling, part of greater effort to turn the company around DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co. is gearing up to roll out a big marketing campaign in May that will feature the slogan "Bold Moves," a source familiar with the plans said on Wednesday. The ad campaign by the No. 2 U.S. automaker will include television ads and will feature singer Kelly Clarkson, winner of the first "American Idol" television show. The new slogan, which replaces "Built for the Road Ahead," reflects the "Red, White and Bold" phrase that Ford Americas chief Mark Fields is using internally with employees to drive the automaker's turnaround efforts, which includes closing 14 plants and cutting up to 30,000 factory jobs in North America. http://money.cnn.com/2006/04/26/news/companies/ford_marketing.reut/

Two charismatic billionaires who have built their empires on flamboyant gambles will today go head to head in a £2bn battle for the right to screen live Premier League football matches. Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB and NTL, the cable group in which Sir Richard Branson is now the largest single shareholder following its purchase of Virgin Mobile, will deliver sealed bids to the Premier League's central London headquarters. http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,1762188,00.html

The BBC today unveiled radical plans to rebuild its website around user-generated content, including blogs and home videos, with the aim of creating a public service version of MySpace.com. Ashley Highfield, the BBC director of new media and technology, also announced proposals to put the corporation's entire programme catalogue online for the first time from tomorrow in written archive form, as an "experimental prototype", and rebrand MyBBCPlayer as BBC iPlayer. Mr Highfield was unveiling the results of the broadcaster's Creative Future review of programming and content before an audience of BBC new media staff. http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,1760999,00.html

News International today attacked the BBC Creative Future programming and content initiative, accusing the corporation of empire-building and seeking to damage commercial rivals. The Sun and Times publisher's parent company, News Corporation, has major digital ambitions after last year spending $580m (£324m) to buy the content sharing website MySpace.com. News International is working on plans for a UK version of MySpace with close ties to the Sun. "The white paper has given the BBC government backing to build a digital empire which will inevitably damage the development of commercial digital media," a News International spokesman said. more...

Here is a series of articles on the topic of Beebs future plans: BBC reveals broadband ambitions The BBC has laid out an ambitious plan to launch a series of broadband services for teenagers and across the key content areas of sport, music, knowledge, health and science. Wide-ranging proposals to increase the BBC's broadband content emerged as a key pillar of the corporation's new programming and content plan, Creative Future, revealed today by the BBC director general, Mark Thompson. http://media.guardian.co.uk/bbc/story/0,,1761169,00.html BBC Creative Future: the key points Programming and content initiatives arising from the Creative Future review include: · Drama: create fewer titles with longer runs, find outlets for outstanding writers and promote the programmes audience like best such as EastEnders, Casualty and Holby City. · Comedy : improve the programme supply across all platforms, pilot more shows, find new talent and build the big hits for BBC1 . · Create n ew tee

MasterCard International has filed a complaint in a US court seeking an injunction against FIFA to prevent it proceeding with a deal with Visa International to sponsor the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York after it was recently revealed that FIFA had entered into the Visa relationship, despite apparently having a contractual agreement giving MasterCard the right of first refusal to continue to be the category-exclusive sponsor. MasterCard’s complaint states that after a period of negotiation in which FIFA assured MasterCard that it was not going to enter into an agreement with a third party, it proceeded in doing so. It is claimed FIFA did this despite the fact that it had already provided MasterCard with a written contract – including all terms – that MasterCard signed and returned to FIFA. Soccer's world governing body then advised MasterCard that a deal with Visa was completed. "This a

Ticketing arrangements for this summer's World Cup were in chaos yesterday after a court ruled that a fan who bought tickets on eBay was entitled to use them, even though his name was not printed on the ticket face. The tournament's organisers had insisted that the German Björn Kracht had acquired the tickets unfairly, but a Frankfurt court decided against them. Although the court said its ruling applied only in his case, the judgment opens the way for thousands of England fans to try to acquire tickets on the black market. http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,1758037,00.html <http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,1758037,00.html>

With most of the seats saved for sponsors, corporate hospitality, press and VIPS, exactly how many tickets will be available for fans this summer? Observer sport launches a special investigation. .. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/sport/story/0,,1754888,00.html <http://observer.guardian.co.uk/sport/story/0,,1754888,00.html>

Emirates Airline has signed a $195million deal to become a FIFA Partner from 2007 to 2014. In its largest sponsorship deal to date, the Dubai-based airline has rights to all FIFA events - including both the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups - and will benefit from enhanced global media exposure and an association with FIFA's special events and development initiatives. Emirates is currently an Official Partner of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, and expects to double in size by the end of its FIFA deal in eight years time. Emirates Chairman, His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, said: ""It is part of Emirates plan to become a global brand and household name and association with the most high-profile sporting event in the world is one part of Emirates' strategy to achieve that aim. "It is our intention for the United Arab Emirates to host a FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup during the rights period, which would be the first event of its kind to be held in

Online press monitoring company NewsNow has launched a World Cup 2006 Internet portal ahead of the tournament's kick-off in June. The microsite, the first from NewsNow, includes World Cup news linked to sources from around the world, updated every five minutes. Each World Cup Group has its own section, as does injury news and hot topics. NewsNow chairman Struan Bartlett says the microsite's launch reflects the demands of news-hungry football fan base. "If... http://www.nma.co.uk/Articles/27645/NewsNow+launches+World+Cup+microsite.htm l http://www.newsnow.co.uk/worldcup/

Ticketing arrangements for this summer's World Cup were in chaos yesterday after a court ruled that a fan who bought tickets on eBay was entitled to use them, even though his name was not printed on the ticket face. The tournament's organisers had insisted that the German Björn Kracht had acquired the tickets unfairly, but a Frankfurt court decided against them. Although the court said its ruling applied only in his case, the judgment opens the way for thousands of England fans to try to acquire tickets on the black market. http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,1758037,00.html <http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,1758037,00.html>

GameAccoun t , the #1 online skill gaming provider, and Guardian Newspapers Ltd have launched a dedicated skill gaming service on Guardian Unlimited: www.guardian.co.uk The partnership brings together the world’s foremost integrated network of person-to-person (P2P) skill-based games and one of the largest and influential online news audiences in the world. Guardian Unlimited users will have access to ten classic real-money multiplayer games and tournaments through GameAccount’s network, joining players from over 130 countries worldwide. For more information please visit: www.gameaccount.com

The BBC is to stream News 24 on the internet but may face a problem over online sports rights. News 24, which now features big name BBC presenters including Huw Edwards, Emily Maitlis and Andrew Neil, will be available over the web in a streamed video format within the next few months. Viewers can already download News 24 clips and programmes such as Hard Talk. They can also watch the BBC1's three main news programmes as well as a constantly updated three-minute bulletin over the web. The new 24-hour web broadcast will be tailored so that it can only be accessed by users from within the UK. However, the BBC does not own the online rights to some of the footage used in its sports bulletins. A BBC News spokesman said discussions were taking place in a bid to resolve the issue. If the BBC was unable to obtain the online rights, the sporting action would be edited out of the online broadcast. http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,,1756794,00.html