UEFA delivers live online video solution to broadcasters

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UEFA Video Service provides live Internet coverage of UEFA Champions
League matches in 96 countries.

The launch of the UEFA Video Service (UVS), has given
Internet users in 96 countries access to live online matches from
UEFA competitions.

UVS has been developed by UEFA to enable its broadcast partners to
extend their rights and provide live match coverage on the Internet.

Over 20 broadcasters around the world are using UVS to make every
UEFA Champions League match from the 2006/07season and every UEFA Cup
match from the quarter-final stage in April 2007 available live on
the Internet. As a result, more than 125 matches will be offered in
over 100 countries

As well as the live coverage, UVS also provides a comprehensive
archive of over 5,000 videos and 1,000 matches from UEFA competitions
dating back over ten years. The archive features a search function
that allows users to find videos by season, club and player.

Fans can access live coverage by visiting uefa.com at
http://video.uefa.com. Based on their geographic location, users will
be served with the live matches available in their territory.

UEFA Media Technologies CEO, Alexandre Fourtoy, said:

"The UEFA Video Service provides our broadcasting partners on an
equal basis with a high quality and secure platform that can be
tailor-made for individual needs and local markets. Its successful
development and implementation demonstrates UEFA's commitment to
maintaining its position at the forefront of advances in the digital
media sector."

The live match coverage is produced in conjunction with each
broadcaster using UVS. The UVS can either encode the broadcaster's
own live satellite feed, via its infrastructure located in London and
Turin, or distribute the multilateral feed with English commentary.
The feed is then delivered to a custom web interface developed for
each broadcaster.

The UEFA Video Service has been developed and delivered in
collaboration with UEFA's technology partners: NTT Verio, DeltaTre
and Entriq.

Note to editors:

UEFA Media Technologies SA is the service company created by UEFA
to provide all technology solutions, content solutions and assistance
to ensure the development of European football, to explore and
exploit all opportunities in the new media world and to assist the
football family in their technology developments.

Issued by Fast Web Media on behalf of UEFA Media Technologies

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