fifa in comment and analysis
IPTV for beginners
Comment Viewers around the world tuned in to watch the 2006 Fifa World Cup in record numbers using their PCs and other internet-connected devices. Though everyone's making big predictions for IPTV's uptake, the services are still a long way off. [04 Jun 2007]
Tech brands getting a sporting chance
Comment From the Vodafone Derby to the Fifa World Cup (brought to you in association with Avaya, Toshiba and Yahoo! Never has the criticism been stronger than with the Fifa 2006 World Cup staged in Germany this summer where 15 sponsors accounted for 25,000... [24 Jul 2006]
Jerry Yang, David Filo, Terry Semel. Can you hear me? Your network took one hell of a beating...
Comment So what can you expect from the Fifa World Cup site. We asked Brian Andrews, from networking specialists Black Box Network Services, to give us his considered opinion based on some of the pre-tournament footage on fifaworldcup.com [19 Oct 2003]
World Cup 2002: The IT chief speaks to silicon.com
Comment In the following interview, Tony Hallett catches up with Gerard Gouillou, head of FIFA IT, pulling this Frenchman away from a supper with Japan's royal family, no less. Whatever team you support, it's hard to dispute the success of this World Cup. [27 Jun 2002]
The Ovum View: The 3G World Cup - what's the score?
Comment Korean operators are involved in negotiations to get a Fifa licence to provide World Cup news and video images over mobile phones. The industry has certainly come a long way since France 1998, when there was no i-mode, SMS or data services. [31 May 2002]
Meet the 21st century World Cup photographer
Comment But before the execs at Fifa and Avaya start tearing their hair out at misplaced investment it is worth noting that UK photographers, working for the major nationals, have caught a particularly lucky break with the time difference - a feeling... [28 May 2002]
The networking of the World Cup
Comment The company was brought to this World Cup relatively late - in autumn last year - so it's had to be spot on with its planning and able to work well with the other main technology partners of FIFA, world football's governing body. [18 May 2002]
Meet the 21st century World Cup photographer (Part II)
Comment As such Fifa is having to provide for thousands of journalists and photographers arriving without their trusty mobiles - all looking to get connected as soon as possible. Photographers from all competing nations are virtually guaranteed entry into... [01 May 2002]
Olympic resolve: Why sports dot-coms are jumping through rings for media accreditation
Comment According to Gavin Chittick, CFO at Sports.com, governing bodies like football's FIFA and the IOC represent the establishment and consider internet companies as young upstarts. In the long run, new media companies will have to find other ways of... [14 Mar 2001]
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