euro2008.com Launches Online Video Service for Fans Worldwide


NYON, Switzerland, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- The Official UEFA EURO 2008(TM) Website Offers Fans Cutting-Edge Video 
Coverage of the Tournament

The official UEFA website for the UEFA European Football
Championship(TM), http://www.euro2008.com, today launched its video service
for the forthcoming final tournament - allowing fans worldwide to follow
matches live and on demand by downloading highlights and full match reruns.

The video offering is available now on http://video.uefa.com/
,and the three available options are:

Matchpack at EUR1.99 - this includes access to any of more than 8,000
individual matches from the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, UEFA European
Under-21 Championship, and UEFA European Football Championship(TM) since
1992. Users will have access to stream or download highlights or replays of
full matches, and can also browse through key match events.

EURO2008 Pass for EUR19.99 - this package includes all of the 31 matches
in the UEFA EURO 2008(TM) tournament, and users will be able to access full
match reruns and highlights.

Also available are additional annual subscription options with access to
All UEFA football season matches, with or without UEFA EURO 2008(TM) matches.

Free video coverage of UEFA EURO 2008(TM) - In addition to the
services highlighted above, the UEFA web team will offer the fans a free
daily magazine show throughout the month of June. This will be a twice-daily
production comprising interviews, reviews and the latest news from the
streets of Austria and Switzerland, as well as from all the team training
camps - providing exclusive views from behind the scenes at the tournament.
The show will be an eight-minute video, with the content also being made
available as a vodcast.

UEFA is also making all UEFA EURO 2008(TM) final tournament matches 
Available via a live internet simulcast produced on behalf of, and in 
cooperation with UEFA broadcast partners and rights-holders for UEFA EURO 
2008(TM). The availability and list of the simulcast per country and 
broadcaster, as well as the prices, will be available on 
http://video.uefa.com/ on the day of each match.

UEFA Media Technologies Head of Content David Farrelly, said:
"We are in a unique position to offer fans on the web the best quality
product that usually only TV can offer, as we benefit from mobility,
immediacy and additional distribution channels. We think our offering will be
appreciated by the fans of UEFA EURO 2008(TM) in Europe and beyond."

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.

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