Infostrada Sports Group (ISG) has announced it has signed a multi-Games service provider contract with the International Olympic Committee for the provision of Biographies, Historical Results, and Records for all Olympic Games through to 2020.
ISG has previously signed service provider agreements with Olympic Games organising committees, including Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Turin 2006, Beijing 2008, Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. It has also delivered services to the first Youth Olympic Games in Singapore 2010.
Gilbert Felli (IOC Olympic Games Executive Director, left) and Danny Menken (CEO of Infostrada Sports Group). In back row: Anthony Edgar, IOC Media Operations Manager, Jean-Benoit Gauthier (IOC Technology Director), Guido Bouw (ISG Sales Director), and Bas Blokpoel (ISG Data Services Director). High resolution photo can be obtained by contacting steve.dettre@infostradasports.com.
ISG has unmatched experience in collecting, maintaining and delivering sports content and information to a range of sports bodies and media.
"Infostrada Sports Group is very proud to sign this deal to further enhance its role in working with the IOC’s global partners to deliver biographies and historical results for the Olympic Games," said Danny Menken, CEO Infostrada Sports Group.
"It highlights the esteem in which Infostrada Sports Group's service to the Olympic Games are held."
Menken's comments where supported by Jean-Benoit Gauthier, IOC Technology Director: "The expertise Infostrada Sports Group provides is key to the media's coverage of the Olympic Games. They have proven themselves over many Olympic Games as a reliable provider and experts in this field. We look forward our strengthen relationship moving forward."
Additional to the biographies and historical data, is the provision of ISG's respected "facts & figures" service, which has become a feature of event news services it has been involved in over the last decade.
ISG now starts its projects for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games and Rio 2016 Olympic Games, in collaboration with the IOC and its Worldwide Olympic Partners Atos and Omega,
For more information contact: Steve Dettre, Event Services Director, steve.dettre@infostradasports.com or +61 408 420 234
International Olympic Committee
Anthony Edgar, Head of Media Operations: +41 79 615 1327
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