LEMATCH Partner




DFA/NBC Universal/ NBC Giga


NBC Universal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Formed in May 2004 through the combining of NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment, NBC Universal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. NBC Universal is 80%-owned by General Electric, with 20% controlled by Vivendi Universal.

NBC UNIVERSAL Global Networks Deutschland GmbH is a subsidiary of NBC Universal and airs the following TV channels:
www.das-vierte.de; www.scifi.de; www.studiouniversal.de; www.giga.de; www.thehistorychannel.de.





GETAKLIK Medien GmbH / ddp Deutscher Depeschendienst GmbH

GETAKLIK Medien GmbH was created by merging Sportart GmbH and ddp Dow Jones GmbH with GETAKLIK Medien GmbH in autumn 2006. GETAKLIK belongs to the ddp-Group of companies, the second largest news agency in Germany delivering content (text, images, audio, video) to about 250 newspapers, TV stations, radio stations and (new) media outlets in Germany and abroad. ddp is owned in full by Arques Industries, a financial, investor listed on the German stock market. GETAKLIK is the video and picture unit – also responsible for business development and research activities and geared towards electronic media - within the ddp Group.

 

Orad

Real Player Video - ORAD Showreel
 

Orad's mission is to realize the potential of proven and emerging electrooptical, video and real-time image processing technologies for TV broadcasting, virtual reality and sports events.

In these dynamic sectors and within a short period, Orad has become the standard bearer through its virtual sets, sports commentary&virtual advertising, the DVG hardware platform and other innovative products.

Established in 1993, Orad draws on the proven track records of experts in their field of specialization. Orad's team operates at the vanguard of technology, harnessing powerful defense know-how to cutting edge commercial markets.

Real-time video processing and pattern recognition algorithms, powerful hardware engines, sophisticated sensor technologies and innovative application generators are being used to deliver unique tools that make TV, sports and advertising more exciting, effective, compelling and riveting. Orad won the 2000 Emmy award for "outstanding achievement in real time virtual imaging for live event television".

 



WTVision

Real Player Video - wtvision Showreel 2005
 

Founded in April 2001, as a part of the MEDIAPRO Group, one of the main independent European audiovisual producers, wTVision is a software development company for the broadcast industry, using the market's most popular hardware platforms. In July 2001, PT Multimedia acquired a share of wTVision. Headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal, wTVision concentrates its investigation, development and operations centre, assuming itself as a Portuguese company with strong goals of globalisation of its products and services. wTVision has created a range of products and services to generate and control real time on-air graphics, automation systems for TV, virtual graphics, interactive services and corporate TV, among others. Currently, wTVision has international partnerships for developing and marketing its products and services, having provided services to many clients worldwide for a wide range of on-air graphics, like live sports broadcast, elections, weather reports, newstickers and promo systems, information channels, game shows, among other services. Products and services include:

On-air graphics, for the broadcast market with standard graphic platforms (2D and 3D; SD and HD) - ORAD DVG and PSY, Inscriber INCA, Matrox Digisuite Series, Pinnacle FxDeko, Chyron Duet, among others.

Automation systems for TV, creating and integrating informationand broadcast control systems for all sorts of needs in the broadcast industry.

Interactive Programs and Services with several iTV graphic platforms, as well as through alternative mechanisms integrated with traditional broadcast as SMS services, E-mails and others.

Corporate TV, creating solutions to produce a manage distributed TV channels networks keeping all broadcast features.

Graphic Design, with creation and implementation capabilities over graphic platforms.

Consulting




gate 5 AG

gate5 AG has been acquired by NOKIA of Finland in autumn 2006 and is thus part of the largest mobile device maker in the world. Gate 5 is a software company specialized in the development of technology and applications for intelligent mobile guide and innovative messaging solutions for mobile devices such as mobile phones, PDAs and smartphones.

The company offers proprietary Software technology for all mobile operating systems such as SymbianOS, PalmOS, MS PocketPC, MS Smartphone2002 or Linux. gate5 technology allows distribution via cradle-based synchronisation, over-the-air or CD-ROM. Devices such as PDAs (personal digital assistants), smartphones, etc. with fast, always-on connection to mobile networks are emerging on the mass market now at increasingly favourable prices. gate5 key markets are premium guides, mass market directory services, automotive and telematic products. gate5 clients are content owner seeking additional revenues by publishing location sensitive content on mobile devices.

Companies like Falk, Fodors, LonelyPlanet, WhereOnWhen, Herold (yellowPages) have chosen gate5’s player technology to bring their content to the mobile users. Device makers such as Sony, SonyEricsson and Nokia have chosen to bundle gate5 player with their devices based on the superior user it offers. The main product of gate 5 is the Smart2Go mobile navigation system. Smart2Go will be a regular part of a range of mobile Nokia devices starting in late 2006.

gate5 is recognized as an innovation leader: The company has won several major awards among them the German e-conomy Award 2001 and the Austrian tel.con Award 2001. gate5 is the Berlin winner of the Tornado Supernova Start-up Competition 2001, and the company has been selected from hundreds as one of 13 "Gründer-Partner" (founding partners) by "Partner für Berlin", the official Berlin business promotion organization. gate5 is an active member of the following standardisation bodies SyncML (data synchronisation), LIF (localisation technologies), OGC (Open GIS Consortium).







Yahoo! Deutschland GmbH

Yahoo! Deutschland GmbH is the German subsidiary of Yahoo Inc., the largest Internet portal world-wide. When Yahoo! was founded in 1994 by Stanford Ph.D. students, David Filo and Jerry Yang, it began as their hobby and has evolved into a global brand that has changed the way people communicate with each other, find and access information, and make purchases. Today, Yahoo! Inc. is the Internet's leading global consumer and business services company, offering a comprehensive network of essential services for Web users around the globe as well as businesses of all sizes. As the first online navigational guide to the Web, Yahoo! (www.yahoo.com) is the leader in traffic, advertising, household and business user reach. Yahoo! is also the most recognized and valuable Internet brand globally, reaching over 345 million unique users in 25 countries and 13 languages.

Serving the world's largest Web audience, Yahoo! remains focused on becoming increasingly essential to the lives of consumers. Starting with its comprehensive, hand-built directory as well as the popular My Yahoo! service, Yahoo! offers a broad and deep array of communications, commerce and content services in over 100 distinct properties that lead consumers to make Yahoo! their home on the Internet and wireless devices.

As part of its ongoing commitment to enhance people's ability to connect with anyone around the world, Yahoo! offers communications services that include Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo! Calendar, Yahoo! Chat, Yahoo! Greetings, Yahoo! Clubs and Yahoo! Photos. One of the world's largest enablers of consumer transactions on the Web, the company offers commerce services such as Yahoo! Shopping, Yahoo! Auctions, Yahoo! Finance and Yahoo! Travel. And through partnerships with hundreds of premier content providers, Yahoo! offers content and media programming in popular areas of interest, including Yahoo! Sports, Yahoo! Music, Yahoo! Movies, Yahoo! News and Yahoo! Games.

Fitting the lifestyles of the mobile consumer, Yahoo! offers an increasing array of essential, personalized, localized and timely information on wireless devices, including wireless phones, two-way pagers and personal digital assistants. Committed to extending content and services beyond the desktop, Yahoo! has the largest global mobile audience and the greatest breadth of wireless products and services of any Web content provider.

As the No. 1 Internet network on corporate desktops, surpassing a 70 percent reach in the U.S. workplace, Yahoo! also offers a range of services for businesses and enterprises of all sizes. Corporate Yahoo! is an information portal solution that enables companies to communicate and interact directly with their employees, customers and shareholders over a secure and scalable platform. Yahoo! Broadcast Services is the leading provider of Internet audio and video streaming solutions for corporate and consumer communications, delivering thousands of live and on-demand, corporate events including: product launches, marketing programs, training/distance learning, keynote addresses, annual shareholder meetings, and quarterly earnings calls. Yahoo!'s Small Business services enable small businesses and professionals to establish and grow a business presence with services such as Yahoo! Domains, Yahoo! Website Services, Yahoo! Servers and Yahoo! Store.

An industry leader in online advertising, Yahoo! offers an integrated set of marketing services through Yahoo! Fusion Marketing that unite Yahoo!'s media, e-commerce, direct marketing, broadcast, and communication tools to allow clients to find any audience, connect with anyone, and sell anything. Yahoo!'s data driven services provide unparalleled targeting and measurement capabilities far beyond banners, clicks, and conversions. Customized to integrate clients' traditional marketing programs online, Yahoo! Fusion Marketing programs generate greater customer acquisition and retention, extended brand value, and increased sales in today's global marketplace.






Basketball-Bundesliga GmbH

Deutsche Basketball Bundesliga GmbH (BBL - German Basketball League) are the official Basketball association in Germany. The main first division Basketball clubs are shareholders of BBL. BBL own all the rights to the broadcast of first and second division league matches. This includes live matches, recorded matches, excerpts, to be broadcast in Germany and abroad. This applies to TV, radio, Internet, mobile, DVD/VHS and closed circuit rights.

BBL run their own website www.basketball-bundesliga.de, which shall be extended towards including mobile content.

They aim at producing live audio and video for TV, the Internet and for mobile devices on their own to reduce the dependency on the national TV stations.





Etriüsküs (Ruut)

Ruut are Estonia’s largest independent film, mobile content & TV production company. Ruut are composed of Ruut Television, Ruut Pictures, Ruut Commercials and Ruut Production Services.

Ruut Television are the TV producing arm, Ruut Pictures produce movies, Ruut Commericals deal with producing commercials and Ruut Production services offer various production services (from core production facilities, to pre-production and post-production).

Ruut focus on feature films, documentaries and different types of prime-time Estonian and Pan-Baltic TV programs (comedy series, infotainment, talk-shows, reality, format games).

They have recently expanded into new media and have added a line for live transmission of all kinds (concerts, music, sport). Most of their production work is for the two leading TV networks in Estonia TV3 and Antenna 2.





Markenfilm / Mhoch4

Markenfilm was founded in 1957 by Johannes Bittel as the first commercial German production company. Part of the German Wirtschaftswunder the company grew to become one of the largest most successful commercial film production companies.

The group of Markenfilm companies comprises BM8, Erste Liebe, Markenfim Berlin, Markenfilm Düsseldorf, Markenfilm Schweiz, MF Video, Mhoch4 and TV-Studio.

Key customers include Mercedes Benz, Sony Ericsson, Volkswagen, etc.

Commercial films produced by Markenfilm have won numerous prices among them the Clio Award, the ADC Award, the Andy Award, the Bob Award, the CPE Young Director’s Award and awards and numerous short listings in Cannes.

Within the Markenfilm group MH4 is responsible for format development and production, TV-PR and interactive content design for a sets of audio-visual outputs. A prime investigation area is Broadband TV, IPTV and mobile TV.


Hamburg 1

Hamburg 1 are the private regional TV station broadcasting in the Hamburg area. The company is owned by management and by the Axel Springer Verlags GmbH, the biggest publishing house in Germany.

Technically, Hamburg 1 are able to reach more than 2 million households. They can be received via antenna and cable. Programming focus is on local and regional news, entertainment, sports and services.

Hamburg 1 are among the biggest local and regional TV stations in Germany.

 


Europa

EU Eramework