02.02.05 -- Infront Sports & Media has reached an agreement with ESPN STAR Sports of Asia for the television and radio broadcast rights of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™.

Zug, Switzerland, 2 February 2005 -- Infront Sports & Media has reached an agreement with ESPN STAR Sports of Asia for the television and radio broadcast rights of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™ and a further agreement for the FIFA Confederations Cup 2005.
 
ESPN STAR Sports has acquired a package of exclusive live and delayed television broadcast rights for all matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ via terrestrial, satellite and cable across the following territories in all local languages: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
 
ESPN STAR Sports has also acquired non-exclusive radio broadcast rights for the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ in the same territories and languages.
 
ESPN STAR Sports Managing Director, Rik Dovey said: "With our broadcast rights for the 2006 FIFA World Cup™, ESPN STAR Sports offers the most comprehensive soccer coverage available in this region. No other sporting event captures the world's focus and imagination like the FIFA World Cup™ and this marks another step in our ongoing strategy to bring our viewers only the best must-see sports programming available."
 
Oliver Seibert, an Executive Director of Infront, said: "ESPN STAR Sports is a great soccer supporter and this agreement will continue the process of developing football across the Asian region. The coverage of the FIFA Confederations Cup is good news as it extends the impact of the FIFA programme and provides build-up to the big event in 2006."
 
ESPN STAR Sports has its headquarters in Singapore. It is a joint venture between two of the world's leading cable and satellite broadcasters, ESPN Inc. and STAR. It has emerged as Asia's definitive and most complete sports broadcaster. ESPN reaches 128 million households while STAR Sports reaches over 57 million households (as of June 2004).
 
For further information, please contact:
John Kristick
Infront Sports & Media AG
Tel. +41-41-723 15 15
Fax. +41-41-723-1516
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