POSTED: Monday March 28th 2011
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Eurosport extends Silver Sponsorship deal with SportAccord Convention until 2012

Eurosport, Europe's leading sports entertainment group, will be a Silver Sponsor of SportAccord Convention through 2012.

The deal takes Eurosport's involvement as sponsor and exhibitor with the leading international sports convention to three years.

Eurosport works very closely with federations year-round to help bring broadcast solutions to their sports, therefore SportAccord Convention, which unites federations from around the world, is the perfect partner.
This year's edition of the SportAccord Convention takes place in London for the first time, from April 3-8 at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge Hotel. Eurosport will have premium onsite presence during the convention, including sponsorship of the Internet Corner and a dedicated Eurosport booth. 

"Eurosport is delighted again this year to be part of the SportAccord Convention set-up. The convention brings together sports federations and organizations for the exchange of ideas and best practices, and it is absolutely crucial for a global sports broadcaster such as Eurosport to be part of this," says Eurosport Chairman and CEO Laurent-Eric Le Lay.
 
“Eurosport as a multi-year Silver Sponsor makes an excellent fit for our event, and the London edition has a special relevance with Eurosport being a broadcaster of next year’s Summer Olympic Games,” says Anna Hellman, executive director of SportAccord Convention. “Eurosport has long shown its commitment to covering and supporting the sports of so many international federations year after year.”

Next year, the SportAccord Convention will take place in Canada in the city of Quebec.

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About Eurosport Group
The Eurosport Group is Europe's leading sports entertainment group. Eurosport, the n°1 pan-European TV channel, is broadcast in 20 languages reaching 123 million homes and 240 million viewers across 59 countries. Eurosport HD is the high definition simulcast of Eurosport. Eurosport 2 broadcasts to 48 million households in 16 languages across 47 countries. Eurosport 2 HD was launched in August 2009. Eurosport Asia-Pacific reaches 15 countries in the region. Eurosportnews provides up-to-date sports TV news transmitted worldwide. Online, Eurosport has a network of dedicated sports websites in 11 different languages. Eurosport is ranked as Europe's N°1 online sports destination and is visited by over 11 million unique users per month (comScore).  Eurosport Mobile offers Live streaming, mobile sites and mobile applications in 10 languages providing LIVE sports news and results. Eurosport Events is the group's expert division in the organisation, management and promotion of international sporting events. For more information, please visit http://www.eurosportcorporate.com

About the SportAccord Convention
The SportAccord Convention annually brings representatives from more than 100 international sports federations and organisations affiliated to SportAccord (General Association of International Sports Federations), ASOIF (Association of Summer Olympic International Federations) and AIOWF (Association of the International Olympic Winter Sports Federations), as well as the International Olympic Committee Executive Board, together with sponsors, bidding and host cities, architects, sports lawyers, broadcasters, games organising committees, rights holders and other specialists to discuss the key issues facing the sports industry.
Owned by SportAccord, ASOIF and AIOWF, the SportAccord Convention encompasses the annual Congress and General Assembly of each association, while offering the sports community a powerful opportunity to come together in an exclusive and authoritative networking environment to build relationships, exchange knowledge and develop ideas.

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