Alfacam and Nimbus signed a multi year agreement for the provision of High Definition Equipment and technical services across various sport in Asia and the Middle East. The first result of this alliance is a contract to cover almost 750 Cricket Games over the next three years in India, worth over 20.000.000 US$.
The 3 year agreement, comes on the back of a successful relationship between both companies which began 8 months ago and saw Alfacam successfully provide High Definition equipment for a number of cricket events in India including the Australia and New Zealand cricket tours of India in 2010, over 60 days of Indian domestic cricket and a large number of matches of the Indian Premier League 2011.
The new alliance will see Alfacam provide top of the line High Definition Equipment for international and domestic cricket events in India including International cricket tours, the IPL and the Champions League T20, totaling over 700 match days. The configuration for these events will vary between three to eight complete HDTV Flight case structures, each scaling from 22 to 29 GVG cameras and CANON lenses, 6 to 8 EVS hard disk servers, stumpcams, wireless systems, the complete digital audio production and a lot more.
Nimbus Sport will now also exclusively market all Alfacam Equipment products throughout Asia and the Middle East, providing Alfacam with a serious thrust into the sports market in the region.
Yannick Colaco, COO Nimbus said: “We are pleased to be partnering with one of the World’s most renowned provider of OB equipment for Sports Events. As we’ve worked with Alfacam over the last few months, their extensive experience, (which includes major global events like the FIFA World Cup and the Olympics) and expertise has been clearly visible. Nimbus Sport is extremely excited at the opportunity of working with the team at Alfacam in providing cutting edge Equipment solutions across one of the world’s fastest growing sports markets”
Gabriel Fehervari, CEO ALFACAM comments: “India is an amazing country with fantastic people and with a booming television industry. Each top Cricket game is watched by over one hundred million viewers in India and lots of others in UK, Australia and many former Common Wealth countries. It is an honor and a pleasure for our teams to work here and the cooperation with NIMBUS offers huge potential in the South East Asian market and in Middle East, where NIMBUS have lots of projects going on.
About ALFACAM GROUP
Alfacam Group [EURONEXT Brussel: ALFA] groups de activities from Alfacam nv, EuroLinX wireless services, EURO1080 and the EUROCAM MEDIA & FILM CENTER
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Alfacam primarily delivers services to TV stations and production houses and with 22 HD production vans the company comprises the largest HD OB fleet in Europe. Alfacam undertakes more than 3000 assignments each year, of which more than 95% make use of HDTV technology. Recent references include every Olympic Games since 2002 (with 19 OB vans in Beijing 2008 and in Vancouver 2010), the Football World Cup in South Africa 2010 and the MTV Awards. Alfacam also undertakes 3D recordings across a range of content from concerts to sports (for instance presently ROLAND GARROS tennis, box, cricket, Football/soccer).
About Nimbus Sport
Nimbus Sport, a subsidiary of media conglomerate Nimbus Communications Limited, is a leading full service sports rights management and marketing company providing a complete range of solutions in sport, from on?ground to on?air. Nimbus markets the global media rights for all International cricket played in India in an exclusive arrangement with the BCCI. In addition to the rights acquired from the BCCI, it has acquired and manages certain rights with respect to other sports federations, including Bangladesh Cricket Board, Asian Cricket Council, Indian Golf Union, Indian Hockey Federation, Cricket Kenya, and Singapore Cricket Association.
Nimbus Sport is also a leading producer of the World Feed for LIVE sports events and has, over the last few years, produced over 4,000 hours of LIVE content for sports events