LEADING SUPPLIERS
Exhibitors are hand picked according to their leading edge media, commercial or technology services to football and have been invited to showcase their services to over 1000 delegates attending Leaders in Football. Here is a selection of those who exhibited in 2011:
AFL delivers creative, dynamic and striking design solutions with high quality functionality, ensuring that the buildings designs are not only compelling, but fully address the client’s needs. AFL is as passionate about shaping the built form and the environment, as it is about maintaining a commercial focus. The Practice has established itself as one of the UK’s leading sports designers with a worldwide client base. We offer further areas of expertise including Healthcare, Urban Regeneration and Residential Development, Education, Commercial and Interior Design. The diversity of our experience and our commitment to excellence offers a flexible and ambitious approach to each of our clients, illustrated by our portfolio of exciting and successfully delivered projects. With a diverse and growing client base, including many international football and sports teams, AFL is currently working on projects in Europe, the Middle East, South America and Africa, following the successful delivery of Peter Mokaba Stadium, one of the 2010 World Cup Venues.
Atlas Premium Brands (‘APB’) is a business dedicated to the distribution of branded digital media content to consumers through mobile telecoms networks and the Internet. The company operates internationally and is currently focusing on the football media market. It has secured rights of individual players within the premiership league and we have contracts for certain territorial digital media rights signed with Chelsea and several other high-profile football clubs. Building on its content distribution platform, APB is developing its own B2C channels; Mobile network sports portal (branded ‘Sports Locker’) and Mobile network TV channel (branded ‘Sports Locker TV’).
When a sports fan goes to a game, it’s not all about the game anymore. With Avid InGame®, our complete sports marketing solution, sports marketing production groups can leverage a wide array of promotional vehicles to create rich, compelling fan experiences, build strong, compelling franchise brands, and generate strong incremental revenues. Continuing to revolutionize the digital audio and video industry, Avid has earned top Oscar®, Grammy®, and Emmy®. awards by helping our customers create compelling work, gain the recognition they deserve, and build many of the world’s most competitive businesses. Whatever you can imagine, Avid can help you achieve.
Among the most exciting current developments in sport is ChallengerTEC’s iView Sports, giving clubs the opportunity to harness new revenue streams whilst revolutionising spectators’ match day experience with in-game replays, e-programme, betting and food & drink services, all from their mobile handsets. What is unique about iView is that it is rooted in-game, and so targets a captive audience within the stadium. The installation of high density Wi-Fi not only guarantees an unrivalled customer experience, but gives a stadium a highly valuable infrastructure. Fusing each and every aspect of what a spectator may want or need whilst watching sport, and providing a localised interaction between club and customer, iView presents a lucrative business prospect and differentiator for organisations who are focused on staying ahead of the game. iView provides a direct channel to customers which allows for the collection of valuable CRM data and tailored advertising; a large return on investment through app sales and increased retail sales; and the differentiation which businesses strive for in today’s market.
deltatre is a recognised leader in providing digital media and technology solutions to major sports federations and broadcasters. The company provides a wide range of products and services including sport websites, mobile applications, tablet and connected TV solutions; sport data collection, management and distribution; broadcast graphics solutions; and video archive services for sports rights owners.
Erreà Sport clothing is made in Erreà Sport factories, that is what makes us different! Every aspect of our business is controlled form our headquarters in Parma, Italy, which allows us to offer a quality of product, from Oeko-Tex certification to performance enhancing fabrics, and a level of services, from design stage to direct shipping, which are exceptional, unique and second to none. When you work with Erreà you are working directly with the designer and manufacturer of your clothing range. To find out more about us, please visit our stand in the exhibition area.
With over 15 years’ experience of providing the very best in training camps and individual match preparation, ESEM’s highly professional approach ensures that football teams are left to concentrate solely on preparing for the challenge ahead. From our offices in Manchester and Marbella we organise and manager summer and winter training camps throughout Europe, including the organisation of friendly matches and handle some of Europe’s top clubs and national teams for their Champions League, Europa League and international matches.
If it’s football, it has to be Eurovision. Your indispensable partner. International federations and national leagues around the world put their trust in Eurovision to deliver their prestige live events and help them maximise their global audiences. Seamlessly, reliably and cost-effectively. Eurovision. When it has to be right, we’re right there.
With over 50 years in the industry and more than 700 staff, Maples and Calder is a leading international law firm advising global financial, institutional and business clients on the laws of the Cayman Islands, Ireland and the British Virgin Islands. Maples and Calder is known worldwide for the quality of its lawyers. This extensive experience, the depth of the team and a collegiate approach are main characteristics of the firm, enabling the firm to provide the highest quality legal advice on a wide range of transactions. Maples and Calder offices are located in the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dubai, Dublin, London and Hong Kong. The service provided is enhanced by the strong relationships the firm has developed. For fiduciary services requirements, the firm provides a seamless, “one stop shop” capability through its affiliate MaplesFS.
As hospitality and retail become ever more crucial to a club’s sales revenues and profitability, having the right technology in place becomes essential. MICROS offers integrated solutions to help you maximise revenues and deliver great service to your fans. Integrated e-commerce, mobile, and in-store retail systems allow you to sell merchandise across multiple channels, on match days and to fans across the globe. Powerful point-of-sale systems and reservation software, used by customers including Wembley and Emirates Stadium, include support for inventory management, cashless payment, near real-time reporting, and much more, all flexible enough to meet the needs of corporate boxes, concession outlets, bars, restaurants, and kitchens.
McKenzie Clark is recognised as one of the leading companies in the signage and visual branding sector. Established some fifty years ago it has grown into a dynamic, award winning business specialising in providing a turn-key implementation service including project management, in-house production of key works, distribution, delivery, installation and finally ethical disposal including recycling of sports signage and branding. Recent projects include a major rebranding of Leicester City FC, exterior museum branding for Chelsea FC and an exterior branding project at the Emirates Stadium in London. Projects relating to London 2012 include the recent Lloyds TSB Torch Relay and the Olympic Park 5km hoarding. The business works directly with end clients and partner’s creative consultancies to ensure the most innovative and cost-effective result is attained. Based in London, McKenzie Clark works on International projects using an established network of partners based in 17 countries around the World.
Press Association delivers rich sporting data and editorial content to companies worldwide. Media organisations, digital publishers, betting companies, sports agencies, sponsors, clubs and governing bodies rely on PA’s fast, flexible and accurate sporting information to drive engagement. Press Association is the data partner of choice for many sports federations and governing bodies, including the English Premier League, and is Host National News Agency for the London 2012 Olympics.
Prozone are the leaders in the field of Sports Performance Analysis, offering advanced match analysis and player recruitment solutions. We have built a reputation as the most respected and reliable performance analysis service in world football by consistently providing the most objective performance insights through a combination of expertise, cutting-edge technology and innovative products. Established in 1998, Prozone now provide a range of Performance Analysis, Player Recruitment, Research and Consultancy services to over 100 clubs, leagues and federations across the world including Arsenal FC, Manchester United FC and FC Barcelona. Prozone analyse over 10,000 games every season from leagues across the world and now have a global business with offices in the UK, Continental Europe, the Middle East, South Africa, North America, South America and Asia.
Sony is setting the standard for global live 3D broadcast with our 3D broadcast workflow and solutions revolutionising sports coverage. Since the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Sony has continued to set the standard with further innovation at major sporting events, including the Ryder Cup and the 125th Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships. 3D is just part of the picture and we are always looking to deliver new innovative solutions. Our ability to process multiple HD camera feeds and track players in real time is the key to a new range of products being developed that will dramatically change the way we are able to broadcast sporting events and enhance performance coaching at club level. If this sounds interesting, come to our stand to see the next generation audio-visual solutions that could transform your teams potential.
Supponor Systems provides clubs, federations, right holders and agencies a unique solution to extract value from their marketing rights portfolio. Supponor DBRLive – technology turns the static physical perimeter ads into dynamic content inventory enabling new revenue sources. DBRLive works real-time and on post-production and it can be utilised on all delivery channels in multiple markets and for all target groups. Visit our Stand number 25 for more information.
Launched in 2007, Thomas Lyte is a new English Luxury brand dedicated to creating silver and leather accessories of the finest quality. Creative flair and English design can be seen throughout the range, with some of the collection made in our own London Silversmiths and leather workshop in Fulham. We design and create some of the world’s most iconic sporting trophies, and proudly restore the FA Cup every year to its full glory.
Ticketmaster is a market leader in online ticket purchasing. Ticketmaster proudly lists amongst its clients some of the world’s greatest sporting organisations, hosting the most prestigious events in sport. For many of these clients, we provide marketing support, CRM and database management, software solutions, access control technology, consultancy, project management, retail and full project solutions. We work closely with the event organisers and ticketing teams to deliver a unified, cohesive and successful ticketing strategy, focused on consumer satisfaction, maximum sales revenue and innovative technology.
Tickets.com is a full service provider of integrated ticketing solutions designed to enable sports, entertainment, visitor attraction and arts organisations to sell tickets to consumers under the clients’ own brand. We enable our clients to capture, access and manage consumer data through ticket sales, providing them with a 360 view of buying habits and preferences of their fans and patrons to enhance their marketing efforts. We have always taken great pride in our ability to supply and support our customers with tailored solutions best suited to meet their unique needs. Key to this success is the flexible approach in the way we conduct our business and the level of attention paid to understanding an individual client’s specific requirements.
Videonations are a leading bespoke High Definition videoconferencing provider working globally to enhance communications with organizations seeking to make decisions faster, save time and most importantly, significantly cut travel expenditure, whilst contributing to the green agenda. We provide videoconferencing for the PFA, Arsenal Football Club plus major worldwide brands such as GlaxoSmithKline, BBC and Nokia. Sports industries are extremely competitive environments and this is especially true within the football fraternity. There are many aspects that contribute to a successful football club both on and off the field. True to all though, is the ability to make decisions faster, generate extra funds, spread national and global presence, save time and money on the business aspects as well as to increase the finance available to the most marketable asset – the on field team. High Definition videoconferencing is the tool to achieve this and will make communications at every level Champion’s League standard.
Founded in 1989 and proudly celebrating 22 years of creative excellence. Branding – everything from brand strategy, corporate identity, competition branding major sports event branding, publications and presentations to full collateral rollout. Motion – video production, editing, motion graphics, visual FX, CGI, animation and the internet. Events – events, conferences, experiential tours, fan zones, exhibitions and museum design. We work with the world’s biggest Sporting Federations; FIFA, UEFA, FIBA, IAAF, FIVB, ERC, RFL and NBA; everything from annual reports to online brand resources; from World Championships to World Cups.
ZXY Sport Tracking AS is a Norwegian-based company founded by the collaborating institutions of Norwegian Olympic Sport Committee, Rosenborg FC and Radionor Communications. The company cooperates closely with Norwegian Top Football Federation, AJAX and Norwegian Universities in developing the next generation sport tracking system. The ZXY Sport Tracking ambition is to provide team sports, starting with football, with a new generation sport analysis system. The company combines prize awarded products and skills of the specialized wireless technology team of Radionor, with competence of the most professional sport analysts and top league coaches in Norway. We are today proud to announce a fully automatic and real-time system meeting the most demanding requirements from professional coaches and winning sport teams.









































