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HBS TO PROVIDE CONSULTANCY FOR POLISH EKSTRAKLASA'S TV PRODUCTION - 21/05/2013
Poland’s premier football league, the T-Mobile Ekstraklasa, has chosen HBS to provide consultancy services regarding the TV production of its 240 live matches per season. All production work is carried out by the league’s 100% affiliate Live Park, established two years ago. It is T-Mobile Ekstraklasa’s target to enhance the TV signals from the 2013/14 season onwards. HBS will conduct a thorough analysis of the league's production for this purpose...
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FIFA WORLD CUP™ BROADCAST COMMUNITY MEETS AT FIFA WBM1 - 30/04/2013
The first FIFA World Broadcaster Meeting (WBM1) for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ took place in Rio de Janeiro last week, opening with a two-day plenary session and carrying on with two additional days of unilateral meetings. The FIFA WBM1 allowed FIFA, HBS and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) to present their detailed plans for the event to a gathering of over 350 invited MRLs from across the planet...
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HBS BRAZIL MAKES ITS MOVE - 12/03/2013
With less than 100 days remaining before Brazil and Japan face off in the Opening Match of the FIFA Confederations Cup 2013, HBS continues to ramp up its Rio de Janeiro-based team in what promises to be a key year for its operations in Brazil. What started in early 2011 as a trio of HBS veterans opening the company’s traditional host country office is now a big band including over thirty people, most of them local newcomers to the company selected for their expertise in relevant fields...
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OFFICIAL 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP™ POSTER UNVEILED - 30/01/2013
The official poster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ was unveiled today in Rio de Janeiro, completing the graphic identity package for the tournament. The poster, the creative concept of which is "Brazil and Football: one shared identity", depicts a pair of players fighting for possession of a football, with their legs outlining the shape of the host nation. It was designed by Brazilian creative agency Crama and was selected ahead of two competing designs by a high-profile panel...
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500 DAYS TO 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP™ - 28/01/2013
Today marks a major milestone on the road to the 2014 FIFA World Cup™, as only 500 days remain before the kick-off of the Opening Match. The tournament's Local Organising Committe (LOC), the Brazilian Government and FIFA were all set to celebrate this symbolic date, among others by showing off the official 2014 FIFA World Cup™ poster, when tragedy struck at a nightclub in Santa Maria this weekend. Out of respect for the dead the festivities have been cancelled, with the poster's unveiling rescheduled for this coming Wednesday...
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