The Emmy Award is the most distinguished trophy in American broadcasting, which is why it was such a great achievement for ESPN to win three of them for its broadcast of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™. In addition to awards for Writing and Music, ESPN claimed the prize in the prestigious Live Sports Special category for its coverage of the Final between Spain and the Netherlands on 10 July 2010 in Johannesburg. ESPN then associated HBS to its win by sending HBS CEO Francis Tellier a copy of the Emmy.

Director Wolfgang Straub was rewarded for his coverage of the FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011™ with a Golden Podium award at last night's awards ceremony at the Sportel convention in Monaco. The winning footage for Best Slow Motion Sequence Isolated Camera Shot came from the quarter-final match between England and France, held on 9 July in Leverkusen. The match ended in a penalty shoot-out, which France went on to win when England captain Faye White struck the crossbar with her team's last shot. The winning footage depicts the French team celebrating as Faye White looks on dejectedly from the background.

The IBC (International Broadcast Convention) conference took place in Amsterdam recently, and HBS once again left the event having earned the recognition of its peers -- this time via a collaborative award for Outstanding Achievement in Stereo 3D given to the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) for its implementation of 3D coverage at this year's edition of Wimbledon, in partnership with BBC, Can Communicate, Sony, NEP Visions and HBS.

Today, September 16, 2011, marks the “1000 days to kick-off” milestone … “Faltam 1000 Dias”, as our Brazilian friends would say. The 2014 FIFA World Cup™ is planned from 12 June to 13 July 2014. It will be the 20th FIFA World Cup™ in total, the first to be held in South America since 1978 and the second to be hosted by Brazil.

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