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SOUTH AMERICAN SOCCER
COPA AMERICA 2007
Event Date
: 3 Weeks in July 2007, Venezuela
Rights Availability : Available across Asia all TV platforms,
PPV/Closed-circuit, Broadband, Mobile,
Home Video/DVD
Programme
: 26 matches available LIVE or Delayed LIVE
+ Pre-tournament programme (30-mins)
+ Mid-tournament highlights (30-mins)
+ Post-tournament wrap-up (60-mins)
Archives from Copa America 2004 also available
Delivery Method
: Via satellite or tape delayed
Participating Teams : 12 national teams: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil,
Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru,
Uruguay and Venezuela plus two invited
national teams from Concacaf
Support
: Virtual Press Room (VPR): Internet access to statistics of all past editions
of the tournament including standings, results, fixtures, schedules,
calendar, scorers, regulations, past champions, etc
Pre-match analysis: new updates and analyses of teams and players to
support broadcasters' narrations and commentaries
Team profiles: teams' basic information and past performance in local
and international tournaments
All matches and programmes fully post-produced with international
graphics, opening and closing vignettes and English audio guide
Copa America is the most important continental championship for South
American national teams. This is the tournament that gathers three of the
world's greatest footballing nations; Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay who have
collectively won 9 FIFA world Cups between them.
Needless to say, the tournament showcases the excitement
and the grace of football in South America along with the
fierce rivalry and deep emotions that are all an integral part
of the challenge for the continent's most important trophy:
the Copa America.
First played in 1916, Copa America is the undisputed audience leader in Latin
America and was watched in over 160 countries in 2004.
IN THE SUMMER OF 2007, THERE WILL BE NO OTHER MAJOR SPORTING EVENT
TO CATCH THE IMAGINATION AND EYEBALLS OF THE ASIAN PUBLIC!
