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EYES On The Prize -
Copa America 2007
With only three years separating CONMEBOL’s official award of the from the first ball being kicked, Football Business explores a remarkable construction and infrastructure project, and examines the commercial impact the tournament will have on a country where a vast number of people still live in poverty. By RICHARD EWING, in Caracus
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The new NOKIA E-SERIES devices
 We all know there’s more to life than business. You need your phone to provide the very best office features – but you also want it to give you something more. Recognizing this need, Nokia has combined three top of the range enterprise devices with a little something extra, for life in the office and out. After all, business doesn’t have to be boring
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TERRAPLAS: proven protection
A case study on Terraflor, at the Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia
In pursuit of eliminating the stress and anxiety that might be felt by sports venue managers and event organisers (not to mention groundsmen), the premise has been on companies at the cutting edge of pitch protection to develop comprehensive, efficient, yet highly-versatile systems that ensure that pitch-level events don’t translate into ground-level damage.
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SHOW me the money
 The advent of the premiership brought with it a new dawn of business and sports commercialism in the UK. With its impact on the game spreading unrelentingly across Europe and the rest of the world, James Evans talks to arguably the UK’s laeding sponsorship lawyer, Andy Korman.
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Own GOALS?
Football Business speaks to Keith Harris, Executive Chairman of Seymor Pierce, a former Head of the Football League , on the board at Wembley National Stadium Ltd, and widely regarded as one of the world’s leading authorities on ownership and its potential implications on the game of football.
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WEB EXCLUSIVE:
Alison BULLOCK (The David Beckham Academy)
The David Beckham Academy has revitalised the
way people view youth sport provision. With plans to
extend the brand further still, could we be looking
at a new force in the development of young football
talent, and what are the true commercial ideals behind
the project? Football Business spoke to ALISON BULLOCK,
General Manager of the David Beckham Academy, to find
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EUROPEAN Club Association
Has the ECA really stepped out of G14's shadow? Football Business magazine asks UEFA Head of Communications William Gaillard, before courting the opinion of independent expert John Williams, who is Director of the Centre for the Sociology of Sport at the University of Leicester. |
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SCHENKER
Football Business magazine speaks to Head of Schenker Global Sports Events, Matthew Clarke, about the path to logistics success. |
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Christian MUTSCHLER
With a hugely successful Euro 2008 campaign behind us, Football Business magazine speaks to Swiss Tournament Director Christian Mutschler about the strength of the product. |
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Martin KALLEN
Euro 2008 Chief Operating Officer Martin Kallen speaks to Football Business magazine about the development of the European Championship brand. |
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Gilberto MADAIL
Football Business magazine speaks exclusively with Gilberto Madail about the legacy of the European Championships, and how their influence lives on even after the footballers, fans and press have departed. |
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OVERLOOKED and Overdrawn
What is the real effect of Euro failure. Football Business magazine looks at the sporting and social consequences of the failure of British sides to qualify for Euro 2008. |
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BUILDING Blocs
Football Business magazine investigates whether plans for the 2012 tournament are progressing to the satisfaction of the football world. |
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COMMUNICATION Innovation
Marc Schneider, Rental Director for Riedel Communications, speaks to Football Business magazine about the power of radio. |
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RIGHT To Ask
Football Business magazine readers put their questions to Eurocalcio editor Lorenzo Zacchetti about the state of Italian football in 2008 |
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UNSETTLED and Unseated
Salvatore Landolina investigates the reasons behind the drop in attendances in Serie A over the past decade. |
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When Irish Eyes Are SMILING
Northern Ireland Football Association Head of Marketing Geoff Wilson speaks to Football Business magazine about a marketing drive that has transformed the fortunes of the association. |
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Back To The FUTURE
Chief Commercial Officer Martin Burkhalter writes for Football Business magazine about the power of sports archives |
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More than a PITCH
When Arsenal locked the gates on their Highbury Stadium for the last time on May 7th 2006, they left behind a landmark to English and European football. James Evans meets the Emirates Stadium Head of Hospitality Steve Brice and hears how the gunners are exploiting the commercial potential of their new home.
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feature - VIZRT
UNLOCKING YOUR CLUB’S HERITAGE:
New paths to profit
 Martin Burkhalter is
Managing Director
of ‘Vizrt Sports’, the world’s leading provider of real -time 2D and 3D broadcast graphics and media asset management systems. Here, Martin writes exclusively for Football Business magazine about the technological advances that can enable our clubs to convert sporting history into modern-day profitability
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Football Business Summer Edition
This issue includes: English Football Association CEO Brian Barwick tells us why there is so much to be optimistic about across football and business. Insight into this season's key issues of ownership and broadcast, courtesy of Keith Harris and Dan Jones, while UEFA’s William Gaillard presents his vision for Europe's governing body. Sponsorship expert Andy Korman gets to the heart of football’s fiery climb through commercial and promotional awareness…
PLAIN SAILING:
solving accommodation shortages
With accommodation always limited at major sports events, floating hotels are seen as the smart alternative.
Floating Hotel AB is leading the way as Andreas Larsson and Richard Aldhous discover
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From humble BEGINNINGS
Speaking to Riedel Communications’ Rental Director, Marc Schneider, it is not difficult to see how a company that formed 20 years ago with a stock base that comprised just four radios, has grown to become one of the world’s leading providers of digital intercom systems at sports events as varied as the football World Cup and the Asian Games
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What's In A Name?
 Why should clubs stop at shirt sponsors and stadium deals, as business begins to consider how long it might be before other clubs choose to grasp the obvious commercial and promotional angles that partnering themselves with big business can present? Chris Green reports
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