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Ismaning, 3 September 2010 – PLAZAMEDIA Swiss AG, a fully-owned subsidiary of PLAZAMEDIA GmbH, will produce a total of nine qualifying matches for UEFA EURO 2012 on behalf of international sports-marketing agency Infront Sports & Media. The production company will produce two international matches each of Liechtenstein and Moldova this year, with a further five productions to follow in 2011.

When today the qualifiers kick off throughout Europe, PLAZAMEDIA Swiss will produce the central broadcast signal for the fixtures Liechtenstein versus Spain (group H) and Moldova versus Finland (group E) with a high technical complexity under the direction of the agency based in Zug, Switzerland.

For the clash between Liechtenstein and reigning world and European champions Spain, a 25-strong crew on location at the Rheinpark Stadium in Vaduz will create the signal with 11 cameras including a super-slow-motion one.

The Moldova versus Finland match, which takes place at the same time, will be produced by around 20 crew with eight cameras including a super-slow-motion one at Zimbru Stadium in Chisinau. And similar resources will be used for Moldova’s second qualifier on 8 October 2010 against World Cup finalists Holland and the match between Liechtenstein and the Czech Republic on 12 October 2010.

The Swiss TV-production company has already been producing FIFA and UEFA qualifying games in Liechtenstein and Moldova on behalf of Infront Sports & Media since 2006.


PLAZAMEDIA Swiss AG, as a fully-owned subsidiary of PLAZAMEDIA GmbH, offers a highly innovative service portfolio for the production of top domestic and international sport and top-class entertainment. As well as OB and studio production, PLAZAMEDIA SWISS also handles the post-production for its customers, with a service portfolio that includes broadcasting and programme operations as well as content production for the Internet and mobile terminals. PLAZAMEDIA SWISS AG is run by Robert Adams (CEO) and Christoph Roost.

PLAZAMEDIA GmbH, an Constantin Medien AG company, is one of the leading full-service providers for TV and new media and is also Germany’s largest producer of sports TV. Based in Ismaning near Munich, the company employs a full-time staff of 230 as well as 700 freelancers to produce content for television broadcasters and rights holders in the fields of domestic and international football, ice hockey, basketball, boxing, Formula 1, sailing and European and World Championships in a variety of sports. PLAZAMEDIA offers comprehensive services for OB production, broadcasting, new media, studio productions and post-production. The firm’s clients include Sky, DSF, ARD, ZDF, RTL, SAT.1, ProSieben, RTL II, Disney Television International and Eurosport, as well as many other national and international companies. PLAZAMEDIA is managed by Florian Nowosad (CEO), Zeljko Karajica and Markus Maximilian Sturm.