Rogers Sportsnet To Broadcast 2006 FIFA World Cup™

Zug, Switzerland, 16 November 2004 – Infront Sports & Media has signed an exclusive agreement with Rogers Sportsnet, the Canadian broadcaster, for the Canadian broadcast rights to all matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup ™, which takes place in Germany.

This agreement includes rights to broadcast in the following six languages – English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Cantonese and Mandarin.

Sportsnet, a dedicated sports broadcaster, has built a strong reputation as a soccer broadcaster in Canada, televising live English Premier League football, Spanish Primera Liga soccer and matches of both the Canadian men’s and women’s national teams. Sportsnet also produces Soccercentral, a football magazine show that airs twice a week.

“We are delighted to acquire the rights to such a premier world event as the FIFA World Cup,” says Doug Beeforth, President of Rogers Sportsnet. “This agreement takes our network to another level and that’s exciting.”

A second agreement between Infront and Sportsnet covers a package of additional FIFA events including:

– Futsal World Championship 2004
– FIFA World Youth Championship 2005
– FIFA U-17 World Championship 2005
– FIFA Confederations Cup 2005
– FIFA U-19 Women’s World Championships 2004 and 2006
– Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cups 2005 and 2006
– 2004, 2005 and 2006 FIFA World Player Galas

“Sportsnet has shown its commitment to soccer, in particular its popular broadcasts of the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women’s World Championship, so Infront is delighted that it will be showing all 64 matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ live and delayed and providing Canadians with the opportunity to also experience many other international FIFA Events” said Oliver Seibert, an Executive Director of Infront.