Asian Winter Games 2011 - Kazakhstan

Programme portfolio & footage request form of the Asian Winter Games 2011 in ENGLISH & RUSSIAN.  

Advanced program (preparations for the Asian Winter Games 2011):
14 minutes documentary:
Download Script in ENGLISH & RUSSIAN.
Download press release in ENGLISH & RUSSIAN.
News-feed January 23, 2011: Download shot-list in ENGLISH & RUSSIAN.

Daily program from January 31 - February 7, 2011:

International News-Feeds, daily 08:00am - 08:20am GMT:
Download satellite details. ftp-details on request.
News-feed January 31, 2011: Download shot-list in ENGLISH & RUSSIAN.
News-feed February 1, 2011: Download shot-list in ENGLISH & RUSSIAN.
News-feed February 2, 2011: Download shot-list in ENGLISH & RUSSIAN.
News-feed February 3, 2011: Download shot-list in ENGLISH & RUSSIAN.
News-feed February 4, 2011: Download shot-list in ENGLISH & RUSSIAN.
News-feed February 5, 2011: Download shot-list in ENGLISH & RUSSIAN.
News-feed February 6, 2011: Download shot-list in ENGLISH & RUSSIAN.
News-feed February 7, 2011: Download shot-list in ENGLISH & RUSSIAN.

International Highlight, daily available via ftp from 08:00am GMT on:
ftp-details on request.
Highlight of January 30, 2011: Download script in ENGLISH & RUSSIAN.
Highlight of January 31, 2011: Download script in ENGLISH & RUSSIAN.
Highlight of February 1, 2011: Download script in ENGLISH & RUSSIAN.
Highlight of February 2, 2011: Download script in ENGLISH & RUSSIAN.
Highlight of February 3, 2011: Download script in ENGLISH & RUSSIAN.
Highlight of February 4, 2011: Download script in ENGLISH & RUSSIAN.
Highlight of February 5, 2011: Download script in ENGLISH & RUSSIAN.
Highlight of February 6, 2011: Download script in ENGLISH & RUSSIAN.

Post program (Summary of the Asian Winter Games 2011):
26 minutes documentary:
Download Script in ENGLISH & RUSSIAN. 

Daily press release in English, Russian & Kazakh at www.astana-almaty2011.kz.

7. Asian Winter Games will be held in Astana & Almaty 
January 30 - February 6, 2011 

 

The Asian Games, also called the Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The games are regulated by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) under the supervision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Medals are awarded in each event, with gold for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition which started in 1951.

 

The 7th Asian Winter Games will be held in two cities Astana and Almaty, Kazakhstan. The most important event of the forthcoming Asian Games is the opening ceremony, which will be held on January 30 at the new football stadium in Astana. The ceremony will be the most vivid and spectacular event in the history of sovereign Kazakhstan and in the history of the Asian Winter Games. Officials, heads of friendly states, presidents of the International Olympic Committee and Olympic Council of Asia and other distinguished guests will attend the ceremony.

Until the closing ceremony on February 6 at the Sports Palace in Almaty which summarizes the large-scale event, more than 1,000 athletes from all over Asia will go for gold.

For many Asian countries, the Asian Games have the same significance as the Olympic Games. Therefore, preparations and delivery of such a large-scale event will once again demonstrate the leading positions of Kazakhstan in various areas and will be an evident acknowledgement of the country achievements.

 

Kazakhstan has transformed itself to prepare to welcome the world. Kazakhstan is sharing its light with the world with incredible new sports venues, amazing architecture and a welcoming people.  

  

Host Cities & Sports / Disciplines

Almaty

International Ski Jump Complex - Ski Jumping

Biathlon Complex - Biathlon

Cross-Country Ski Complex - Cross-country skiing, Ski orienteering

Baluan Sholak Sport Palace - Short track speed skating, Closing Ceremony

Shymbulak Alpine Sport Resort - Alpine skiing, Freestyle skiing

Medeo Alpine Ice Arena - Bandy

Astana

Indoor Speed Skating Stadium - Speed skating Ice Sport Palace - Ice Hockey

Alatau Sports Palace - Figure Skating

Participating National Olympic Committees (NOCs):

Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, DPR Korea, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Chinese Taipei, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

Eisgala Davos 2011

The best figure skaters in the world in the most beautiful ice stadium in Europe
February 11 - 12, 2011 / Davos - Switzerland

Programme portfolio & footage request form in GERMAN & ENGLISH.

Highlight program, broadcast ready with German & English voice over:
Download script in GERMAN & ENGLISH.

News-Feed on Sunday, February 13 at 09:00am GMT:
Download satellite details. ftp-details on request.
Download shotlist.
Download shotlist of full show-acts, available by ftp-download.

Download press release in GERMAN & ENGLISH.

On the 11th and 12th February the Eisgala Davos presents the best in the world in the show premiere “World’s Best”. In attendance are the newly crowned European champions; Sarah Meier (Switzerland) and Aljona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy (Germany). In addition, Olympic Games winners Xue Shen/Hongbo Zhao (China) and Shizuka Arakawa (Japan) are appearing as the first Asian skaters in Davos.

The collection of medals in international competitions is impressive: a total of 62 medals won in Olympic Games, world championships and continental competitions by the stars of the Eisgala Davos 2011. The most recent successes celebrated at the European Championships in Bern by Sarah Meier, Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy as well as Sinead and John Kerr (United Kingdom).

Premiers of the Olympic winners

Also the other champions appearing in the "World's Best" read like a “who's who” of figure skating: in attendance are  Xue Shen/Hongbo Zhao (pairs skating Olympic Champions 2010), Evgeny Plushenko (Olympic Champion 2006), Shizuka Arakawa (Olympic Champion 2006), Isabelle Delobel/Olivier Schoenfelder (Ice Dancing World Champions 2008) and Stéphane Lambiel (World Champion 2005/2006).

The Chinese Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao are described by experts as one of the best pairs of all time. In addition to their titles, they also hold the world record for the highest total score. Evgeny Plushenko is one of the most charismatic, and with a total of three Olympic medals (1 gold, 2 silver), also one of the most successful athletes. Shizuka Arakawa, meanwhile, entered the history books in 2006 by winning the first Olympic gold medal for the Japanese figure skating federation.

Also present at the big players’ concert is the Luxembourger Erin Fleur Maxwell, known as the Pirouette Queen as well as the Swiss skaters Tomi Pulkkinen and Moris Pfeifhofer.

Most famous artistes/Show Attractions

-       Stéphane Lambiel, Switzerland World Champion 2005/2006

-       Sarah Meier, Switzerland European Champion 2011 and European Championships 2^nd, 2007/2008

-       Xue Shen/Hongbo Zhao, China/ pairs - Olympic Champions 2010

-       Evgeny Plushenko, Russla/Olympic Champion 2006

-       Shizuka Arakawa, Japan/Olympic Champion 2006

-       Aljona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy, Germany/pairs – World Champions 2008/2009

-       Isabelle Delobel/Olivier Schoenfelder, France/Ice Dancing – World Champions 2008

-    Sinead Kerr/John Kerr, United Kingdom double European Championships 3.pl. 2009/2010

World Bodypainting Festival 2011 - Lake Wörthersee / Austria

Download program information & footage request form in GERMAN & ENGLISH.
Download list of all show-acts.
 

The World Awards for Body and Facepainting Artists
June 27 - July 3, 2011 - Carinthia/Austria

The World Bodypainting Festival from 27^th June to 3^rd July 2011 is the meeting place for the bodypainting world. For a decade now artists from up 40 nations have travelled to Carinthia to be a part of this event. We had to look for new location after the last festival in summer 2010. The festival organisation was successful in finding the perfect place for inspiration. The peninsula in Pörtschach at the Lake “Wörthersee” offers the best conditions to develop the hot spot of the bodypainting world over the next years. 

Participants from around 40 Nationen will again display and perform admired by about 30.000 visitors during the main days in Bodypaint City. The festival builds up over a week with three final main days in “Bodypaint City”, from 1st – 3rd July, hosting the World Championships. Artists paint on the peninsula of Pörtschach sourrounded by the beautiful touristic water of the Lake. The location is a natural jewel that offers artists a creative surrounding. The living artworks are then presented on stage with spectacularshows, sometimes including the most amazing special effects. 

The evenings are full of socialising in selected bars as well as a major highlight on Wednesday the 30th June the ‘Bodycircus’, a costumed fantasy ball, in a new spectacular location. The venue will transform into a mystical fairy tale location with guests arriving in costume ranging from Bodypainting, body decoration and masks, to extreme make-up and fantasy fashion. There is also an astounding style presentation as well as three levels of music with international DJ’s from ForceFm London as well as Ministry of Sound London, Air dancers, shows, costume prizes and entertainment. The ‘BodyCircus’ promises to be an evening of magic, pushing boundaries and letting imagination run free. The festival main days, start from 10.30 morning till late night from the 1st – 3rd July in the open air festival grounds, the “Bodypaint City”. The new location offers a very long lake shore so that artists are almost painting on the water. The World Awards 2011 main categories are “brush/sponge”, “airbrush” and “special effects bodypainting”. Several hours of extreme concentration are required from the artists, as well as a lot of patience from the models. In the late afternoon, the painted bodies will be presented to the audience and to the judges. During the presentation, spectacular shows will astonish the visitors. There will also be the night contest in Bodypainting, the ‘World Fluoro Award’. Fluorescent colours will be used and the models will glow and shine by using ultra violet lights all around the stage. Spectacular effects and performances are guaranteed. Because of the time the artists need during the day, the daily program for the main days will be enlivened by a variety of show events, colour-performances, multimediashows, body art fashion shows, styling-shows, live music and dj’s from all over the globe on 3 stages. 

The festival week finishes off with an explosive awards ceremony on Sunday night for the new World Champions, followed by massive music synchronised fireworks and an after show party supported by international DJ’s. 

For more information please visit: www.bodypainting-festival.com.   

Television details and footage availability: 
 

International  TV-Distribution:	rocket media communications™ GmbH
Formats:	pal, 16:9: news-playout, ftp-streaming, beta sp/digibeta, DV pal
International news-feed:	available on July 3 & July 4 at 10:00-10:20 CET (08:00-08:20 GMT) via satellite transmission & ftp-serverdownload. ftp-server details on request.
Roughcut-version:	available on July 4 at 10:00 CET on location or by courier.
10 min. Highlight-version + Web-TV Clip:	available on July 8 with English/German voice over via courier or ftp-serverdownload.
Unilateral tv-footage: (native interviews)	possible on request.
TV-rights:	12 month, free of charge.

The Republic of Tajikistan - Promotion Project 2011

Commemorate the 20 years anniversary of independence, the Republic of Tajikistan initiated a promotion project to present the beauty of Tajikistan to the world for the first time. rocket media communications™ was responsible for planning, production & palcement of the advertising spot which has been aired by euronews.

Tajikistan is a unique and beautiful land full of diversity, a country with a long history and a bright future. From its beautiful mountain scenery, through her busy markets, past ancient fortresses and Mosques to modern hotels and event centers, we show the beautiful landscapes, culture, business and peoples of Tajikistan.

The spot is a 30 second montage of cinema quality HD images showing the hidden treasures and modern marvels of Tajikistan. To view the 1 minute Director´s Cut press PLAY VIDEO – button.

Energy Globe Colloquium 2011

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Download press release in ENGLISH & GERMAN.

Download shotlist NEWS & ROUGHCUT.
ftp-download details on request.

 

Energy Globe Foundation and Club of Rome discuss turn in energy policy
 

The world’s energy demand is on the rise, and the call for a fair distribution of energy and resources while, at the same time, protecting the environment and climate is becoming increasingly more pronounced. World business, politics, and society are confronted with unprecedented challenges.The nature of these challenges and which solutions present themselves will be discussed by the Wise Men of the Energy Globe Foundation under the chairmanship of President Ashok Khosla, President of the Club of Rome, on 28 August 2011 in Salzburg, Austria. 

The event was initiated by Wolfgang Neumann, founder of the Energy Globe Foundation. Other high-profile participants are: Internationally renowned innovation researcher and vice president of the Indian Innovation Foundation, Anil Gupta; former EU Commissioners Benita Ferrero-Waldner and Franz Fischler; “green” investment banker Hong Nguyen, prominent captains of industry such as Klaus Fronius, Martin Essl, and many more.  

As early as 1972, in its report Limits to Growth, the Club of Rome warned of a collapse within the next one hundred years, should the present-day trend remain unchanged: “If the current increase in world population growth, industrialization, environmental pollution, food production, and depletion of natural resources continues at its current pace, the world’s absolute limits to growth will be reached within the next one hundred years.” The report’s 1992 and 2004 updates reach a similar conclusion. In all this, energy plays a central role. It is the driving force and ensures prosperity. However – will there be sufficient energy available to supply the world’s needs? Is there such a thing as the human right to energy? How can a fair distribution of energy be accomplished? Which energy sources play a decisive role? Which economic and political framework conditions are necessary in order to guarantee global energy supply and thus stable societies? What can and ought to be done by each and every individual? What responsibility does the industrialized world have towards emerging nations? These and many other questions will be discussed by a high-profile panel of experts throughout the Colloquium at the Salzburg Caverns. Beginning this year, the event will take place annually, including the adoption of a manifesto. 

The Energy Globe Foundation is a non-profit organization focusing on the creation of a higher level of  awareness for energy efficiency and sustainability. This objective has been achieved over a number of years via the organization’s two main activities: The Energy Globe World Award for Sustainability and Energy Efficiency Online Portal. Wolfgang Neumann, the organization’s founder, has been committed to working on energy efficiency for several decades. He is the founder of the Energiesparmesse, a trade show dedicated to renewable energy sources and energy efficiency, and has developed many campaigns in this field as well.In recognition of his many local and international achievements, Neumann is the recipient of numerous awards, most recently the EU Citizen Award.

Download more press information in ENGLISH & GERMAN.

Energy Globe 2011 - The world award for sustainability

November 25, 2011 – Wels / Austria
http://www.energyglobe.info/    

Downloads:
Program Information & footage request form in ENGLISH & GERMAN.

Shotlist NEWS 26.11.2011. 
Press release in ENGLISH & GERMAN.

Script of the 45 minutes TV-Documentary in GERMAN, ENGLISH, FRENCH, CHINESE (mandarin) & SPANISH.

Environmental presentation projects from around the world as answer to the greatest challenges.

While many are discussing how the global environmental challenges of our time can be solved, there are people everywhere around the world working sometimes in secret but all the more effectively to convert these solutions into practice. Many of these environmental heros will travel to Wels, Austria on the 25^th of November 2011 to the Energy Globe Awards to be distinguished for their outstanding work in the categories Earth, Fire, Water, Youth and Air. The Energy Globe Award is the most important environmental prize worldwide today, presenting and awarding best practice sustainable projects from around the world each year. An average of 1000 projects from over 100 states take part in Energy Globe Awards annually.

In any case there is the promise of astonishment in Wels! Projects set in practice from every continent have one thing in common: they solve local and global problems optimally. High Tech is as much in use as thought and the spirit of invention.

There are a considerable range or projects:

The nominated projects range from a worldwide most efficient prototype for a supermarket in Europe, to a Swedish harbor where ships can tank with clean energy, an internationally unique energy storage system in Canada, a financing model for an off grid supply of villages in Senegal with local evaluation and a Bio-gas project for usage in hotels and industry in Kenya. In Nigeria there is a “Farmers Radio” where local farmers can learn the latest news about lasting agriculture, a super energy control center in the Emirates, a passive house project in Russia, water supply in Nepal and Nicaragua, a water purification project in Rwanda that has simultaneously become a successful business model for local women and exciting youth projects from Zambia, Ghana and the USA.

Energy Globe founder Wolfgang Neumann is rightfully enthusiastic. “At this gala in Wels the complete strengths of energy efficiency meet. It’s unbelievable what is happening here in the world. By presenting the Energy Globe Awards we would like to highlight what can be achieved when we work together.”

All projects will be presented at the Energy Globe gala in Wels and the winners in each category will be awarded. From this voting the Energy Globe World Champion will be chosen.  An exciting race is expected. On the 25th of November the glowing environmental heros will stand on the stage. Star Moderator Désirée Nosbusch will present the gala.

High ranking guests will present the awards including Energy Globe head of the Jury Maneka Gandhi, the Australian attorney and Bush Heritage Australia Board Member, Leanne Liddle, originating from Ghana the former boss of the World Bank Inspection Panel, Prof. Eduard Ayensu, the green Investment banker, founder and CEO of Starise Investment, Hong Nguyen and the Austrian economic and energy minister Reinhold Mitterlehner.

Download project nominees 2011.

Download footage request form.

Energy Globe 2010 - The world award for sustainability

June 3, 2010 – Kigali / Rwanda
http://www.energyglobe.info    

Download Program Information in ENGLISH, GERMAN, FRENCH, SPANISH & CHINESE mandarin.

Download Press Release in English & German.
Download shotlist News

Download Script 40 minutes documentary in ENGLISH, GERMAN, FRENCH, SPANISH & CHINESE mandarin.

Energy Globe launched UN World Environment Day 2010 in Rwanda.

The Energy Globe World Awards in the Plenary Hall of the European Parliament have been absolute highlights for the Energy Globe at the European level. Now the world’s most prominent environmental award is on the threshold of a global milestone: 
On June 3, 2010 the Energy Globe Award and its international Energy Globe TV Gala launched this year’s UN World Environment Day in Rwanda under the auspices of UNEP.          

UN World Environment Day is the world’s largest environmental campaign, with participation by 150 nations. This global aspect is also underscored by the Energy Globe projects submitted from 105 nations; they show how to reasonably and efficiently use our resources in harmony with the motto of this year’s World Environment Day: Many species. One planet. One future. 

From all continents, high-ranking representatives and the nominees for Energy Globe awards traveled to Rwanda to represent nations such as USA, Taiwan, Sweden, Norway, Bangladesh, Nepal, Micronesia, Madagascar, Pakistan, India, Argentina, Morocco, Germany, Slovenia and Austria.

In 13 & 40 minutes documentary broadcasts worldwide, the Gala was moderated by the charming and internationally known ambassador of the Energy Globe, Désirée Nosbusch. The broadcast is featuring projects, the winners, the nation of Rwanda, and the activities of the UN to protect the environment and promote World Environment Day. 

World Environment Day was initiated in 1972 by the UN and is held each year on June 5 in a different host nation. Rwanda was selected for 2010 because the east African nation sets an international example regarding environment.

Download project nominees 2010 in ENGLISH, GERMAN, FRENCH, SPANISH & CHINESE mandarin.

Television details and footage availability:

Worldwide TV Distribution:	rocket media communications™
Formats:	news-feed, ftp-streaming of all formats, dv cam/digibeta  pal  (16:9).
13 minutes documentary:	about Energy Globe-projects (winners), edited version, ready to broadcast with English & German voice over via tape (dv cam/digibeta pal) & ftp-download available on June 16, 2010.
40 minutes documentary:	about Energy Globe-projects (nominees & winners), edited version, ready to broadcast with English, German, Spanish, French & Chinese mandarin voice over via tape (dv cam/digibeta pal) & ftp-download available on June 14, 2010.
TV- & music rights:	12 month, non-exclusive, free of charge. Music rights clearance of all programs for TV & Internet (world-wide).

World Bodypainting Festival 2010 - Lake Millstättersee / Austria

Download program information & footage request form in GERMAN & ENGLISH.
Download press release in German & English.

Download Highlight-Script in German & English. 
Download shotlist Roughcut Content & Interviews (all interviews are seperated available via ftp-download)
Download shotlist NewsInternational.

Download TV footage through RB Content Pool. 

The World Awards for Body and Facepainting Artists
July 12 - 18, 2010 - Carinthia/Austria

 

For more information please visit: www.bodypainting-festival.com.   

Television details and footage availability: 
 

International  TV-Distribution:	rocket media communications™ GmbH
Formats:	pal, 16:9: news-playout, ftp-streaming, beta sp/digibeta, DV pal
International news-feed:	available on July 19 at 10:00-10:20 CET (08:00-08:20 GMT) via satellite transmission & ftp-serverdownload. ftp-server details on request.
Roughcut-version:	available on July 19 at 10:00 CET on location or by courier.
13 min. Highlight-version + Web-TV Clip:	available on July 20 with English/German voice over via courier or ftp-serverdownload.
Unilateral tv-footage: (native interviews)	possible on request.
TV-rights:	12 month, free of charge.

Fête Blanche 2010 - Lake Wörthersee / Austria

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ftp-download details for Highlight, Web-Clip & NewsInternational on request.
Download shotlist NewsInternational & Roughcut (seperated interviews via ftp-download available).

Download press release in German & English.

Fête Blanche 2010 
July 23, 2010 - Carinthia/Austria

 

Television details and footage availability: 
 

International  TV-Distribution & -Production:	rocket media communications™ GmbH
Formats:	pal, 16:9: news-playout, ftp-streaming, beta sp/digibeta, DV Cam, mini DV
International news-feed:	available on July 24 at 10:00-10:20 CET (08:00-08:20 GMT) via satellite transmission & ftp-serverdownload. Download satellite details.
Roughcut-version:	available on July 24 at 10:00 CET on location or by courier.
8 min. Highlight-version + Web-TV Clip:	available on July 29 with German voice over via courier or ftp-serverdownload.
Unilateral tv-footage: (native interviews)	possible on request.
TV-rights:	12 month, free of charge.

Ski-Trail 2010 - Tannheim Valley-Bad Hindelang / Austria

Download program information & footage request form in GERMAN & ENGLISH. 

Download press release January 30 (classic-style) in GERMAN & ENGLISH.
Download press release January 31 (skating-style) in GERMAN & ENGLISH.

Download shotlist News_January 30 (classic-style).

Download shotlist News_January 31 (skating-style).
Download shotlist Roughcut_Interviews.

Download script Highlight in GERMAN & ENGLISH.

 

Cross-country skiing extravaganza in Tannheim Valley, Europe’s most beautiful high mountain valley!
January 26 - 31, 2010 / Tyrol, Austria

 

Anyone who wants to test their endurance and experience the fever of competition is invited to the public cross-country ski run in Tannheim Valley in Tyrol, a natural gem on the border with Bavaria. This is where the start signal will be given for the 14th Tannheim Valley-Bad Hindelang Ski Trail. Around 1,400 participants from around the world are expected again this year. The accompanying fringe events are rather impressive: glowing giants of the air, cross-country runs for children and night owls, breath-taking films, as well as free lectures, pointers and equipment trials. 

At 9.30 on Saturday the 30th of January, the starting signal for the 14 and 25 km classic races will be given. The longer course leads out of Tannheim towards Unterjoch in neighbouring Allgäu, over the ski trail between Schattwald and Zoeblen, and back to Tannheim.  

On Sunday the 31st of January, the participants will leave the tracks behind for the 35 and 55 km skate skiing. The longer course starts in Tannheim and leads to Oberjoch, which at 1,200 metres is the highest mountain village in Germany, and over the Halden Lake back to the starting point. Overall, the athletes will have to overcome an altitude of about 600 metres.

The fringe events are also athletically brilliant: the week-long cross-country event opens on Sunday the 26th of January with the European Outdoor Film Tour 09/10.

For more information please visit: www.ski-trail.info.  

 

Have a look at the 12 minutes Highlight-Version (Play Video-Button below).

 

Television details and footage availability:

International  TV-Distribution & TV- Production (HDTV):	rocket media communications™ GmbH
Formats:	16:9, news-playout, ftp-streaming, beta sp/digibeta  pal
International News-Feed:	available on February 01 at 09:00-09:20 CET (08:00-08:20 GMT) via satellite transmission & ftp-serverdownload. ftp-destails on request. Download satellite details.
Roughcut-Version:	app. 20 minutes, available on February 01 at 10:00 CET on location or by courier.
12 minutes Highlight-Version:	available on February 5 with English/German voice over & music rights clearence via courier or ftp-serverdownload.
2x 2 minutes Web-Clip (classic & skating):	available on February 5 with English/German voice over & music rights clearence via ftp-serverdownload.
Unilateral tv-footage: (native interviews)	possible on request.
TV-rights:	12 month, free of charge

Energy Globe 2009 - The world award for sustainability

April 13. & 14., 2009 – Prague / Czech Republic
http://www.energyglobe.info/   

Download footage request form.  
Download program information in GERMAN.

Download press release National Awards April 13 & International Awards April 14.

News:
Download shot list News National Awards April 13 & International Awards April 14.
Download ftp-login.

Highlights:
Download script 52 minutes award-show & 18 minutes documentary (projects based).

More than 30 environmental ministers at the Award 
The world’s best environmental projects glamorously presented to international politicians and top-experts. 

The ENERGY GLOBE Award has ultimately established itself as the most prominent environmental award worldwide. After the awards ceremony was conducted the last two years in the EU Parliament in Brussels, its venue this year is the high-caliber meeting of the European elite of environmental policy: at the request of the Czech EU presidency, the ENERGY GLOBE Gala will serve as the opening of the meeting of the European environmental ministers in Prague.  

Among the guests at the honoring of the global best environmental projects will be EU Council President Mirek Topolánek, President of the Council of Environmental Ministers Martin Bursík and naturally Europe’s top environmental policy makers. The climate advisor to US President Barack Obama, Carol Browner, is expected as representative of the new US environmental policy. Among the prominent award presenters is EU Commissioner Stavros Dimas.  

The glamour factor for the TV gala will be provided by international show stars and artists. It has already been announced that French singer Viktor Lazlo will attend and contribute musically to the mood of the after-show party. 

Prominent environmental achievements from over 100 nations: 
The actual stars of the TV gala, however, are the environmental projects from all over the world. For excellent achievements from more than 100 nations, the National ENERGY GLOBE Awards will be presented in Prague on April 13^th.  

From the 15 nominated projects, an international jury selects the Global ENERGY GLOBE Awards in the categories Earth, Fire, Water, Air and Youth. The World Award is chosen by the gala audience live at the event. Who will receive the ENERGY GLOBE awards? The decision will fall on April 14^th at the Global ENERGY GLOBE Awards TV-Gala in the realm of the European meeting of environmental ministers in Prague.

The Energy Globe Gala is presented by Désirée Nosbusch in English.

Download project nominees 2009 in ENGLISH & GERMAN.

Television details and footage availability:

Worldwide TV-Distribution:	rocket media communications™
Formats:	news-feed, ftp-streaming of all formats. beta sp / digibeta   pal / ntsc   (16:9).
News-feed National Awards:	available on April 14 at 06:00am - 06:20am GMT (08:00am - 08:20am CET) & ftp-download.
News-feed Global Awards:	available on April 14 at 16:00pm - 16:20pm GMT (18:00pm - 18:20pm CET) & ftp-download.
Roughcut-version:	available on April 14 on location or by courier.
52 minutes award-show:	available on April 15 on location or by courier.
15 minutes documentary:	focused on projects, available on April 18 by courier & ftp-download.
2 minutes web-clip:	available on April 18 by ftp-download.
Unilateral tv-footage: (native & VIP-interviews)	possible on request.
TV-rights & -conditions:	12 month, free of charge.

Future Policy Award 2009

October 1, 2009 - Hamburg/Germany

Download program information & footage request form in GERMAN & ENGLISH.
ftp-details for News, Roughcut, Web-Clip (German/English) & 1. prize movie from Belo Horizonte (Brazil) on request.

Download press release in GERMAN & ENGLISH.
Download shotlist News, Roughcut & Web-Clip German / Web-Clip English.

 

Television details and footage availability: 
 

TV-Production & -Distribution:	rocket media communications™ GmbH
Formats:	pal, 16:9: news-playout, ftp-streaming, beta sp/digibeta, DV pal
International news-feed:	available on October 2 at 08:00-08:20 CET (06:00-06:20 GMT) via satellite transmission & ftp-serverdownload.
Roughcut-version:	available on October 2 at 10:00 CET via tape on location or by courier & via ftp-download.
Web-Clip:	3 minutes web-clip in German & English with music rights clearence for internet (world-wide).
Unilateral tv-footage: (native interviews)	possible on request.
TV-rights:	12 month, free of charge.

World Bodypainting Festival 2009 - Lake Millstättersee / Austria

Download program information & footage request form in GERMAN & ENGLISH. 

ftp-download details for Highlight, IPTV-Clip & NewsInternational on request.
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The World Awards for Body and Facepainting Artists
July 13 - 19, 2009 - Carinthia/Austria

 

For more information please visit: www.bodypainting-festival.com.   

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Die KlangGesänge der Benediktiner 2009

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Advent Event im Stift St. Paul, Kärnten – 10. Dezember 2009

2009 war ein besonderes Jahr für die Benediktiner, speziell für den Konvent in St. Paul im Lavanttal  Kärnten. Einerseits feierte der Orden heuer das Paulusjahr, andererseits öffnete das Stift St. Paul in diesem Jahr seine Pforten für die Europaausstellung „Macht des Wortes“ und beging gleichzeitig das 200-Jahr-Jubiläum der Wiederbesiedelung. 

Dieses feierliche Zusammenspiel nahm man zum Anlass für eine klangliche Leistungsschau des Ordens. In einzigartigem Zusammenwirken mit dem Lavanttaler Saxophonisten Edgar Unterkirchner wurde eine Musik-CD aufgenommen, die nicht nur den althergebrachten Chorälen der Paulus-Vesper neues Leben einhaucht, sondern auch in berauschenden Arrangements klangliche Symbiosen zwischen Saxophon/Klavier und Orgel/Stiftsglocke hervorbringt.

Insgesamt 12 Patres des Konvents in St. Paul bereiteten unter der musikalischen Leitung von Edgar Unterkirchner die Gebete der Vesper in ihrer deutschen Fassung auf. Das Ergebnis sind einzigartige, neue Melodien zwischen Klang, Musik und Gebet, welchen man in dieser spirituell anmutigen Form bisher noch nicht lauschen durfte.

Gepresst auf die CD  „Voices of God – Die KlangGesänge der Benediktiner / Stift St. Paul im Lavanttal“ ergibt sich ein neues Medium, welches weder Musik-CD, noch Hörbuch oder Meditation ist, sondern ein neues Genre schafft und Hörer wie Leser aus den unterschiedlichsten Bereichen faszinieren wird. Darüber hinaus entstand in den letzten Wochen ein faszinierendes Musik-Video zum ausgekoppelten Track „Magnificat“, welches bei der offiziellen Präsentation am 10. Dezember im Stift erstmals einer ausgewählten Öffentlichkeit präsentiert wird und in einer hochwertigen Limited Edition zugunsten von „Licht ins Dunkel“ angeboten wird.

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Energy Globe Austria 2009

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Jubiläums-Gala am 27. November 2009 in Wels. 

Umwelttechnologie „Made in Austria“ im Rampenlicht - auch im zehnten Jahr nach der Gründung des ENERGY GLOBE Award. 

Am 27. November stehen wieder Österreichs beste Umweltleistungen im Rampenlicht der Öffentlichkeit. Durch die ENERGY GLOBE Austria Gala 2009 führt Starmoderatorin Désirée Nosbusch. Hochrangige Vertreter aus Politik und Wirtschaft ehren die Sieger auf der Bühne und 1.500 geladene Gäste erleben Weltklasse-Artisten mit atemberaubenden Showacts.  

Es gibt heuer aber noch einen triftigen Grund zum Feiern: das 10jährige ENERGY GLOBE Jubiläum! 1999 wurde der Award von Ing. Wolfgang Neumann „aus der Taufe“ gehoben. Heute ist er der weltweit bedeutendste Umweltpreis an dem jedes Jahr über 100 Länder teilnehmen und ein anerkanntes Markenzeichen für herausragende Umweltleistungen. 

Ein Überblick der nominierten Projekte: 
Während man sich im Vorfeld des großen Kopenhagener Weltklimagipfels weltweit den Kopf zerbricht, wie die anstehenden Probleme zu lösen sind, zeigen Österreichs ENERGY GLOBE Vordenker in der Kategorie Luft schon wie’s geht: so hat etwa ein Salzburger Möbelhaus seine CO2 Bilanz mit einer ganzen Reihe von Maßnahmen beeindruckend aufgemöbelt. Ein Rindermasthof in Tirol wiederum leitet den Klimakiller Methan direkt in die Biogasanlage um – und in OÖ zeigen findige Umweltpioniere mit einer intelligenten Verkehrssteuerung unter dem Motto „schlau statt Stau“ wie man dem Klimawandel Herr wird. 

Sauberes Wasser in Hülle und Fülle – bei uns kein Problem, anderswo oft eine Überlebensfrage: für clevere und effiziente Bewässerung sorgt etwa das Hydrogel einer Wiener Firma. Dass UV-Licht Wasser in einer Pet-Flasche desinfiziert ist bereits bekannt – nur wann ist der richtige Zeitpunkt? Die Antwort ist ein kleines Messgerät einer Wiener Gesellschaft – ein echter Lebensretter. Gemeinsam statt einsam bei der effizienten Wassernutzung und dabei auch Energie sparen – zwei Wasserverbände im Burgenland zeigen, wie einfach das geht, wenn man nur will.  

Energiekonzepte der Zukunft! In dieser Kategorie zeigt Niederösterreich dass der Tiger im Tank auch mit Sonnenstrom über eine Stromzapfsäule gefüttert werden kann und wo es in Zukunft hingeht. Mit einer neuen „Turbo“-Wärmepumpe erzielt eine OÖ Firma bis siebenmal mehr Wärmeausbeute und eine Vorarlberger Gemeinde setzt auf Vollsolar im Doppelpack für Volksschule und Feuerwehrhaus. Ebenfalls nominiert sind findige Handwerker in der Kategorie Feuer.     

Wer passiv baut, schützt aktiv unsere Mutter Erde. Kein Wunder, dass in dieser Kategorie das 1. Industrie-Passivgebäude Europas einer Firma in OÖ ebenso nominiert ist wie eine vorbildliche Althaussanierung in der Steiermark. Weltklasse-Niveau hat die Entwicklung einer Burgenländischen Firma, die aus Holz Methan erzeugt, das direkt ins Erdgasnetz eingespeist werden kann. 

Unsere Jugend löst komplizierte Fragen oft mit kinderleichten Methoden: in Kärnten sind hier etwa die Energiespardetektive unterwegs und machen Energiefressern den Garaus. Eine Bauanleitung für ein Sonnenhaus kommt aus Niederösterreich – da können die Großen noch was lernen. 21 Konsum-Tips von 21 Jugendlichen kommen aus der Steiermark und machen eines klar: weniger ist mehr, und man kann trotzdem noch sehr gut leben und Gutes für unseren Planeten tun.

Infos zu den nominierten Projekten.

Weitere Informationen finden Sie auf www.energyglobe.info.  

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XTERRA European Championship 2009

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Austria hosts the XTERRA European Championship 2009 
August 22, 2009 - Carinthia/Austria

 

XTERRA is not just another kind of triathlon. It’s this unique spirit, this special way of life, which makes XTERRA that extraordinary. Hard race, epic nature and jolly hours are the main characteristics for a typical XTERRA weekend!   

The race…
We expect athletes from over 30 nations, including the XTERRA Champion 2007 Conrad Stoltz and Vice-Champion Melanie McQuaid. Definitely, this year’s XTERRA Austria challenge presents Europe’s strongest starting field again. 

The distances: 1,5km swim, 30km mountainbike and 10km cross-run.

For more information please visit: http://www.xterra.at/.    

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Fête Blanche 2009 - Lake Wörthersee / Austria

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Fête Blanche 2009  
July 24, 2009 - Carinthia/Austria

 

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Ski-Trail 2009 - Tannheim Valley-Bad Hindelang / Austria

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Cross-country skiing extravaganza in Tannheim Valley, Europe’s most beautiful high mountain valley!
January 19 - 25, 2009 / Tyrol, Austria

 

Anyone who wants to test their endurance and experience the fever of competition is invited to the public cross-country ski run in Tannheim Valley in Tyrol, a natural gem on the border with Bavaria. This is where the start signal will be given for the 13th Tannheim Valley-Bad Hindelang Ski Trail. Around 1,400 participants are expected again this year. The accompanying fringe events are rather impressive: glowing giants of the air, cross-country runs for children and night owls, breath-taking films, as well as free lectures, pointers and equipment trials. 

At 9.30 on Saturday the 24th of January, the starting signal for the 14 and 25 km classic races will be given. The longer course leads out of Tannheim towards Unterjoch in neighbouring Allgäu, over the ski trail between Schattwald and Zoeblen, and back to Tannheim.  

On Sunday the 25th of January, the participants will leave the tracks behind for the 35 and 55 km skate skiing. The longer course starts in Tannheim and leads to Oberjoch, which at 1,200 metres is the highest mountain village in Germany, and over the Halden Lake back to the starting point. Overall, the athletes will have to overcome an altitude of about 600 metres.

The fringe events are also athletically brilliant: the week-long cross-country event opens on Sunday the 18th of January with a hot air balloon display in Bad Hindelang and Jungholz. This balloon display is incidentally the official highlight of the 14th International Balloon Festival, which takes place in Tannheim from the 8th to the 22nd of January.

For more information please visit: www.ski-trail.com.

 

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Fire-Brigade Old-Timer World Championship 2008

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Fire-Brigade Old-Timer World Championship 2008
July 4-6, 2008 - Grossglockner / Austria 

Second Fire-Brigade Old-Timer World Championship: "The Glockner is Burning!"  

The Grossglockner (3,798m; highest mountain in Austria & highest alpine road in Europe) has proven itself often enough to the endurance test of cyclists and old timers. However, what’s happening this year on the "northern ramp" of Austrias highest mountain, tops any previous event.

At the Fire-Brigade Old-Timer World Championship total commitment is asked from the veterans from Steyrer, Rosenbauer, Daimler to Unimog and TAM. However it’s not about fire and flame, but the Fire-Brigade Old Timers "World Championship". Many fire trucks such as Opel, Mercedes and Volkswagen, which have been huffing and puffing up the mountain roads for at least 25 years, will be found on the Grossglockner High Alpine Road. 

The initiators have reported that inquiries and registrations from all German-speaking countries, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy and Slovenia have already been submitted. There are "uniform-time-trials" on the Grossglockner High Alpine Road, so that a fair overall winner can be determined for all of the diverse models. Numerous important side events are planned: for instance a Fire-Brigade Old-Timer Korso, a fire-engine show, a team-spray-competition with a hand pump from 1913. At the World Champion Evening Ball the first Fire-Brigade Old Timer World Champion and the winner of the team-spray-competition will be celebrated "full blast".
 

The following rare old timers among others are registered: Steyr 1500 Cabrio fire-brigade car manufactured in 42; Campagnola 1970 from Italy; Landrover 1965; Haflinger 703 manufactured in1963 etc...

 

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Energy Globe - the world award for sustainability

ENERGY GLOBE 08 – The world award for sustainability
26th of May 2008 – EU-parliament / Brussels
www.energyglobe.info  
Press release May 27, 2008 for download.

The ENERGY GLOBE AWARD is the world’s most prestigious and respected environmental award. The ENERGY GLOBE is awarded to projects from all over the world that make careful and economical use of resources and employ alternative energy sources. The winning projects are presented in the categories Earth, Fire, Water, Air and Youth.

This year, 800 projects from 109 nations are submitted in the ENERGY GLOBE Award competition.

After the event’s sensational success last year, the European Parliament decided to host the international Energy Globe television gala again this year.
On Monday, Mai 26, 2008, the Plenary Hall of the European Parliament in Brussels will again open its doors to this international environmental mega-event.

Nobel peace prize winners Kofi Annan & Mikhail Gorbachev, parliament president Dr. Hans-Gert Pöttering and Maneka Ghandi (chairman of the award jury) will present the Energy Globe awards in the 5 categories Earth, Fire, Air, Water and Youth.
Some of the prominent guests invited include EU Commission president José Manuel Barroso, other leading EU politicians, artists and singers such as, Alanis Morisette & Zucchero.

Europe is raising its profile – not only through the ambitious climate protection goals of the 27 member nations but also as a stage for extraordinary achievement for the environment.
This amounts to appeal to the world: Everyone can do something; everyone should do something; much is already being done.

Download Energy Globe nominees 2008.

Have a look at the 15 minutes documentary below.

 

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World Chessboxing Tour 2008

World Championship tournament in the light heavyweight division &
German Championship in the middleweight division.
www.wcbo.org

GERMAN CHESSBOXING TOURNAMENT STARTS IN BERLIN
Chessboxing World Champion Frank Stoldt defends his title as slumbering Russia awakes! 

On July 5^th, 2008 the nationwide chessboxing tournament 2008/2009 throughout Germany (Hamburg, Cologne, Munich) will be inaugurated in Berlin. The tournament features an Open German Championship in the middleweight division and a World Championship tournament in the light heavyweight division.

Chess Boxing merges two allegedly contradicting sports, both pushing their athletes to the limit, mentally as well as physically. Six lightning rounds of speed chess alternate with five rounds of boxing. In a maximum of eleven rounds, the decision will come either through K.O. or checkmate. 

The evening will climax with the fight Frank Stoldt vs. Nikolay Sazhin. Frank Stoldt won the first light heavyweight world championship title in chess boxing after defeating American David Depto (San Francisco) on 9 November 2007 in a dramatic fight. This time he defends his title against 19 year-old Russian Nikolay Sazhin. From Krasnojarsk in Siberia, Nikolay Sazhin (19) is 1.83 tall, weighs 85 kg and has shown his talent in more than 60 boxing matches (49/13/0). After seven years at his chess club “Ladia”, Nikolay has reached an ELO-rating of 1911 and is considered to be Russia’s most promising chessboxing talent. 

The coming chessboxing superpower Russia has woken up with a roar! Being a traditional chess nation and having conquered the world of boxing during the last 20 years, Russia now seeks to prove that the world’s strongest chessboxers come from Russia, too. 

“ANTI TERROR“ Frank Stoldt is a 37-year old riot policeman from Berlin, he weighs 84.5 kg and is 1.87 tall. He is a former Berlin Kickboxing Champion and furthermore has 25 boxing bouts behind him. In 2005 he began chessboxing and has since then won every fight. His ELO-rating is 1960. In his capacity as a policeman he went to Kosovo on behalf of the United Nations to train policemen there. 

Will experienced Frank Stoldt be able to keep the title in Berlin or will he loose it to the upcoming chessboxing star Nikolay Sazhin? 

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Interwetten Charity Poker 08

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Interwetten Charity Poker 08 with Jean Reno 
13th of March 2008 – Vienna / Austria

 

Burn with poker fever with Jean Reno! 

Don’t fold – go all in at the Interwetten Charity Poker 08: Interwetten is setting new standards in the field of poker events with this unique worldwide Poker Competition. This is an event to challenge the world’s best amateur players. On March 13 the eight finalists from the Interwetten Charity Poker 08 will have an extraordinary break – to line up against the French Hollywood star, Jean Reno, in the luxurious surroundings of one of Vienna’s top hotels.
The net proceeds from this tournament go to Amnesty International. 

 

It’s incredible but true, the fit between Jean Reno and Interwetten in November 07 was just perfect. Thomas Daubek, Interwetten CEO, states his reasons for choosing Jean Reno for the Interwetten Charity Poker 08: “For us as a European business venture there is no more suitable international film star than Jean Reno to showcase the poker product and the spirit of the brand. He’s a masculine kind of guy with life experience. And to fit the product, he has a poker face!” 

The winner of the tournament will be the very first member of the recently founded Interwetten Poker Academy.
The tournament starts on January 18, 2008 and all players in the online community on the entire Interwetten net have an equal chance. There are 8 grand online qualifying tournaments and placements will be decided at the final table. The winners will travel to Vienna to compete against Jean Reno.  

At the end of the Charity Gala, Monsieur Jean Reno and Thomas Daubek will together have the pleasure of handing over the cheque to Amnesty International.  

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Xterra Austria 2008

Xterra Austria 2008
August 22 - 23, 2008 - Lake Klopein/Austria
www.xterra.at  

The XTERRA World Tour stops at Klopeiner See/ Carinthia in Austria again. 

XTERRA…
It’s a continuously growing, worldwide multi-sport program, an extreme off-road triathlon where world class athletes face their physical and mental limits to reach one goal: to participate at the XTERRA Worldchampionship in Hawaii/ Maui.
XTERRA is not just another kind of triathlon. It’s this unique spirit, this special way of life, which makes XTERRA that extraordinary. Hard race, epic nature and jolly hours are the main characteristics for a typical XTERRA weekend!  

Memories and expectations…
Already in its first year, in 2007, XTERRA Austria was a big success. Athletes like XTERRA Champion Nicolas Lebrun, Sam Gardener, Michelle Lombardi or Sibylle Matter, to mention just a few, loved the very challenging track while the supporting crowd enjoyed the XTERRA atmosphere and got to know a new kind of triathlon.  

The race…
We expect athletes from over 20 nations, including the XTERRA Champion 2007 Conrad Stoltz and Vice-Champion Melanie McQuaid. Definitely, this year’s XTERRA Austria challenge presents Europe’s strongest starting field again. 
The distances: 1,5k swim, 30k mountainbike and 10k crossrun.
Their mission: fight tough tracks, mud and rocks to get the awarding € 15 000 in prize money and one of 35 slots for the XTERRA Worldchampionship in Hawaii. 

The party…
Even at night XTERRA will rock the lake! Plenty of activities like “Bull Riding” and two live bands - Meilenstein on Friday and Smash on Saturday - complete an extraordinary event and Europe’s biggest XTERRA Party!   

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Energy Globe Austria 2008

Spitzengala für Österreichs beste Umweltleistungen - mit Dionne Warwick und Christl Stürmer

Eine rot-weiß-rote Galanacht der Spitzenklasse ganz im Zeichen von Energieeffizienz, Umwelt- und Klimaschutz ist am Freitag, dem 31. Oktober 2008 in Wels angesagt! Rot-weiß-rot sind nicht nur die Umweltprojekte, die hier präsentiert und prämiert werden, sondern auch der Rock von Christl Stürmer, die in Wels auf der Bühne steht. Weltmusik – Funk und Soul der Superklasse - bringt die legendäre Soulsängering Dionne Warwick aus den USA mit - sie war vom ENERGY GLOBE schon bei der Brüssel-Gala im Europaparlament begeistert und ist diesmal auch nach der Gala mit einem Konzertauftritt dabei. Atemberaubende Artistik und Körperbeherrschung beweist das russische Brüderpaar Iroshnikov - Live-Premiere auf der Austria Award Bühne in Wels!

Von der "Waschmaschinen-Fitness" bis zum "Energieträger Gras"

Österreichs beste Umweltleistungen werden bei der Gala am 31. Oktober in den Kategorien Erde, Feuer, Wasser, Luft und Jugend ausgezeichnet - Projekte, die unsere Ressourcen sorgfältig einsetzen und Erneuerbare Formen nutzen. Erstmals werden auch Heimwerker für clevere und umfassende Maßnahmen der Marke "Eigenbau" in ihren vier Wänden mit einem Sonderpreis belohnt.
Wer diesjähriger ENERGY GLOBE Austria Sieger wird, entscheidet das Publikum per Saalvoting. Eines schon vorweg: Ein spannendes Rennen wird erwartet. Mit Top-Innovationen und einmaligen Ideen der Marke Österreich, zeigt unser Land wieder wie’s geht - die Palette der Meisterleistungen ist vielfältig, u.A. dabei: eine tolle Erfindung zur Speicherung von solarer Energie vom Sommer in den Winter, der Einsatz von Gras als Energieträger, ein solarer Stadtverbund, ein "grünes" Lichtkonzept für Metropolen, ein Fitnessprogramm für alte Waschmaschinen, ein Solarwärme-"Ausbildungspickerl", ein "Energieeffizienzprogramm" für die eigenen vier Wände der Marke Eigenbau, u.v.m. werden am kommenden Freitag vorgestellt und prämiert.

Weitere Informationen finden Sie auf www.energyglobe.info.  

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Formats:	beta sp / digibeta / DV Cam / mini DV   pal  (16:9)
Program types:	-  10 Minuten Highlight, sendebereit mit deutscher Vertonung, verfügbar am 7. November 2008     via Kurier & ftp-Download inklusive einem Rohschnitt aller Interviews. -  90 Minuten Award-Show, live-to-tape + ein "making-of" der Veranstaltung.
Special TV footage:	Auf Anfrage möglich. Es werden aus allen Bundesländern Interviews geliefert.
TV-rights:	kostenlos, Lizenzdauer 12 Monate.

 

Scalaria Wolfgangseecup 2007

Eventinformation:

From 3rd to 5th August the "Wolfgangseecup" a Canoe-race between well-known teams, companies and brands from all over Europe takes place at lake Wolfgangsee.  The teams are not consisting of professional canoers, but of ambitious employees, managers and CEOs of these companies. Sporty ambitions, the chance to do active benchmarking and the iron will to form a team are the engines, that are driving the teams to highest efforts.

The scalaria Eventresort is an extraordinary event- and conference-resort directly at the idyllic Wolfgangsee lake in the austrian region of the Salzkammergut. High-class ambience, extraordinary service and incredible possibilities for any kind of event are combined in this unique location. Dive into a world of unforgettable experiences. Relax at the lakeside-beach or in the wellness-area. Celebrate in a fantastic atmosphere you'll never expected to be possible...  Another sporty highlight will join the Wolfgangseecup 2007: The "jump the lake"-contest immediately after the canoe race. The landing zone for the brave jumpers will be an artificial island in front of the scalaria-beach. Within two runs the international jumper field, consisting of the world´s 8 best jumpers, will fight for a victory at the "jump the lake"-contest.

Later the finalists of the German TV show " You can dance" will perform an extraordinary mixture of choreographies, ranging from ballet to modern dance. Followed by a sexy "Moulin Rouge" show, the night will be set on fire.

With their beautifull voices Ron White and Buki Domingos will make the night a night to remember.   

For more detailed information please visit:  www.wolfgangseecup.de

Television details and footage availability:

Worldwide TV Distribution:	rocket media communications™
Formats:	beta sp / digibeta   pal / ntsc 16:9
Program types:	13 minutes highlight available from August 13th 2007 with english / german voice over, graphics, shotlist, script.
Special TV requests:	possible on demand
TV-rights:	Free of charge for a period of 12 month.

scalaria air challange 2007

scalaria air challenge 2007

July 13 – 15, 2007 – Lake Wolfgang / Austria

From July 13 – 15, 2007 the SCALARIA AIR CHALLENGE will take place for the third time at Lake Wolfgang in Austria.
This is where water planes from all over the world will congregate in the magical mountain lake scenery of the Salzkammergut for a special type of aeronautical event.

Pilots and owners of amphibian planes and floatplanes, from the Ultralight to the Water Bomber, are invited.
IREN DORNIER will be present with his Philippine-registered Do-24 NT as well as a Consolidated Catalina of the Neptune Association from the Netherlands.

During the "Flying Emotions" flight demonstrations in the afternoon, FLYING BULL will be presenting, among others, the entire fleet of its rare models from the Alpha-Jet to the Douglas DC-6 and up to the Bell Huey Cobra combat helicopter.

Some 12,000 spectators around the lake will witness a unique, one-off day of flight in Europe.

 

Have a look at 26 minutes Highlight-version below.

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International TV-Distribution:	rocket media communications™ GmbH
Formats:	16:9, live-feed, news-playout, ftp-streaming, beta sp/digibeta  pal/ntsc
International live-feed:	available on request.
International news-feed:	available on request.
Roughcut-version:	available on July 15 on location or by courier.
26 minutes Highlight-version:	available on request.
Unilateral tv-footage: (native & VIP-interviews)	possible on request.
TV-rights:	12 month, free of charge.

Energy Globe 2007

Event Information:

It is our duty and responsibility to make sure that in the future our young people find an environment that is worthy to live. This was the driving force that made Mr. Wolfgang Neumann 7 years ago start the “World Award for Sustainability”, today’s most prestigious and acknowledged environmental award. The ENERGY GLOBE aims at informing the international public about as many sustainable projects as possible, which are reproducible.

World-premiere! For the first time a TV-Show takes place at and is broadcast from the European Parliament in Brussels. Reason for this “miracle”: the ENERGY GLOBE Award. 732 projects from 96 countries were submitted in the categories Earth, Fire, Water, Air and Youth. Under the Chairmanship of Maneka Ghandi, an Indian environmentalist and politician, the international Jury awarded the following projects:

Category Earth: John Maina from Kenya for implementing solar energy ovens for drying vegetables and fruits. Thus local farmers are able to increase their harvest by 50% without harming the environment.

Category Fire: The UNEP Risoe Center and the Risoe National Laboratory Denmark for launching a four-year plan for establishing over 16000 solar homes in India together with Danish support and local Indian funding.

Category Water: Jerry M. Brownstein for developing a very effective waste water treatment, using a special water filter, made of recycled plastics for gaining drinking water from waste water.

Category Air: Reindert Augustijn for inventing small Biogas plants helping to reduce annual CO2 emissions up to 54000 tons and role models for another 150000 plants.

Category Youth: University of Art/Linz for inventing a new solar passive house in South Africa, which is able to provide an indoor temperature level of 20 degrees independently from outdoor temperature using a natural air condition system.

National Award: Goes to the host country Belgium for sensitively changing a historical old private house into an energy saving building.

ENERGY GLOBE Founder Wolfgang Neumann: The awarded projects are excellent role models to the whole world! If we don’t blame others and start taking action, all goals to protect the environment are within reach!

For more detailed information please visit: www.energyglobe.info

The environmentalist was supported by celebrities from all over the world: Hollywood-star Martin Sheen, author and Waris Dirie, pop singer Robin Gibb, star violinist Nigel Kennedy, the Indian environmentalist Maneka Ganddi and the President of the European Parliament Mr. Hans-Gert Poettering.

Television details and footage availability:

Worldwide TV Distribution:	rocket media communications™
Formats:	beta sp / digibeta   pal / ntsc 16:9
Program types:	52 minutes award show & 26 minutes highlight "For a better world" still availabl with english / german voice over, graphics, shotlist, script.
TV-rights:	Free of charge for a period of 12 month.

Xterra Austria 2007

Program Information downloads in German, Italian & French. 

Event Information:

For two days, on Friday 24th & Saturday 25th of August, the area around the lake of Klopein in Carinthia will be completely occupied by a special kind of fever: the XTERRA Austria fever!  

What does XTERRA mean? It's an offroad triathlon characterized by spectacular tracks, maximum strenghts and fun. And it's this combination of competition, extreme sports and fun that gives XTERRA its peculiarity!

The principal competition, the XTERRA Austria, is taking place on Saturday, 25th of August and plenty of international XTERRA athletes will participate. This course will consist of 1,5 km swim, 30 km mountainbike and 10 km crossrun.    
At this competition - it's an Austrian premiere - worlds best XTERRA athletes will fight for 15,000 € prize money and one of 36 slots for the world-championships in Maui/ Hawaii.
Some of these athletes are the French Nicolas Lebrun (XTERRA champion in 2005 and winner of multiple XTERRA world-cup races), the Swiss Sibylle Matter (she was member of the Olympic Team in Triathlon and 2nd at the XTERRA Championships 2005), Eszter Erdelyi from Hungry (XTERRA European Champion 2007) or Felix Schumann (2nd of the German Triathlon [Olympic distance], 5th at the XTERRA European Championships 2007). Last but not least, there will also Sam Gardener (2nd at XTERRA Saipan 2007 and XTERRA Guam 2007), the Italian XTERRA-professional Fabio Giudelli. The Austrian XTERRA team will be represented by Carina Wasle and Martin Zois.
   
All of these offroad triathletes will not only face the other competitors and natural obstacles but also their own limits. Nevertheless, the exclusive XTERRA feeling, the XTERRA way of life, will always be around! 

For more information please visit www.xterra.at

Television details and footage availability: 

TV-Distribution & Production :	rocket media communications™
Formats:	beta sp / digibeta   pal   16:9
Program types:	13 minutes highlight available on request with english / german voice over, graphics, shotlist, script.
Special TV requests:	possible on demand.
TV-rights:	Free of charge for a period of 12 month.

Energy Globe Austria 2007

Program information download in German.

The ENERGY GLOBE AWARD is the world’s most prestigious and respected environmental award. The awards in 5 categories (sometimes 6) have been presented for 8 years to projects that implement a prudent and economical use of resources and /or efficiently employ alternative energy sources. The 5 project categories are earth, fire, water, air - representative of the basic element of life - and youth.

 

Energy Globe Austria Gala Night with international stars in Wels/Austria on November 30th, 2007.

Introduced by top presenter Desirée Nosbusch.

 

There will be glamour, glitter and top stars at the Energy Globe Austria Television Gala on 30 November in Wels!  Plus the world premiere of the Energy Globe Song “The time is now”, which will be performed for the first time by the Amadeus Prize winning duo Papermoon in front of an audience of over 1000 invited guests and VIPs from politics and commerce.

 

“The Time is now” can also be said in respect of Austria’s best environmental performers, who will be in the limelight that evening in the following categories: earth, fire, water, air and youth: outstanding projects have been nominated for their forward-looking know how, combining innovative commitment to the environment with maximum profitability, and serving as model projects for the whole of Europe.  The range extends from solar powered high tech cooling systems to intelligent control systems, ecological carpet cleaning, energy self-sufficient sewage plants, CO2-free transport logistics, energy-efficient architecture and innovative mobility concepts for schoolchildren.

 

The 90 minute TV show has other attractions also: the German hit parade star Sascha, who is heavily committed to climate protection issues, will sing his way into the hearts of the “teens and twens” in Wels, particularly with his “Lucky Day” – and there are other musical surprises in the programme.

 

A hot tip from America – and on the way to becoming a “shooting star” – is the pop singer Nisha, who was discovered by Michael Jackson and has sung with him as a duo.  Nisha will perform “Earth Song” as her tribute to Energy Globe.

 

The world famous Shaolin monks will give an impressive demonstration of how concentration as pure energy can control the body.

  There is thus plenty to look forward to at this unique Energy Globe Austria Gala Evening, which will close with a fascinating interlude by the famous Lido star Elena.

For more information please visit www.energyglobe.info.  

Television details and footage availability:

 

TV-Distribution:	rocket media communications™
Formats:	news-playout, beta sp / digibeta   pal / ntsc   16:9
Program types:	-   8 minutes news (satellite-playout & server-download) available on Saturday, December 1st 2007 12:00 GMT - 52 minutes award-show with german voice over, shotlist, script
Special TV footage:	possible on request
TV-rights:	Free of charge for a period of 12 month.

 

Advent in Velden 2007

Download program information in German, Italian & Slovenian.

 

The most beautiful & traditional Austrian Christmas Market in Velden on lake Wörthersee

30. November – 23. December 2007 – Velden / Austria

  

Advent in Velden – the glowing city of angels on the bank of lake Wörthersee

During Advent season Velden changes into the glowing city of angels on the bank of lake Wörthersee. The whole place is dressed in a bright gown, it glisters and twinkles as soon as dusk falls.

Other than in big cities, the Christmas market is spread out in the entire town. The various market stands are always arranged in small groups. The stroll through the market and the city becomes an expedition. The spa park is part of the market as well. Here you can enjoy your punch from a big pot-au-feu having a gorgeous view over the bay of Velden. Even the large, swimming Advent wreath is unique. With its 80.000 lights and 25 metres diameter it is the shining landmark of the Advent in Velden.

Christ Child instead of Santa Claus

In Velden you unavailingly look for Santa Claus, because Christ Child is at home here. No rumbling „ho, ho, ho“ and no white beards – the Advent in Velden is an Advent of bygone days!

 

Children’s Advent

The Advent in Velden is an adventure especially for children. Be it in the in angels’ bakery, where busy angels assist children with baking or in angels’ typing room, where big and small wishes are committed to paper. In order that the letter gets to Christ Child in time, it will be sent directly from angels’ air mail office to heaven with a small balloon. All children, who still need a gift, can get this done in angels’ handicrafts room. Particularly at the first Advent weekend also concerts have their focus on children. School choirs and kids music groups create a broad concert program.

 

Show and Art Handicraft

Artisans demonstrate their skills in the foyer of the casino Velden. Wood-, clay-, glass and jewel artists, woodcutter, weavers, doll makers and others show their art handwork. At “Brunnenplatz” it sparks and fumes when smiths present their handicraft.

For more information please visit www.veldener-advent.at. 

Television details and footage availability:

 

TV-Distribution:	rocket media communications™
TV-Production:	sodalab on behalf of rmc
Formats:	news-playout, beta sp / digibeta   pal / ntsc   16:9
Program types:	- 10 minutes news (satellite-playout & server-download) available on Saturday, December 1st 2007  - rough cut
Special TV footage:	possible on request
TV-rights:	Free of charge for a period of 12 month.